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Friday, June 19. 2009
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Old Poll, New Poll
In May we asked about your how often you print: "How often do you print maps on paper in your work?" Of the 76 responses, almost three quarters print at least once per week.
once per week 32%
once per day 32%
a few times per year 22%
once per month 10%
less than once per year 7%
Next up: What's your preferred format for electronic publications?
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Wednesday, May 27. 2009
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Old Poll, New Poll
Back in early May we asked: Do you share your current location with anyone via social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, RSS, website, etc.)?
It seems those who read this geo focussed blog mostly do not. Of 74 responses:
Yes 22%
No 79%
(A bit of rounding error appears.)
Next up: How often do you print maps on paper in your work?
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Monday, May 11. 2009
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Old Poll, New Poll
Back at the end of March we asked: If available free, how would you use background data provided to your desktop GIS from the cloud (as ESRI is doing in a future release with Microsoft's Virtual Earth)?
Just about half of 224 respondents said they expected they'd use it all the time. Timothy Hales just posted a tutorial on how to set it up which may be helpful to readers just receiving ArcGIS 9.3.1.
48% - I'd use it all the time!
34% - I might use it on some projects.
10% - There are security issues that prevent my org from using it.
10% - I don't think I'd use it at all.
Next up, Do you share your current location with anyone via social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, RSS, website, etc.)?
Vote on the lower right hand side of the blog home page.
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Wednesday, April 1. 2009
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Old Poll, New Poll
A little over a month ago we asked: What's your biggest "people" challenge in doing your geo-related job? We received 80 responses, with the leading challenge being hiring the right or enough people.
42% Hiring the right/enough people
25% Something else
19% Lack of professionalism
15% "Getting along"
Next up: If available free, how would you use background data provided to your desktop GIS from the cloud (as ESRI is doing in a future release with Microsoft's Virtual Earth)?
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Wednesday, February 25. 2009
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Old Poll, New Poll
Last month we asked: Which is your biggest challenge in doing your geo-related job?
There were 98 responses:
People 49%
Data 26%
Software/API/Language 16%
Hardware 7%
Something else 5%
Let's follow up on the "people" challenges with this weeks poll: What's your biggest "people" challenge in doing your geo-related job? Vote on the lower right hand site of the blog homepage.
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Wednesday, January 7. 2009
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Old Poll, New Poll
Back in November (yes it's been a while!) we asked how important is it that a job candidate be familiar with more than one GIS product/platform. I'm please to report 82% of the 28 respondents put it in the required/valuable category. (Note that students! And, to be clear, this need not mean you pay someone to teach you a package. There are some great tutorials and free and open source software to explore!)
58% - Valuable; it's nice to have.
25% - Required; I won't hire the person.
18% - Not important; I don't even ask about it.
Next up: Which is your biggest challenge in doing your geo-related job? Vote in the lower right hand corner of the main page.
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