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<h4>Technical Writing / Whitepaper on the the application of SDSFIE and FGDC compliant business and GIS data management processes for Department of Defense cultural and natural resources managers.</h4>Technical writing sample from a document composed to assist DoD cultural and natural resources agencies implement legislatively compliant GIS and business data management systems when undertaking their agency missions and responding to open data and data call requests.The Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE)The Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE) area family of Information Technology (IT) standards (Models, Specifications) governed by the Installation Geospatial Information and Services (IGI&amp;S) Governance Group (IGG) and recognized as the enterprise standard for IGI&amp;S across the entire Department of Defense (DoD) business mission area as defined in DoDI 8130.01.Legislative BackgroundDoDI 8130.01 applies to all DoD components and establishes harmony between IGI&amp;S geospatial concepts with the components of the Geospatial Intelligence Structure Implementation Profile (GSIP).&nbsp; DoDI 8130.01 §3.b et seq. directs that all current and planned investments in IGI&amp;S data, information, and information technology (IT) will: conform to the DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), align with core business mission requirements, and be made visible, accessible, understandable, trusted, and interoperable throughout their lifecycles for all authorized users in accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8320.02.&nbsp; Pursuant to DoDI 8130.01 § 7.c.(3)(a)&nbsp; Secretaries of the Military Departments must provide for the creation and maintenance of geospatial data describing the location of cultural resources as required by DoDI 4715.16….<h4>Technical Writing / Review and Compliance Grey Literature: Archaeological Inventory Survey Report undertaken to satisfy permit review and compliance requirements for a development project.</h4>Technical writing sample from the Historic Context section of an archaeological project completed in Waikiki, Honolulu.Hawaiian cultural landscapes can often be best described through significant Hawaiian place&nbsp;names or wahi pana, and moʻolelo (stories, tales, myths, legends, and proverbs). Pukui, Elbert,&nbsp;and Mookini (1974:XI, XII) note that in contrast to locations with lengthy histories of linguistic&nbsp;commingling, approximately 86 percent of the place names in Hawaiʻi are indigenous in origin&nbsp;and have meanings that are illustrative in nature and relate to existing cultural traditions….<h4>Technical Writing / Peer Review Paper:&nbsp; Intra-Island Stone Tool Source Variability on Tutuila, American Samoa. Published in the Journal Archaeology in Oceania.</h4>XRF Analysis of stone tool samples resultant from fieldwork completed in Tutuila, American Samoa and a discussion of the bearing of that analysis on contemporary understanding of intra-island trade and exchange networks in Polynesia.We report recent X-ray Fluorescence analysis of samples from neighboring basalt adze production locales situated in western Tutuila, American Samoa. These data allow for the successful reassignment of source locations to locally and regionally transferred adzes with greater precision, and highlights the relevance of intra-island source analysis when addressing inter-archipelagic exchange models...<h4>Peer Review Publications</h4>(2003) A Short Step in a Long Distance Interaction Sphere: Quarry Activities in Western Tutuila, American Samoa. Co-author with Ayres, William S. &nbsp;; Wozniak, Joan A. ; Winterhoff, E. Quent. Poster for presentation at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting.(2007) Intra-Island Source Variability on Tutuila, AS and Prehistoric Basalt Adze Exchange in Western Polynesia-Island Melanesia. Co-author with Winterhoff, E. Quent ; Wozniak, Joan A. ; Ayres, William S. Article in the journal Archeology in Oceania.(2012) Development of the Caribbean Online Radiocarbon Database for Archaeologists. Co-author with Fitzpatrick, Scott. Poster for presentation at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting.(2018) The Archaeology of a WWII Battle Never Fought in the Northern Mariana Islands. Co-Author with Boyd Dixon and Richard Shaefer. Article in the Journal of Conflict Archaeology.

Selected Portfolio: Technical Writing and Peer Review

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Axiel Solutions was founded in 2025 to further community engagement with geospatial sciences in Hawaii by Erik Lash, a certified GIS professional with over 25 years of experience in applied geography.Based in Hawaii, Axiel Solutions specializes in geospatial information technology and scientific consulting products and services including cartography, GIS analysis, GIS code tools, spatial data management, enterprise GIS, capacity building, technical writing, and scientific research support.

Land management and land records. Natural, cultural, biological, geographic studies, environmental stewardship, compliance, mapping and field work. Coastal, riparian, shoreline, wetland, and watershed planning.

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Parcels and addressing. Transportation, utilities, water, and waste management. Systems of record. Authoritative data products. Open data. Cartographic Accessibility. Legislative support and citizen engagement portals and products. Inspections. Social, economic, housing services and population-based programs.

Civic Services

Emergency services, dispatch, response operations and geospatial products. After action reporting. Impact assessments. Post-event data analysis and recovery. Community support coordination and non-governmental organization data integrations.

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GIS databases, data modeling, data engineering, data hygiene, and data analytics. GIS programming, custom code tool, app development, and geoAI. Web application products. Decision support tools. Business intelligence.

Geospatial Data Insights and Custom Solutions

Full stack enterprise GIS architecture, map servers, web servers, database servers. Enterprise administration. IT and GIS governance. Cloud, server, and network support.

Information Technology

Project scoping, budgeting, design, and implementation. Strategic planning, process modeling, and program development. Rapid prototyping, pilot programs, business process adoption, and functional integrations.

Project and Program Management

Citizen science, presentation cartography, web mapping, and data source integrations. Grant writing. Technical reporting and publication. Capacity building and teaching technology.

