Furqan Saeed

Experience

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  Data Solutions Private Limited

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2012

  Responsibilities:• Conduct trainings for data entry and survey teams.• Assist field teams to conduct survey.• Distribute survey data among data entry team personnel.• Assign different task to data entry team personnel.• Compile, merge and maintain different data layers for navigation map builds.• Assist project manager in different tasks as required.• Perform spatial overlays to transfer attributes between different data sets.• Set directions and attributes of road network like name, road type, speed, one-way, post code and Z-levels.• Check, verify, modify, reshape and move edges of subdivision and parcel boundaries.• Final testing of navigation map builds before release. Show less We often conduct field survey to collect data. We use GPS devices to make tracks and to mark important places. Data collection is such a tough job but I really enjoy this. I have visited all the major cities of Pakistan during survey including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranawala, Gujrat, Jhelum, Sahiwal, Khanewal, Multan, Bahawalpur, Nawabshah, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Badin, Karachi, Gwadar, Abbotabad, Mardan, Mingora, Charsadda and so on.....Responsibilities:• Travel across Pakistan to collect salt sources, salt processors and POI data.• Fill questionnaire from salt processor to collect the iodization information.• Mark GPS location of salt sources and salt processors.• Take pictures of all the businesses beside major roads and commercial markets.• Collect visiting cards in systematic manner from inside of commercial buildings.• Import GPS data and pictures on computer.• Upload field collected data to server. Show less

  • GIS Team Lead

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2012

  • GIS Officer

    Aug 2010 - Sept 2011

  • GIS Surveyor

    Mar 2010 - Aug 2010
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  Tracking World (Pvt) Ltd

  Jun 2013 - now

  Quality Assurance Manager (GIS)

  • Highlight, identify and resolve data issues.• Data mining and refining of large databases.• Set data standards for data entry & survey teams.• Organize and maintain data quality of POI database.• Link different tables to check data integrity and consistency.• Create, digitize or highlight missing objects in particular data set.• Generate reports of data entry team performance for evaluation.• Find, correct and update databases based on customer feedback.• Perform spatial/overlay analysis to check coverage and location accuracy.• Convert and compile spatial data from external sources into our standard database.• Perform topology tool on road network to correct overshoot and undershoot errors.• Check, edit, verify and update new created and old objects according to data quality standards.• Generate, update and manage reports to have a clear picture of amount of data by category as well as by city. Show less