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GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems

What Skills are Essential in GIS?

Posted: October 13th, 2008, 10:39pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Career

Gina Clemmer of New Urban Research is conducting a survey to understand what skills are essential for GIS professionals. Answer this quick ten question survey to add your input: GIS Skills Survey
First GIO Named for the Department of the Interior

Posted: October 8th, 2008, 9:39pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Career

Karen Siderelis has been named the first geographic information officer (GIO) for the Department of the Interior: “The appointment of Karen Siderelis to this new position underscores the importance of Interior’s role in guiding the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC),” said James Cason, associate deputy secretary of the Interior, in announcing the selection. “This committee coordinates [...]
Interview with Iain MacDonald, Cartographer

Posted: September 18th, 2008, 6:01pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Career

The UK newspaper, the Independent, profiles Iain MacDonald, a cartographer in their “I Want Your Job” series. MacDonald works for Collins Geo which is a division of Harper Collins that produces maps and atlases. The skils he states for doing his job well: “You’ve got to be computer literate and logical, with excellent spatial [...]
Job Hunting Tips for Women in Tech

Posted: August 7th, 2008, 3:39am CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Career

For women who are currently looking for a job, this online panel next week should be of interest: I just wanted to let you know that the WomenTech Talk Yahoo! Group [groups.yahoo.com] is holding their August online panel, “Job-Hunting Tips for Women in Trades and Technology” next week, Monday the 11th through Friday the 15th. Whether [...]
British Cartographers

Posted: June 27th, 2008, 6:04pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Career

The Times has short profiles on two British cartographers. The first looks at Jon Ford, a cartographer with the British Geological Survey who splits his time between field surveying and developing 2D and 3D models of his fieldwork. The second profile is on Edward Mainwaring who works for the Ordnance Survey. Mainwaring became interested in [...]
GIO - Geographic Information Officer

Posted: April 5th, 2008, 6:19pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Career

CIO, or Computer Information Officer is a widely recognized executive management position in the Information Technology Field. A growing number of agencies, in particular at the U.S. Federal and State level, are instituting the GIS counterpart, the Geographic Information Officer (GIO). A GIO for DOI: Implications and Questions (Podcast) Podcast by Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg [...]
Job Listing Sites in GIS

Posted: April 5th, 2008, 5:15pm CEST by Caitlin

Tags: Career

Looking for a job in the GIS field? You can browse for jobs and post resumes at sites specializing in employment in the GIS industry. GIS Gig Do you have a job opening in the GIS field? Submit your job listing to GIS Gig. The site is free for posting and browsing GIS related employment. Canadian Geomatics [...]
Geography Jobs

Posted: March 19th, 2008, 7:07pm CET by Caitlin

Tags: Career

A relatively new employment resources for jobs in geography, GIS and other related disciplines is the GeographyJobs.com web site. The home page of the site contains a growing list of countries that link to an employment gateway specific to the selected country. The site is free to browse for open positions but registration (also free) [...]