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I have Master's in computer science can i start my career in Geospatial python?

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I've tried turning on globe view on google maps and searched up 90°00'00.0"N 16°46'10.3"W but I couldn't see the pin even if i tried zooming out or adding a label because I can't see the label.

hii geoinformatics is good for career or not

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Thank you for your video, and clear speaking and idea layout. I thought I would feel sad after watching this from the title, but I just finished a degree recently called Spatial Data Science. I have no job. It's a huge bummer. It's hard to keep up my skills while I apply and get rejected. I hear what you are saying, and how programming languages should help, and having a niche should help. I wonder if you could at all influence the people over there at USA jobs who create the job categories. What I might be just realizing after months (or a year) of getting rejections from these job applications, is that even with a graduate degree in GIS/Spatial Data Science/Geography, they might not by default consider that you have had all of the other math and statistics prerequisites in your undergrad... but it's not true! I have been making that assumption. I am only now starting to realize that with an engineering background, I have more technical skills than many actual "GIS Analysts" and "GIS Technicians" who seem to be using a lot of plug and play dashboard and web map stuff, but I think the novelty of the newer degree title "Spatial Data Science" is a turnoff, even if it is actually a subset of Geography! It's unfamiliar, and it doesn't fit into the USA jobs categories. Well, phew... I appreciate you doing the thought experiments on things geospatial, and I'll probably watch more of your vids in the future.

G is Google，I is Intelligent，S is Service. That is all about GIS.

你好，我是盛光晓，毕业于武汉大学测绘工程专业，院士课题组成员，前百度地图高级工程师。 我在测绘地理信息科学行业有13年的经验，我熟悉arcgis和qgis的使用，我精通Python数据分析和可视化，我对arcpy、GDAL、Geopandas、folium、rasterio、fiona、pyproj、shapely这些库都非常熟悉，可以处理矢量和栅格数据。我擅长编写arcpy脚本，定制arctoolbox工具箱。 如有机会合作，不胜荣幸:) 如有打扰，请见谅:) 祝你生活愉快，天天开心

你好，我是盛光晓，毕业于武汉大学测绘工程专业，院士课题组成员，前百度地图高级工程师。 我在测绘地理信息科学行业有13年的经验，我熟悉arcgis和qgis的使用，我精通Python数据分析和可视化，我对arcpy、GDAL、Geopandas、folium、rasterio、fiona、pyproj、shapely这些库都非常熟悉，可以处理矢量和栅格数据。我擅长编写arcpy脚本，定制arctoolbox工具箱。 如有机会合作，不胜荣幸:) 如有打扰，请见谅:) 祝你生活愉快，天天开心

can we change the OSM CRS? or any base map CRS? thanks

As a GIS professional for around 18 years, I am starting to see the salaries in my area for entry and mid level GIS job positions be much lower and not as desirable as other professional career paths. I am not as easily recommending GIS careers unless it is something that is a passion or enjoyable type of job for a person. I enjoy GIS and find it fulfilling but I am also planning for a future in an alternate career path as I see ceilings with my current trajectory.

Thanks Matt, can you share the tutorial you just showed in the video?

Great video, very informative. Can you please add the link to the website you mentioned at the end, that shows all the examples. Thanks for making such informative videos about the power of Python and Spatial SQL. I recently completed a course in geospatial programming in my Masters but we never explored the geoprocessing capabilities in python. You channel has been a great resource for learning about it. Thanks

Sir,to you have any online courses? Especially python for gis I’m a beginner and I really want to learn but I can’t find the right steps to start the thing is there’s only complete python course available in the TH-cam and I feel like I don’t want to waste my whole time learning everything which is not going to be relevant in gis field

if the sole purpose of using GIS software, is the creation of custom maps for presentation and explaination in video, which one will be more suitable (more easier and rich in feature for represention with some animation of map), ArcGIS or QGIS?

It’s almost like they don’t want us to see the pole regions.

Watched it and still don't understand what the s/w actually does. I need a mobile mapping application for mapping out mine sites here in BC. Can I use this for that purpose and hook my GPS puck into my win 11 machine ?

Matt, I worry that you won't get comped for the UC ...

