Mrs Carrie Payne CGeog (GIS)

Biography

Occupation: GIS Analyst Employer: Natural England Memo: Carrie is a GIS Analyst for Natural England. She has been a cartographer for the last 20 years now specialising in GIS. Carrie's role involves providing GIS support in the form of maps, analysis, statistics, data release and acquisition and GPS surveying and training. Carrie has predominantly worked in the environmental field and has been involved in a wide variety of projects from landscape impact assessments for public enquiries to mapping the incidence of heart disease in deprived areas and how the natural environment can help alleviate various health conditions. Carrie thoroughly enjoys creating bespoke GIS courses, the highlight being a course which was rolled out nationally for fellow GIS colleagues within Natural England. Carrie was also part of the Wildlife Regulation Team that won the 'Excellence in Policy Making' ward in the 2006 Defra Team awards.