Geographic Information Systems Intern (Remote Sensing of Posidonia)

The only thing that I regret from my experience is that I was not able to stay longer. With my 1 month at the Institute I was able to learn a great deal about Remote Sensing as well as the local Greece environment. Be expected to work hard, just like any 9-5 job, but there are many perks that I think others look over. I felt a bit nervous about my GIS capabilities when first coming to the island, but the team of Supervisors and Interns helped me greatly with understanding what they wanted and I quickly realized my skills were exactly where they needed to be if not better then what they expected. This is very communal living so teamwork in cleaning and tiding up is expected. The living conditions are very dorm like, I had 3 roommates at one point, but this was all part of the experience. As warned, there was no air conditioning and some nights did get a bit buggy, but this was expected and can be dealt with. I learned a great deal of information by taking the initiative of learning what other inters where working on, both in and out of the GIS team, I would recommend all interns and supervisors do this more. I made a lot of friends, everyone was very friendly and I was able to have a lot of fun during my free time! Take any chance you are able to get to go on the Scientific and touristic boat trips! Hiking/walking is beautiful and the scuba/free diving is amazing! I highly recommend this program to anyone interested in remote sensing/GIS or marine conservation in general.