Mrs Angela Baker CGeog

Biography

Occupation: Community Programmes Manager Employer: Esri UK Memo: Angela is the Community Programmes Manager for Esri UK and has been in post since 2007. Her role focuses on promoting and enabling the use of Geography and GI through the Tertiary, Charity and Community sectors. She has a MA in Human Geography from Aberdeen University, which included an exchange year at the University of Guelph in Canada, and an MSc in Cartography and Geo-information Technology from Glasgow University. At Glasgow she developed an interest in map design and her thesis focussed on the design of maps for use in a regional atlas. She went on to work in the Cartography Department of HarperCollins Publishers as they developed the Times Comprehensive Atlas digitally for the first time. Angela moved into more mainstream GIS work at West of Scotland Water then Shell Exploration and Production before taking up a post as Deputy Director of the Association for Geographic Information (AGI). Angela currently sits on the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Council.