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The Geospatial Revolution: Transforming How We Map Our
World
Jim LacyAssociate State Cartographer
Wisconsin State Cartographer’s office
www.sco.wisc.edu
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GEOGeography. People, places or things in our world.
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SPATIALOrientation of objects in space.
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SPATIALBroadly refers to the tools, techniques, data, and skills used to inventory and
analyze the relationship of people, places, and things in our world.
GEO
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OR IF YOU PREFER…
Geospatial technologies let us use digital maps to make better-informed decisions.
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GIS
GPSSatellite Remote Sensing
Aerial photography
Land surveying
EsriQGIS
PostGISLeaflet
APIs
ArcMap
Javascript
Cartography
Bing
LiDAR
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Geographic Information
System
GIS
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A GIS combines layers of information about a place to enable a better understanding of that place.
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Database: Not easy to interpret
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Visualization: “Worth a thousand words”
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Spatial Analysis
Real power of GIS is the ability to model features of our world and analyze information across many different data layers that represent those features.
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McFarland site selection example
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McFarland site selection example
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McFarland site selection example
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McFarland site selection example
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McFarland site selection example
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McFarland site selection example
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McFarland site selection example
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Geospatial tech is more than just GIS…
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Aerometric slides
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“EVERYDAY” USES OF GEOSPATIAL TECH…
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GEOSPATIAL CAREERS
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Skills Desired by Employers
First, do you want to be an “-ologist” or a “mapper?”
Attention to detail, problem solver Communication (written and verbal) Project management
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Skills Desired by Employers
Real experience in geospatial tech• Intern or volunteer (please!)
Programming skills in very high demand• Python, Javascript
Web design and development Database management
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Where can you study Geospatial Tech?
UW Colleges – GEO 106 (online) Most, if not all, public Universities in WI have
some type of geospatial program available to students
GIS Certificates growing in popularity (Madison, Milwaukee, Stevens Point)
Do you want to be an “-ologist” or a “mapper?”
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Questions?Jim LacyState Cartographer’s OfficeUniversity of [email protected]
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