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GIS Careers Richard Taketa Department of Geography San Jose State University
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GIS Evolution Building data Displaying data Analysis and modeling Desktop Workgroup and enterprise Web and mobile Time
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GIS Work Database building Mapmaking and visualization Searching for information Spatial analysis and modeling Application development Enterprise integration
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GIS Work Database building Mapmaking and visualization Searching for information Spatial analysis and modeling Application development Enterprise integration
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GIS Work Builders –Database builders –Application developers –Web developers –Mobile developers –Enterprise integrators Users –GIS as a tool to assist specific problem solving and decision making
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GIS Applications Land use planning Environmental management Water resources management Air quality monitoring Utility management Facility siting Transportation and logistics Crime analysis Emergency preparedness and response
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GIS Qualities Understanding of natural and social sciences Spatial awareness Math skills Computer skills –Including programming Problem solving skills Decision making skills Communications skills –Written, verbal, numerical –Graphic
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A Management Fable
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Once upon a time… A manager –10 out of 40 developers –Multiple platform software product –VAX, Eclipse, Apollo –Software developed, tested, debugged
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The situation Software delivery schedule “challenged” Management declares –focus first on VAX –then on Eclipse –then on Apollo Testing will follow in the same order Finally, debugging will take place
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The situation
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Solving Problems Swidden
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Solving Problems Horizontal Nomadism
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Solving Problems Periodic Markets
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Solving Problems
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…and they lived happily ever after.
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