The geospatial industry is massive, which includes jobs in geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing. All that imagery that is being collected by satellites and drones, it's geospatial software that is processing it, developed by GIS/RS programmers. All that location-aware data that is being collected at all times? That's GIS. Google Earth, Google Maps, Apple Maps...all GIS. The geospatial sector is worth billions worldwide and many thousands of people work in the industry. Proof of that is fact that Jack Dangermond, the owner/founder of Esri, producers of one of the most widely used GIS software platforms, is one of the world's richest people.
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What is cool about geospatial computation? Is there a specific type of job that deals with it?
The geospatial industry is massive, which includes jobs in geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing. All that imagery that is being collected by satellites and drones, it's geospatial software that is processing it, developed by GIS/RS programmers. All that location-aware data that is being collected at all times? That's GIS. Google Earth, Google Maps, Apple Maps...all GIS. The geospatial sector is worth billions worldwide and many thousands of people work in the industry. Proof of that is fact that Jack Dangermond, the owner/founder of Esri, producers of one of the most widely used GIS software platforms, is one of the world's richest people.
- https://www.forbes.com/profile/jack-dangermond/?sh=256df89e6...
Cool - thanks!