# Rida Batool

Rida Batool is a remote worker on Himalayas, GIS Analyst at Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab, based in Pakistan.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@ridabatool2

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GIS Analyst at PDMA Punjab mapping flood risk across 41 districts and developing interactive GIS dashboards.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Pakistan |
| Authorized to work in | Pakistan |
| Salary expectations | 55k+ USD |
| Job categories | GIS Analyst, Senior Remote Sensing Specialist, Web GIS Developer |
| Skills | GIS, Spatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, Flood Simulation, Multi Hazard Risk Assessment, Cadastral Mapping, Land Use And Land Cover Classification, Network Analysis, Watershed Analysis, Google Earth Engine, NDVI, NDWI, LST, CHIRPS, Sentinel 1 |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/rida-batool-gis |

## About

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At the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab, I lead flood and multi-hazard mapping for Punjab’s five rivers and 41 districts. My work includes exposure layers for evacuation planning, district-to-mauza cadastral mapping, and province-wide land-cover classification.

I also develop interactive GIS dashboards using Leaflet, Mapbox GL, JavaScript, and Plotly, connected to GeoServer and PostGIS-backed Python services. In freelance work, I mapped 2,400+ cadastral parcels, analyzed waste-collection routes with an approximately 18% reduction, and mapped a 480 km canal network in Cholistan.
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## Experience

### GIS Analyst (current)

Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab. May 2023 - Present

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Lead province-wide flood and multi-hazard mapping, cadastral mapping, and LULC classification using Google Earth Engine. Develop frontend GIS dashboards with Leaflet, Mapbox GL, and JavaScript.
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Skills: ArcGIS-Pro, QGIS, Google-Earth-Engine, Leaflet, MapboxGL, JavaScript, Plotly, Geoserver, PostGIS, Python, Flood-Simulation, HEC-RAS, Remote-Sensing, NDVI, NDWI, LST, Cadastral-Mapping, Network-Analysis

### Freelance GIS Analyst (current)

[Upwork](https://himalayas.app/companies/upwork). Jan 2022 - Present

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Provided cadastral digitization, waste-collection routing, and recurring remote sensing reports for independent clients.
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Skills: Geospatial-Digitization, Network-Analysis, NDVI, NDWI, LST, Précipitation, GPS-Surveying, Watershed-Analysis

### Research Assistant

National Center of GIS & Space Applications (NCGSA), IST. Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

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Conducted field survey and mapping for IST Campus Navigation, including georeferencing, digitization, and geodatabase management.
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Skills: Garmin-ETrex-10, MDC-GIScloud, Google-Earth-Pro, Georeferencing, Digitization, Geodatabases, FGDC

### Intern

Askari Bank. Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

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Gained operations and HR/ICT experience, including inventory databases, document workflows, and reporting.
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Skills: Inventory-Management, Document-Workflow, Reporting

### Volunteer Teacher

Army Public School (Bahawalpur). Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

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Volunteered teaching for classes 5 through 8.
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Skills: Teaching, Classroom-Management

### Intern

Defence Housing Authority. Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

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Gained operations and HR/ICT experience, including inventory databases, document workflows, and reporting.
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Skills: Inventory-Management, Document-Workflow, Reporting

## Education

### University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore

MS, Crisis / Emergency / Disaster Management. 2023 - 2025

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Pursued an MS in Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management with a thesis on geospatial assessment of multi-hazard exposure across Punjab.
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### Institute of Space Technology (IST)

BS, Space Sciences (Remote Sensing & GIS). 2018 - 2022

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Completed a BS in Space Sciences with a major in Remote Sensing & GIS, including a final year project on automation of big data geo-visualization.
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### Army Public School and College, Bahawalpur

A-Levels, General. 2016 - 2018

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Completed A-Levels at Army Public School and College, Bahawalpur.
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### Army Public School and College, Bahawalpur

O-Levels, General. 2014 - 2016

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Completed O-Levels at Army Public School and College, Bahawalpur.
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## Tech stack

- Dash
- Chart.js
- PostGIS
- PostgreSQL
- JavaScript
- Python
- C++
- MATLAB
- Leaflet
- OpenLayers
- Flask
- SQL
- ArcGIS Pro
- QGIS

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