Friday, December 12, 2014

Terrific "streetwise" advice on the GIS field from Brian Timoney


Terrific "streetwise" advice on the GIS field from Brian Timoney.
http://mapbrief.com/2012/11/09/if-spreadsheeting-isnt-a-university-major-then-why-is-gis-a-major/

He disspells the hype of GIS degree program marketing and makes it clear that he thinks of GIS as a tool not at all an end in itself. He suggests the best undergrad approach is to minor in GIS and major in a content area that holds problems you want to solve using GIS, like Environmental Science, epidemiology, political science, history, emergency management, or one of the other thousands of applications of GIS.



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