🔬Science
Geographer / GIS Specialist
Studies territories and works with data maps
Studies territories, climate and resources, and builds and analyzes digital geographic maps (GIS).
What they do
- ▹Collects and analyzes geographic and statistical data
- ▹Builds and processes digital maps in geographic information systems (GIS)
- ▹Compiles thematic maps for territorial planning
- ▹Prepares analytical reports for government and private clients
Skills you need
- ▹Spatial thinking
- ▹Working with GIS software (QGIS, ArcGIS)
- ▹Analytical thinking
- ▹Basic programming for data analysis
- ▹Attention to detail
Focus on these subjects at school
GeographyComputer scienceMathematics
Where they work
- ▹State land and cartography agency
- ▹Territorial planning design institutes
- ▹Telecom and logistics companies (coverage and route analysis)
- ▹International mapping and monitoring projects
- ▹Geography research institutes
Pros
- + Applications at the intersection of geography and IT
- + In demand in territorial planning, environmental work and business
Challenges
- − Requires both fieldwork and computer work
- − Not always a well-understood profession outside the GIS field
Programs that lead to this profession
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