Tuesday, April 28. 2009

Podcast: Should Geospatial Education Create Subject Matter Experts or Geospatial Thinkers?

Do we encourage the next generation of young geospatial professionals to get degrees in specific disciplines such as geology, forestry, urban planning, etc. or do we train them to be “geospatial thinker" with a degree in GIS? This was the question posed at a panel at last week's Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference. This week we review the panelists' thoughts and offer up our opinions.


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Monday, April 13. 2009

GISCI Looking for Executive Director

I noticed the job posting on the NSGIC website. Key benefits/requirements: possible remote work situation (work from home!), bachelors required, association management experience and/or GISP certification (or eligibility) preferred. Responses due April 20 - so get on it if you are interested!

- job posting (pdf)

Tuesday, March 24. 2009

Podcast: The Schizophrenic Nature of Geospatial

For years geospatial has faced a challenge: is it a special discipline/way of looking at the world or is it in fact nothing special and indeed "for everyone?" Directions Mahazine editors take a look at the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde nature of the disciplines of geography and geospatial technology.

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Tuesday, March 17. 2009

Podcast: A New Map of the Geospatial Marketplace

The geospatial technology provider marketplace is growing every day. New players are hitching their wagons to the demand for enterprise solutions from specialized corners of information technology, not to mention the far corners of the globe. How can we make sense of the lay of the land and what the future may hold? Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg explore a new map (graphic after break) and the possible road ahead.

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Monday, February 16. 2009

Qualcomm Ventures Invests $9 million in MapMyIndia

MapMyIndia provides digital maps, location-based services and GPS navigation on handhelds and in cars. The investment, along with others from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Sherpalo Ventures and Nexus India Capital may lead to expansion outside of India. A telling comment from MapmyIndia MD Rakesh Verma: "After the acquisition of Navteq, the field has been opened. We are examining and have plans for venturing overseas in 2010-11."

- Economic Times

Friday, February 13. 2009

Education Tidbits

Good news for potential summer GIS and engineering interns in Wausau, WI: Joe Gehin, the city's director of public works, can offer between $8.19 and $10.84 per hour for the four open positions. The hope is the move will attract quality candidates.

- Wausau Daily Herald

Bowdoin College has six new tenured professors including Computer science professor Laura Toma who teaches courses on data structures and geographic information systems (GIS) algorithms and data structures. Much of Toma's work addresses scalability issues in GIS. She was responsible for grant that helped build the college's GIS lab.

- Bowdoin Orient

The Northern Virginia Community College received a $492,458 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to prepare students for work in the field of geospatial technology.

- Leesburg Today