Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should
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The misuse of technology is not a new topic (guns don't kill people, people with guns do) and I am certainly not the first person to consider this in the context of geospatial/GIS. With all the great conference sessions on geospatial technologies and how to exploit them, this "non-GIS" geo-community could stand to review what we are doing, not just how we are doing it. One review from the recent SXSW (South by Southwest) conference described geo-fencing as the 'next generation of geolocation'; as if geo-fencing were some cutting-edge technique. In the days of old-school GIS, your friendly analyst and his arsenal of oh-so-very-special software was the gatekeeper to geospatial data analysis. Those shackles are now off. What might people produce without an understanding of GIS concepts such as analysis across geographic scales, choosing appropriate data classification methods or even the implications of (gasp!) geo-fencing? The current job market demands geospatial software developers, yet university GIS programs are slow to produce them. Is the GIS Professional no longer needed or will they find a new place as geo-data scientists in the emerging field of Big Data Analysis?
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- 1. Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should Paul Wickman, VP / CTO twitter.com/flatrockgeo paul@flatrockgeo.com
- 2. Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should Paul Wickman, VP / CTO twitter.com/flatrockgeo paul@flatrockgeo.com Because where matters
- 3. Fl at Ro ck G e o grap h i c s guide businesses and organizations toward better and more intuitive decision-making t h ro u g h t h e p o we r o f ge o grap h i c t h i n ki n g. • Web Application Development • MapFeeder Subscription Ser vices • Geospatial Analytics and Data Mining • Litigation Suppor t
- 4. 1) let’s do bad stuff really well 2) we don’t need no stinkin’ “GIS”! 3) everything old is new again (again)
- 5. 2) let’s doing bad stuff really well
- 6. “With great power comes great responsibility” - Uncle Ben Google Fusion Tables Tutorial - Where 2011 Guns don’t kill people....
- 7. size does matter... Population Total No Area
- 8. size does matter... Population Total No Area
- 9. size does matter... Population Total No Area
- 10. size does matter... Population Density Area Normalized
- 11. size does matter... Population Density Area Normalized
- 12. size does matter... Population Density Area Normalized
- 13. size does matter... Population Density Area Normalized
- 14. Population Density - Classification Natural Breaks Quantile
- 17. symbology choices • Choropleths • Dot density
- 18. symbology choices • Choropleths • Dot density • Graduated Symbols
- 19. symbology choices • Choropleths • Dot density • Graduated Symbols • Proportional Symbols
- 20. symbology choices • Choropleths • Dot density • Graduated Symbols • Proportional Symbols • Heat maps
- 21. symbology choices • Dot density and scale
- 22. map scale
- 23. map scale
- 24. map scale
- 25. map scale • ~60 feet from next zone.
- 26. map scale • ~60 feet from next zone. • Source map is 1:1,000,000
- 27. map scale • ~60 feet from next zone. • Source map is 1:1,000,000 • Horiz acc 1:24,000 +/- 90 feet
- 28. map scale • ~60 feet from next zone. • Source map is 1:1,000,000 • Horiz acc 1:24,000 +/- 90 feet • Take a weighted average
- 29. • Analysis across scales • Modifiable Areal Unit Problem • Changes in census boundaries • What exactly is a zip code? • Heat map color/sampling choices • Good geocoding (local vs general src)
- 30. • Effect of projections, datum transformations • Appropriate data classification methods • Geo-fencing with shitty data • Hispanic is not a race
- 31. 2) we don’t need no stinking “GIS”!
- 32. GIS has always been an overloaded term
- 33. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’
- 34. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’ • GIS Analyst
- 35. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’ • GIS Analyst • GIS Technician
- 36. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’ • GIS Analyst • GIS Technician • GIS Specialist
- 37. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’ • GIS Analyst • GIS Programmer • GIS Technician • GIS Specialist • GIS Data Specialist
- 38. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’ • GIS Analyst • GIS Programmer • GIS Technician • GIS Mapping Assistant • GIS Specialist • GIS Data Specialist
- 39. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’ • GIS Analyst • GIS Programmer • GIS Technician • GIS Mapping Assistant • GIS Specialist • GIS Mapping Technician • GIS Data Specialist
- 40. GIS has always been an overloaded term ... and it has always meant ‘esri’ • GIS Analyst • GIS Programmer • GIS Technician • GIS Mapping Assistant • GIS Specialist • GIS Mapping Technician • GIS Data Specialist • GIS Application Specialist
- 41. GISP The “Certified GIS Professional”
- 42. What is happening now is fantastic First-generation "push-pin" mapping, these skills weren't needed. 1) here is a map 2) here are pins on a map 3) here are other pins near you
- 43. • Many "GIS Professionals" are missing the boat • Brian Timoney paraphrased, “Dear Universities: Please stop sending us GIS Technicians” • Current market demands geospatial software developers, “higher ed” slow to produce them. • There is not an employment problem there is an education problem •Spatial is Indeed Special…but GIS Software Skills will Soon be Obsolete • Geo-data Scientist as a career path?
- 44. 3) everything old is new again (again)
- 45. - Think about what you’re doing
- 47. •Understand what kind of data you're putting on the map - Noah Illinsky
- 48. •Understand what kind of data you're putting on the map - Noah Illinsky •All of the default settings in MS Excel are wrong - Noah Illinsky
- 49. •Understand what kind of data you're putting on the map - Noah Illinsky •All of the default settings in MS Excel are wrong - Noah Illinsky •Knowing Microsoft Word will not make you a poet - Some Blogger
- 50. •Understand what kind of data you're putting on the map - Noah Illinsky •All of the default settings in MS Excel are wrong - Noah Illinsky •Knowing Microsoft Word will not make you a poet - Some Blogger •GIS is the worst thing to happen to cartography, i.e. analysts are not designers
- 51. Links and Such http://www.justinholman.com/2012/03/20/spatial-is-indeed-special/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/business/computer-science-for-non-majors-takes-many-forms.html?_r=1 Paul Wickman, VP / CTO twitter.com/flatrockgeo paul@flatrockgeo.com
- 52. Links and Such http://www.justinholman.com/2012/03/20/spatial-is-indeed-special/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/business/computer-science-for-non-majors-takes-many-forms.html?_r=1 Paul Wickman, VP / CTO twitter.com/flatrockgeo paul@flatrockgeo.com Because where matters
- 53. Great Quotes Madmen, etc.
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