PWA 4: New Origins...

[AdamZ]

What is a GIS Analyst?

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by AdamZ

What is a GIS Analyst?

geographic information system

[PoorMansCamaro]

per wiki...

Geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data. The acronym GIS is sometimes used for geographical information science or geospatial information studies to refer to the academic discipline or career of working with geographic information systems.[1] In the simplest terms, GIS is the merging of cartography, statistical analysis, and database technology.
A GIS can be thought of as a system—it digitally creates and "manipulates" spatial areas that may be jurisdictional, purpose, or application-oriented. Generally, a GIS is custom-designed for an organization. Hence, a GIS developed for an application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose may not be necessarily interoperable or compatible with a GIS that has been developed for some other application, jurisdiction, enterprise, or purpose. What goes beyond a GIS is a spatial data infrastructure, a concept that has no such restrictive boundaries.
In a general sense, the term describes any information system that integrates, stores, edits, analyzes, shares, and displays geographic information for informing decision making. GIS applications are tools that allow users to create interactive queries (user-created searches), analyze spatial information, edit data in maps, and present the results of all these operations.[2] Geographic information science is the science underlying geographic concepts, applications, and systems.[3]

[GoldCartridgeGamer]

Originally Posted by aSSian

geographic information system

Originally Posted by aSSian

per wiki...

Used a lot for surveying, civil engineering, etc.

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by Lgndryhr

Used a lot for surveying, civil engineering, etc.

and is usually pretty good pay

[GoldCartridgeGamer]

Originally Posted by aSSian

and is usually pretty good pay

Yep! I work for an AEC firm and those who are civil and survey make good money, lol.

[AdamZ]

My city is hiring one lol. I'm going to try to get hired on as a dispatcher only bc it's $38/hr

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by AdamZ

My city is hiring one lol. I'm going to try to get hired on as a dispatcher only bc it's $38/hr

i thought you recently got another job, or did that fall through?

[GoldCartridgeGamer]

Originally Posted by AdamZ

My city is hiring one lol. I'm going to try to get hired on as a dispatcher only bc it's $38/hr

Got to be real skilled to be involved with GIS. Who cares what you do as long as you make bank! I enjoy doing IT and such, but if I can a crap ton more of money doing something else you bet I'll be all over it.

[PoorMansCamaro]

i got this itch to put money down on AZ going to the super bowl. lol

[GoldCartridgeGamer]

Originally Posted by aSSian

i got this itch to put money down on AZ going to the super bowl. lol

Why's that?

[PoorMansCamaro]

Originally Posted by Lgndryhr

Why's that?

because they are 3-0, and have beat the seahawks, patriots, and philly...next four games are miami, rams, buffalo and minny. lol

[AdamZ]

Originally Posted by aSSian

i thought you recently got another job, or did that fall through?

Eh, I was ranked 5th and they took the top 4...So I will be on the reserve until the end of next year...so as long as someone retires or leaves in the next year then I will get hired. So I'm sure it will happen. At least I hope.

[GoldCartridgeGamer]

Originally Posted by aSSian

because they are 3-0, and have beat the seahawks, patriots, and philly...next four games are miami, rams, buffalo and minny. lol

Haha, hmm I see your point. What will happen in playoffs though is the question.