Building a Career in GIS

Friday September 22nd 2006
Filed Under Career, Features 

The starting point in building a successful career in GIS is a solid education. This involves taking classes in cartography, GIS, database management and programming. There are a lot of GIS certificate courses emerging that help solve the confusion as to which classes to take, but any department offering GIS coursework is a great starting point. Start by taking a general “what is GIS” themed course. This is important because it is important to understand the general concepts in GIS before actually attempting some of the functionality. Taking a good cartography course is critical as well. Often overlooked by many seeking GIS knowledge, a comprehension of cartographic techniques is especially important for understanding mapmaking and for learning how to create maps that are effective in communicating geographic data. The end process of visualizing spatial analysis can be tricky. Understand the methods by which one can display data is essential to effectively communicating with maps. Read more

Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences

Monday September 04th 2006
Filed Under Education 

A resource page offered by the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College that provide teaching tips, activities for the classroom and lab as well as a discussion forum for the geosciences.