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<h3>GIS Project / Ecology / Infrastructure / Highways: PETS Species Evaluations, Habitat Characterization, and GIS Database on the Croatan National Forest.</h3>Protected, Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive (PETS) Species occurrence, home range, and habitat modeling in support of roadway and infrastructure expansion on the Croatan National Forest.<img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/d2b66c3f-9cd8-42ee-9ebb-3fe77cc1cfcb_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><h3>GIS Project / Ecology / Forestry / Biology: Red Cockaded Woodpecker Habitat Impact Matrix Evaluations.</h3>Matrix evaluations of RCW population viability and impact scenarios due to potential infrastructure expansion on Fort Bragg and Wildlife Resource Commission Game lands in North Carolina.<img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/04ba27d9-05ad-46f8-b62d-8b116552db52_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><h3>GIS Project / Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences: Technical Analysis of Hurricane Irene Storm Surge at the North Carolina Coast, sound side of the Outer Banks in August 2011.</h3>Hurricane Irene made landfall on the outer banks of North Carolina on August 27, 2011. Sound side surge was far greater than ocean side surge in the barrier islands and sent flooding far up river from the sound.&nbsp; This analysis utilized a combination of standard ESRI compatible GIS layers and multidimensional earth observation data in NetCDF format released by NOAA to study the meteorological and oceanic drivers responsible for the destructive sound side surge.<img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/f450b9da-2106-4919-9d48-6f9f69110f8d_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/3d06a0fe-10f4-41f8-9be3-6d6c25b73324_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/31d28a20-5bab-427e-a74c-f2fb68b489d0_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><h3>GIS Project / Code Tool: Optical Reef and Coastal Area Assessment of Hawaii (ORCAAH)</h3><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://github.com/app-EL/ORCAAH">ORCAAH</a> is a fork of the NASA Optical Reef and Coastal Area Assessment (ORCAA) Google Earth Engine tool paramaterized for Hilo Bay Watershed clean water and health analyses.&nbsp; * Project brought online during storm events since 2024<img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/e6ef60be-0e18-4fad-a3c5-8186cba89f86_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/773a11e0-736a-4cf7-8cb3-e04d918a453b_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><h3>GIS Project / QGIS Custom Web Mapping: HiCo FADS Leaflet</h3>This QGIS project published the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://app-el.github.io/HiCoFADS/#9/19.5582/-155.4858">Hawaii County FADS</a> locations in Leaflet for static mapping delivery through GitHub Pages.This map serves as a benthic view of the sea floor under each FAD. It overlays the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources FADS locations over Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) Synthesis.<img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/5630967a-f370-484b-b6c2-6d6eb6cbe999_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><h3>GIS Project / Code Tool: Permit GIS Data Conversion</h3>This GIS code application is an ETL automation tool built in PowerShell, Python, and TSQL to perform weekly data conversion and GIS publication for Hawaii counties Citizen Self Service permit application portal, Back Office permit review portal, and mobile permit inspection application.It extracts data from the counties operational department and utility GIS databases and joins it with data from tax databases. A data hygiene matrix is deployed to quality control and validate the resultant data mashup before the package is reformatted to meet 3'rd party schema requirements and delivered as GIS services into a vendor application.&nbsp; * Project operating in production continuously since 2019<h3>GIS Production / Technical Writing projects with living deliverables</h3>These are projects that were produced for continuous updates, for interactive presentation such as through web media, web databases, and web maps, published&nbsp; as map books or as part of larger volumes, undertaken collaboratively with different stakeholders, or reserved from public consumption due to access restrictions.<ul><li>Caribbean Online Radiocarbon Database for Archaeologists (CORDA)</li><li>North Carolina Beach and Inlet Management Plan GeoSpatial component.</li><li>Neuse Greenway Master Planning GeoSpatial component.</li><li>Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative (LEDPA) analysis studies for multi-state infrastructure expansion projects.</li><li>DOT specific CAD/GIS integration for roadway and bridge maintenance projects.</li><li>Corridor planning.</li><li>Jurisdictional wetland delineations and mitigation bank modeling.</li><li>Predictive analyses, modeling, and spatial statistics for determining hotspots of sensitive or threatened cultural and natural resources.</li><li>Economic, social, and demographic analyses for emergency management planning.</li><li>Data stewardship for databases of continuous feed data from monitoring equipment such as wells, species sighting data, and other network analyses.</li><li>Federal, State, and other proprietary GIS databases and studies that are protected from release such as SDSFIE and other related data structures.</li></ul>

Selected Portfolio: GIS Projects

<h4>Field Project / Cultural Resources Studies in the Mariana Islands, Micronesia</h4>Archaeological studies and GIS data collection on the islands of Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Sarigan, and Pagan in support of the US DOD Joint Guam buildup.<img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/3cb02ebd-8b9d-4a47-8301-7b24cdf4319f_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fit"><h4>Field Project / Survey, Excavations, and Mapping at Ahu Ura Uranga Te Mahina, Rapa Nui.</h4>This field project was accomplished at the bequest of UNESCO and involved the detailed architectural mapping of the ahu and surrounding features as well as excavations within the ahu structure itself to determine subsurface construction methods and collect faunal and botanical remains for analysis.<img src="https://cdn.soloist.ai/d69a7275-e05a-4f00-8b49-70158f1c4470/cafd52c4-97b3-4f7d-a082-77255e9029ca_2048x2048.webp" data-image-fit="fill">