Happy Thanksgiving! *I’ve been running a lot recently, and when I run, I think. Here are a few things that have been bouncing around my brain while dodging traffic.
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- Is it just me, or is every “viral” map that hits the internet lately powered by either CartoDB or Mapbox? *It’s pretty impressive to see these two companies gain traction and grow, especially in the non-traditional geo-crowd. *If anyone one sees a “viral” map from Esri, that wasn’t made by Esri, let me know.
- Recently at work I’ve been building a*custom interpolation algorithm to analyze some model output. * The out-of-the-box tools in the standard GIS suites usually aren’t flexible or fast*enough for my work, so I have been using scipy and numpy to code some stuff up. *I hadn’t used the spatial component in scipy until this project. Scipy spatial, in*combination with numpy, has been a powerful alternative for*coding the analysis. If you haven’t, you should check it out. Since I am working in a modeled spatial environment (sparse and standard grids), I’ve been using Jupyter Notebook*for an IDE and matplotlib*for on-the-fly visualization, both of which are awesome.
- I am excited that Boston has been chosen as the host city of FOSS4G 2017! *I haven’t been to a FOSS4G conference yet, but I am 100% going to FOSS4G in 2017. Big thumbs up to Avid Geo,*the folks at AppGeo,*and others in the Boston geo-sphere*who put the proposal together. *FOSS4G*is the future of geo and GIS. There is no ifs, ands or buts about it.
- Rant time – We, as an industry, need to get colleges and universities to stop providing (or drastically improve) GIS certificate programs (also, we need to end “technical certifications”, but that’s a whole other rant). *For the most part, many*don’t do enough to really help someone trying to become a geo-professional or improve their skills if they are already working in the field. In many cases, I believe they can railroad students*into a skillset that is really only viable in the very narrow role of a GIS technician. *Those departments that teach GIS and geospatial analysis should work more on developing and integrating*cross discipline geospatial curricula that provides technological depth, solid analysis skills and strong problem solving skills. *All too often I have seen the “Open*ArcMap, push some buttons, use some shapefiles, and make a crappy map project route” approach to fulfill requirements. This is a horrible disservice to students, many of whom are competing for jobs that are becoming increasingly tougher and tougher to land. *Geospatial higher education has to be better. Colleges and universities don’t need to be career training centers, but they should teach*the skills necessary to for their students to be able to compete in today’s environment.
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