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Rebecca Ann Friend

(she/her)

Rebecca is a Cartographer at the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC).

Professional Experience

  • I started working with the USGS as a student contractor testing hydrography tools in 2019. In 2021, I got hired as a full-time employee. My role was to edit and update National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) data. Currently, I work to validate Elevation-Derived Hydrography (EDH) data in the contiguous United States (CONUS).

Education and Certifications

  • Graduated in 2019 with a BA in Geography and a GIS certificate from the University of Colorado Denver.