My brilliant geospatial career 6 dec 2011

by josediacono on Dec 07, 2011

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this is a presentation I gave to 200 high school girls to explain what the geospatial industry is about and to encourage them to study geospatial or surveying, or to include it as a subject in their ot...

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My brilliant geospatial career 6 dec 2011 — Presentation Transcript

My Brilliant Geospatial Career Why you should have one too Jose Diacono Cheltenham Girls High

It’s all about where• Where is the illegal logging of orangutan habitat?• Where is the criminal?• Where is the nearest ATM?• Where is the high voltage electricity cable?• Where can I buy vintage fashion?• Where are the flood victims?• Where is the water being used or wasted?• Where is the party this Saturday night?

Geospatial TechnologiesA specialised form of information technologySatellite technologiesAerial photographyMeasuringMappingAnalysingIndoors and outdoors

Geospatial technologies used inIN  Marketing  Town Planning  Banking Insurance Weather Forecasting Mining Precision Agriculture 3D Simulation and games

Insurance

Transport

Markets

SportiPhone App www.crosscountryapp.com

DeforestactionState of the artTechnology + humaningenuity

State of the art Technology + human ingenuity

What subjects?• Maths 3 unit (required)• Physics (preferred)• Software Design and Development• Information Technology• Geography• Design* Don’t be put off by the ATAR of 91

We need designers!

Other skills• Good written and verbal communications• Problem solving• Eager to learn

Courses• Surveying• Geo Information Systems• TAFE Diploma/Certificate

Courses• Subjects within another degree – Engineering, Geography, Environmental, History, Science, Vet, Medicine, Marketing Politics, Law….. – Postgraduate

Atlas NSW

Population

Where to Study?• University of NSW• UTS, Newcastle (subject within engineering etc)• TAFE (Ultimo, Wollongong , Newcastle

Find out more…

Find out more… Study Pathways Where to study

spatialAce Day Jobs survey

Why a career in spatial?

Why a career in spatial?• Skills shortage = career opportunities + $• Women are popular!• Interesting and satisfying• Flexibility• Travel• Work in – Government – Large or small private sector – Own business/self employed

josediacono note, the images on slide 11 do not link to the video and TED talk. Go to http://dfa.tigweb.org/ and scroll down for the video. for the TED talk just google TED talk deforestaction and you will find it. 5 months ago

Are you sure you want to Yes No

josediacono Some background for International viewers

My Brilliant Career is a novel by Miles Franklin, widely studied in Australian Schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Brilliant_Career

Rush is a very gripping Police show based in Melbourne, Australia 5 months ago

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