Item talk:Q54313

USGS Staff Profile:

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   abstract: Research Physical Scientist with the National Geospatial Technical Operations
     Center
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   abstract: Dr. Varanka, Research Physical Scientist, leads the Geospatial Semantics
     and Ontology project of the Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information
     Science.
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   abstract: Dr. Varanka was a research assistant at The Field Museum of Natural
     History and later at The Newberry Library in Chicago. She started her Federal
     career at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in 1993 and has been a Research
     Grade Evaluation (RGE) scientist since 1998 with the USGS National Geospatial
     Program. Dr. Varanka taught Geospatial Ontology and Semantics at Johns Hopkins
     University and is Chair of the Commission on Geospatial Semantics of the International
     Cartographic Association.
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 email: dvaranka@usgs.gov
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     name: National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
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   roleName: Research Physical Scientist
   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:58:59.831528'
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     name: Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS)
     url: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cegis
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 jobTitle: Research Physical Scientist
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Map Semantics
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Geospatial Semantic Technology
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Geographic Ontology
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   additionalType: self-claimed expertise
   name: Geospatial Semantics
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   member:
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     name: U.S. Geological Survey
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   startDate: '2024-05-10T20:58:59.822667'
 name: Dalia E Varanka, PhD
 url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/dalia-e-varanka