1. GIS Careers Richard Taketa Department of Geography San Jose State University

2. GIS Evolution Building data Displaying data Analysis and modeling Desktop Workgroup and enterprise Web and mobile Time

3. GIS Work Database building Mapmaking and visualization Searching for information Spatial analysis and modeling Application development Enterprise integration

4. GIS Work Database building Mapmaking and visualization Searching for information Spatial analysis and modeling Application development Enterprise integration

5. GIS Work Builders –Database builders –Application developers –Web developers –Mobile developers –Enterprise integrators Users –GIS as a tool to assist specific problem solving and decision making

6. GIS Applications Land use planning Environmental management Water resources management Air quality monitoring Utility management Facility siting Transportation and logistics Crime analysis Emergency preparedness and response

7. GIS Qualities Understanding of natural and social sciences Spatial awareness Math skills Computer skills –Including programming Problem solving skills Decision making skills Communications skills –Written, verbal, numerical –Graphic

8. A Management Fable

9. Once upon a time… A manager –10 out of 40 developers –Multiple platform software product –VAX, Eclipse, Apollo –Software developed, tested, debugged

10. The situation Software delivery schedule “challenged” Management declares –focus first on VAX –then on Eclipse –then on Apollo Testing will follow in the same order Finally, debugging will take place

11. The situation

12. Solving Problems Swidden

13. Solving Problems Horizontal Nomadism

14. Solving Problems Periodic Markets

15. Solving Problems

16. …and they lived happily ever after.