James Whitacre
GIS Services Division Chief at Whitacre Cartographic
Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Whitacre is a GIS leader and hands-on cartographer with over 18 years working across the ArcGIS platform, currently serving as GIS Services Division Chief at the Pennsylvania Game Commission. He directs an enterprise GIS program, supervising a team of nine, developing governance and metadata workflows, and producing research-grade spatial analyses for wildlife, habitat, and natural resources projects. His background spans museum research (Carnegie Museum of Natural History), academic GIS support, and consulting, blending field data collection (GPS, UAV), Python automation, and both print and web cartography. James is skilled at translating researcher and agency needs into reproducible geospatial workflows and data products used for conservation, planning, and recreation. He pairs technical depth in raster/vector analysis and enterprise architecture with practical experience training users and building applied maps and web apps. An ecologist by undergraduate training turned geospatial scientist, he brings a rare mix of domain knowledge and operational GIS leadership at the state level.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Geography - GIS/Cartography and Environmental Planning, MS, Geography - GIS/Cartography and Environmental Planning at Indiana University of PennsylvaniaBA, Zoology, BA, Zoology at Ohio Wesleyan University
Github Skills (10)
arcgis10
gis10
jupyterlab-extension10
spatial-data-analysis10
jupyter10
spatial-data10
python9
data-science8
r2
scripting1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
whitacrej/whitacrej.github.io
Mar 2016 - Feb 2026
Contributions:1 PR, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years 1 month
whitacrej/Python-for-ArcGIS-2022
Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:14 commits, 10 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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