out of college, i'll probably be looking to get a job using GIS.
was just wondering if anyone on letsrun works using GIS programs or majored in it in college
out of college, i'll probably be looking to get a job using GIS.
was just wondering if anyone on letsrun works using GIS programs or majored in it in college
In a previous job we used GIS software quite heavily. Mostly ArcGIS with the 3D imaging packages. Many cities have GIS departments these days. Also, petrochemical was what I worked with. A lot of folks go for an MS in the field. What are you looking to figure out?
I majored in Geography/GIS at Penn State and have been working for a local county government's GIS department for 10 years now.
I've been working in the conservation GIS field for the past 6 years. I have my MS in Ecology and BS in Environmental Science, but took every GIS course I could in college.
I'm a geotechnical engineer and I use GIS extensively in my work, mostly to aid in the spatial visualization of geological, geographical and physiographic settings to support an understanding of the distribution of landslides and other geological hazards. I do quite a bit of geostatistical analysis in GIS using the spatial analyst tools.
I have no formal training in GIS, but rather developed some familiarity and ability through hard earned experience. We have a geomatics group that does most of the heavy lifting in supporting any mapping work I do.
I love working with GIS in my work. I find it tickles my brain in the right places. Not sure if that comes across quite right, but it seems right.
Never thought i'd see this question asked here.
I have a MS in geography/gis. I work for a large military-support federal agency. I am called a Cartographer (bet you didnt think they existed anymore). We also rely on multiple contracting (private) companies to generate vector data from imagery according to exact specs. So those places hire GIS grads as well.
YOu probably realize the field is advancing quickly, and merely being able to generate a map from data isn't enough anymore. Now, its the ability to customize applications; quickly share data across offices or networks, setting up and maintaining databases and schemas and transferring data across schemas, understanding how to analyze raster imagery etc etc, that will help you get a job in the field.
bauhaus wrote: Never thought i'd see this question asked here.I'm surprised I haven't seen it come up sooner. This place is like a disorganized, chaotic version of wikipedia... no topic goes undiscussed, and in most cases if you sift through the chaff you can find some little nuggets of gold.