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    GIS Careers: Richard Taketa Department of San Jose State University

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    GIS Careers

    Richard Taketa
    Department of Geography
    San Jose State University
    GIS Evolution

    Analysis and modeling

    Displaying data
    Building data

    Web and mobile


    Workgroup and enterprise
    Desktop

    Time
    GIS Work
    • Database building
    • Mapmaking and visualization
    • Searching for information
    • Spatial analysis and modeling
    • Application development
    • Enterprise integration
    GIS Work
    • Database building
    • Mapmaking and visualization
    • Searching for information
    • Spatial analysis and modeling
    • Application development
    • Enterprise integration
    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
    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
    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
    A Management Fable
    Once upon a time…
    • A manager
    – 10 out of 40 developers
    – Multiple platform software product
    – VAX, Eclipse, Apollo
    – Software developed, tested, debugged
    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
    The situation

    VAX

    Eclipse

    Apollo
    Solving Problems

    Swidden
    Solving Problems

    Horizontal Nomadism
    Solving Problems

    Periodic Markets
    Solving Problems

    VAX

    Eclipse

    Apollo
    …and they lived happily ever after.

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