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Bill Parker

Research Assistant II
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center

Fields of Interest 

  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Public Health and Drug Addiction Analysis
  • Public Safety and Crime Analysis

Mr. Parker comes to the center with eight plus years of professional experience in GIS. After graduation.  Mr. Parker worked first at the Massachusetts Port Authority doing transportation analysis then for the Boston Police Department’s Crime Analysis Unit.  Mr. Parker helped develop much of the GIS now being used at the Boston Police Department including applications used by District Commanders to analyze crime.  Mr. Parker also worked the last four years for James W. Sewall, a private GIS, Survey, and Engineering firm in Old Town, Maine.

Education

B.S., Geography, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1997
Minor in GIS, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1997
 

Contact Information
Office Location: Suite 22B, Coburn Hall 
Telephone: (207) 581-1631
Fax: (207) 581-1266 
E-mail: bill.parker@umit.maine.edu 

 

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