Geoffrey Verkade is the Supervisor of GIS Services at the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority. He is a graduate of the Fish and Wildlife Technology program at Sir Sanford Fleming College and holds a Post Graduate Certificate from the Niagara College Geographic Information Systems/Geospatial Management Program. His interests include GIS/Geomatics Information Management, Water Resource applications including hydrology mapping, floodplain mapping hydrologic/hydraulic modelling and Natural Heritage Applications including natural heritage inventory, ecological land classification mapping and data management and promotion of geoliteracy.