
Shafna Shaa
Engineering / Architecture
About Shafna Shaa:
A skilled Government Employee (Republic of Sri Lanka) with three years of experience in the field of
Agriculture, Engineering, Environmental Management, Urban Planning and Resource Management, holds B.Sc. in Agricultural Resource Management and Technology and an M.Sc. in the field of GIS, Remote sensing, and GPS. Expertise in satellite image processing, analyzing spatial data using GIS analysis software (ArcMap, QGIS and SNAP), developing and managing geodatabases, creating maps with geographic data, and various other data sets and working with Google Earth Pro, USGS Earth Explorer (United States Geological Survey), Landsat Science – NASA, Copernicus (European Union's Earth Observation Programme) and DIVA. Expert in handling drone image processing software such as Pix4Dmapper photogrammetry software, Agisoft Metashape Professional and DroneDeploy. Exceptional communication and organizational skills with exploring issues, problem solving, and evaluating situations in a geographic and spatial context. Specialized in the field of Agriculture Engineering.
Experience
A skilled Government Employee (Republic of Sri Lanka) with three years of experience in the field of
Agriculture, Engineering, Environmental Management, Urban Planning and Resource Management, holds B.Sc. in Agricultural Resource Management and Technology and an M.Sc. in the field of GIS, Remote sensing, and GPS. Expertise in satellite image processing, analyzing spatial data using GIS analysis software (ArcMap, QGIS and SNAP), developing and managing geodatabases, creating maps with geographic data, and various other data sets and working with Google Earth Pro, USGS Earth Explorer (United States Geological Survey), Landsat Science – NASA, Copernicus (European Union's Earth Observation Programme) and DIVA. Expert in handling drone image processing software such as Pix4Dmapper photogrammetry software, Agisoft Metashape Professional and DroneDeploy. Exceptional communication and organizational skills with exploring issues, problem solving, and evaluating situations in a geographic and spatial context. Specialized in the field of Agriculture Engineeri
Education
MSc in geo Informatics
• Introduction to Remote Sensing
• Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
• Fundamentals of Spatial Statistics
• Thematic Mapping, Cartography and Photogrammetry
• Microwave Remote Sensing
• Advanced GIS and Applications
• Advanced Digital Image Processing
• Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Recent Advances in Geo-Informatics
• Surveying and Spatial Measurements
• Spatial Database Management
• Advanced Remote Sensing and Applications
• Fundamentals of Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
• Basic Statistics
• Calculus and Matrix Algebra
Research experience in the field of GIS