Hello, Dr. Chris. I don't know if you'll see this comment, but I tried to use the link to your notes in the description box, but it gave me an error saying the page can not be found. Please, I'd like to use your notes. I just came across your channel.
I've had a GIS career for 14 years, and this is terrible advice for the most part. The job ads he read were actually pretty descriptive, but he didn't understand what he was reading. It's not just "word salad", these are phrases you need to understand and be able to apply! Python is great and I use it all the time, but it's not a prerequisite. Don't let that stop you from getting into GIS. In fact, GIS is a great way to start learning python.
3:49 Are the youngest geoscience grad students actually 25-28yrs old? I just got accepted into a fully funded Earth Systems Science Master's Program at 23yrs old. Am I in over my head???
That would be great! I need to get back to making videos. My desire got sapped as I was actually paid to make videos for a company for a year... strange, from hobby to job and I lose interest.
so you're more of a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" kinda conservative. noone with logical thinking gets things done without handouts? you should have kept silent about your politics. you have alienated this part of your audience enough to only say you wont get a dime from this progressive. hopefully you stop hating the environment and start to change your views on "the pipeline".
I'm not there yet, BUT, VERY helpful! I have a beginning ArcGIS class and my number 1 problem has been file structure!!! Grrrrr! Because I was so confused, the instructors assistant helped me by creating a brand new file structure for me. Unfortunately, he did not get rid of TWO existing file structures that I had originally tried to set up. When I asked the assistant (HELP!!! I CAN'T FINE ANYTHING!) to remind me how to navigate to the new file he set up he referred me to instructions that did not pertain to the new structure. Guess what? The wrong instructions didn't get me to the new file structure! I think it was a lot of work for you to make this video. It is GREAT to have everything clearly visualized and with the ability to review the structure any time. Thank-you very much!
I have my masters in geo-information sciences and I would disagree that GIS is just being a software jockey clicking buttons. There are things that are different about spatial data, that knowing the theory behind it, is quite useful. However, I do think it is niche and difficult to be in GIS because many muti-disciplinary skills are required. GIS is a profession, just search for "GIS Specialist" jobs (albeit pay is not great) and many will appear, however it is good to know the field that you want to apply GIS to, for example natural resource management. The best combination of skills in my opinion is algorithms, python/R for statistical analysis, and database management of spatial data and knowing how to use ESRI ArcGIS or QGIS softwares. You may be more on the developer side than the applied side for GIS, and that is a whole other world (which I don't know much about). Network analysis is also definitely something to look into, it is useful for find shortest paths and delivery routes. GIS tech is rapidly evolving as well so keep up with the tech is important. Hope that helps!
Was oil created in large volumes during catastrophic events such as asteroid strikes? I am interested in the organic material and when major depositions occurred...do they correlate to major catastrophic events? In other words, was energy from those events and widespread death of organisms stored in the petroleum over time?
Great tips. Would have liked to see a bit more about optimum rendering, antialiasing and general video card settings too. Those are pretty important in attaining good vid quality before getting it into Premiere.
My geology department is offering a GIS App for earth science majors, and going to take the course this semester. Thanks for the video to give an idea of what it is good for heading forward.
Hi Chris, great vid and new sub! I have a BSc and MSc in Social Psychology and wanted to do a second Master's in a more technical / STEM subject. GIS would be perfect for me because it usually requires less stringent prerequisites than a MSc in Computer Science. Given that a lot of tech giants nowadays rely on geo data (Uber, Airbnb, Google Maps to name a few), do you think one can become a Software developer / engineer at these companies with a MSc in GIS?
Geologists only think and talk about periods of millions of years. They have different methods for determining the age of rock layers. However, there is one small problem. Ancient books tell us that a cycle of natural disasters threatens the earth and all living things. The cause of this cycle of disasters is a ninth planet in our solar system orbiting the sun in an eccentric orbit. Features of the natural disaster include a massive tidal wave, higher than the highest mountain, flooding, storms, rain, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and a fiery asteroid bombardment. That planet is surrounded by a gigantic twisting cloud of dust and meteorites. That cloud obscures the atmosphere, pollutes the water and covers the whole planet Earth with that dust. At the end of the crossing of this planet 9, the earth is covered with a horizontal layer of wet mud, a mixture of sand, clay, lime, fossils of sea and land animals, shells and the deposit of that dust cloud and asteroids. So in every layer on our planet we will find material of the same antiquity, perhaps many millions of years old: the deposit of extraterrestrial clay and meteorites. Even the youngest, topmost earth layer, which is less than 6,000 years old, also includes the same very old deposit. If you don't know about this cycle, you have no idea how our history has evolved. To learn much more about planet 9, the recurring flood cycle and its timeline, the re-creation of civilizations and ancient high technology, read the e-book: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". It can be read on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: invisible nibiru 9
