GIS Skills


Author:Caitlin Dempsey • 10/09/09 • Categorized as Career          

What skills are needed to be a successful GIS professional?  Broken down by category, listed here is an in progress list of all the skills a GIS professional may be required to have.  Provide your input on essential skills in the comment section below.

Cartography

Map Elements
Know all the components of a map layout.  See: What’s in a Map?

Cartographic Design
See: Principles of Cartographic Design

Spatial Analysis

Data

Vector and raster data
See: Geodatabases Explored – Vector and Raster Data

Database Management

Relational Database Management

Structured Query Language

Programming and Scripting Languages

Software

Web Technologies

Web Servers



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1 Comment

  1. Ujjwal Nigam
    October 11, 2010 • 3:50 am

    Hi,
    I am working as a GIS developer in India.
    Following is the list of skills that are normally required in the GIS service industry in India. They should more or less apply anywhere in the world.

    1. GIS package knowledge (ESRI dominates in most cases)
    2. Knowledge of development framework of the package (ArcObjects for ESRI)
    3. Support programming language by the package/framework (Java/.Net & any COM compliant language in case it’s ESRI)
    4. SQL basics (just enough to connect and query/update a database)
    5. Knowledge of any other package/framework is always helpful.

    Regards
    Ujjwal Nigam
    +91 – 9923810054

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