Published by grace P in Academic
hierry Gregorius argues the state of GIS, data and IT are a big frustration. And, in the geoscience community the challenges users face with GIS are only getting worse.
http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/gis-is-not-as-simple-as-it-used-to-be/359232
Category: Academic
Olufemi Aluko: Free open source GIS like QGIS with GRASS are very competent systems and in many respects have more functionality than propriety systems. But they do usually have a greater learning curve and require a higher level of IT skills (databases, SQL, programming).
Published by Andrew Raal, Natural Scientific Professional
i agree that you need to be updated. GIS people need to continue a habit of lifelong education.
Published by Judith Braker, Environmentalist
quite right. However, the software remains very expensive and the free ones are limited in operations.
Published by Olufemi Aluko, Obafemi Awolowo University - Lecturer
GIS/Spatial systems should be usable for all professionals from geoscientistss, to accountants to medial staff i.e. GIS is becoming mainstream. There are a lot of job positions, accountant, marketing, bus. manager with GIS skills required. The marketing guys should be doing GIS analysis for their field, the same for hydrologist etc. I think the focus has changed from the GIS professional from being an analyst to a GIS-database support person. GIS support staff need strong database, IT and programming skills.
Published by Andrew Raal, Natural Scientific Professional
nice article. Yes i can see that GIS people need to very updated.
Published by Tia A, GreenFood - CEO