Introduction to Cartography: Just Me

My name is Cody Vaughn and I am a student in the GIS Certificate Program and the University of West Florida

Darlington Raceway, 2017 Southern 500

Hey everyone, 

My name is Cody Vaughn and I live in Tampa, Fl. I was born in California (lived there very briefly), lived in Pennsylvania, Virginia and now Florida. 

I work for the local county in the Surveying and Mapping Division in the Platting department.

As far as Surveying goes, I have been doing this for five years. So I wouldn't really say I'm "new" to GIS, but I really wanted to take this class and get a better grasp on it and learn how to use ArcGIS so that hopefully I can be the one that people can lean on at work. In the future I'd like to be able to explore more career options that I can combine my experience with Surveying and what I will learn during this GIS program. 

In my free time, I love gaming on my PC, spending time with my dog, Chase and my girlfriend, Kaitlyn but mostly my dog (don't tell her I said that). I have a huge passion for watching NASCAR racing and attending races with my friends and family, I've been to over 100 races. We typically take our camper for a long weekend at race tracks such as Darlington, SC, Charlotte, NC, Martinsville, VA, Pocono, PA and a a lot of others.  

I'm really looking forward to meeting all of you and hope we all enjoy this class together! 

Attached is a link to my StoryMap. Thank you for taking a moment to view it!

StoryMap