Careers with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) by Institute For Career Research

Author:Institute For Career Research [Institute for Career Research]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Institute For Career Research
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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A GIS system can churn out an avalanche of data in a short time, but it is the responsibility of the user to determine what the data mean. Using a GIS system to calculate the number and average size of buildings within a particular area is impressive, but the results are meaningless unless they serve some greater purpose. What questions can be answered with this knowledge? Knowing the number and size of buildings can give city planners a good idea of how big sewer lines need to be, or how many classrooms a new school will need. Military planners can use the same data to determine where the enemy may be hiding, or how many blankets and bottles of water they will need to distribute to disaster victims. Numbers only mean something when they can be put to use. That will be your job.

This work requires vision and imagination. The most successful GIS professionals are those who can take the long view and then figure out how to get there. It is easy to envision a GIS system that will put all the data the user needs in one place, in an easy-to-interpret format, from a smart phone and in 3D! Like most computer-based applications, GIS systems tend to move forward incrementally, with one little breakthrough leading to the next. Somebody has to know what the final product needs to do. Scientists and engineers often refer to this process as "working backward" from an ideal end goal, and figuring out how to fill the gap between the goal and the reality.

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