 | It's time to start defining our industry's core competencies and capabilities, before demand for new geospatial employees exceeds supply and we're unable to meet the technological challenges of the future.
May 1, 2006
By:Duane F. Marble
We are currently in the midst of a geospatial labor market shortage
that shows every sign of growing more acute in the coming years.
The increasing use of geospatial tools and data in almost every
sector of the global economy has been driven by dramatic
advancements in the capabilities of our tools and in the increased
availability of better spatial data. This growth has created a
substantial demand for highly qualified personnel in all areas of
the geospatial industry, but we're in a poor position to satisfy
this demand. We have only a very vague notion of who we are and
what — in the aggregate — we are currently doing, let
alone knowing what is going to be required in the years to come.
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Geographers must start to fill the worldwide demand for business geography in the private sector, and the first step toward this goal is strengthening academic programs in the United States.
May 1, 2006
By:Lawrence E. Estaville, Lisa Keys-Mathews, Brock J. Brown, William R. Strong
Few universities are teaching geospatial skills to future
geographers, and they aren't educating these students to think in a
business context with business concepts.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration invests in open geospatial interfaces to make its Earth observations, model outputs, and online processing services more accessible to its federal partners and other stakeholders.
Feb 1, 2006
By:Myra Bambacus, Mark Reichardt
For years, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has worked to assimilate its research outputs of Earth observation and predictions into the decision support systems of its federal partners and other stakeholders by using interoperability standards that promote open information sharing and discovery.
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With recent investment by the Department of Labor, geospatial sciences are becoming a hot career choice. Is it time you took charge of your spatial career?
Nov 1, 2005
By:Tina Cary
Simply put, you are the marketing director of your career. And in marketing, you need to understand your customers' needs as seen from their perspective. Regarding job searches, the person who is doing the hiring can be considered the customer, and his or her perspective may be quite different from yours.
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 | Mar 1, 2005
By:Brian D. Kiernan
Ask a group of GIS managers to look back over the history of their system implementations and relate their most painful experiences, and chances are many of them will recount the story of how they justified the cost of the project. Helping to ease that pain, industry experts share their insights into how to advance a business case for geospatial technology and data investment.
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