Can i do data analytics in gis if I have no special Peper in geography but had this subject in general

I work as an archaeologist in the private sector and thinking about taking a GIS certification course to in the future segue from archaeology. We use GIS all the time in my industry, mostly for making maps on the spatial relations of cultural resources in the field. Thanks for clarifying the GIS analyst role a bit better. I assume the salaries for the analyst role are comparable to an entry level position.

Thanks for sharing useful knowledge.

I want to learn Python for Geospatial Analytics. How do I start this journey?

How can I use machine learning python (random forest , KNN, ...) FOR Google earth engine ? Thanks for your help to me , God bless you

Can i set ee.Reducer.max instead of median or mean in air pollutiom?

Thank you for sharing this valuable info. You seem to have a gift and natural talent for producing excellent videos Matt. Thanks again.

Well, ESRI especially (ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Story Map) it was a game changer in GIS for me. In current t specific aspects in USA market, most govs departments are integrated by ESRI system - and don’t have any restrictions, so I have full access to public resources. Many clients, ask me for data that is integrated there - my first search browser is ArcGIS online. Another thing you don't have to pay attention for security, versions, data formats, and service optimizations or maintenance systems. Yes, open source is good, especially for local data storage. If you want to go to the web with stored hundred GB of your own datasets and you have a team with IT members (Frontend desktop/mobile, Backend, Admin, and Database) who provide all things for you, open-source is for you. Because in this case, ESRI might be pretty expensive - it always depends. If you are working solo or small team - I definitely recommend ESRI system - because you avoid many other time costs, to provide a great safe ecosystem to provide content to publish into good possibilities by many ESRI apps.

Great video, thanks. It's great to know another options in GIS. In latinamerica it's not easy that small countries has enough resources for pay ESRI License.

That thumbnail got me Matt!

I agree that those who think ChatGPT and AI can replace people aren't thinking right. Way back they said the same thing about the internet as well. It isn't that these tools will replace people, it is that these tools will help people work more better and make life easy. I use ChatGPT to write PyQGIS codes. From the simplest task like loading 53 layers from a folder into QGIS to clipping network assets based on certain criteria. While plugins are great, PyQGIS just does the batch work easily and also saves the layers in folders as you want them. I owe ChatGPT for making my life easy and allowing me to stick to the strict deadlines I often have in my line of work. On a side note, co-pilot I find writes codes better than ChatGPT, and I don't know why. Anyone experienced the same thing?

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I think typing in Python would solve >80% of my problems. I've got some major refactoring coming my way one day. Most of the arcpy issues I've ever had relate to data types being incorrect during coercion into C for the gp ArcObjects tools to run (for anyone getting into programming, especially Python, forcing a hard requirement for a correct data type means that you catch a problem a lot earlier and more explicitly, so you're not hunting through code wondering where something came from and why it's not working).

This is exactly what I needed. College is great for learning ArcGIS, but they preset so many things. I was lost on opening QGIS and not knowing I needed to install a few basic plug-ins to start.

For iraninan boy is impossible ❤❤❤

Don't believe these excuses and lies

There's always a Matt on every GIS team. And whenever anyone needs help, just look for Matt! Thanks Matt!

Sir can you sent your email id

totally agree! sometimes I got the idea from teammates where data pipelines shall be something complicated. while it's just simply about directing the flow of data. only when we need to incorporate queries/immediate view in middle of processing...

I remember trying to use QGIS in 2008. Gave up, but when I came back around 2019 it was much easier to use. Also, some of us work with large institutions (state government) that do not allow open source. So we won't be quitting Esri anytime soon.

Hey Matt, interesting case. Your title struck a cord and made me wonder how other software stack up. I'm a bit of lay-person here regarding the exact intricacies of working with GIS software, but what other paid software would you suggest that isn't open source? Or would you say there is no comparison on that field?

Why the "&&"? So it's one line for the command line?

Thank you for the tutorial, I learned a lot of new skills

I used to teach students using ArcGIS and QGIS, side-by-side, because we thought it was important for our students to learn GIS concepts while being as software agnostic as possible. Unfortunately, our college students spent way too much time cross-walking between the two platforms (juggling both the idiosyncrasies and the jargons) at the expense of the quality times on task needed to develop working cartography and spatial thinking skills. We quickly realized our idea was likely a good andragogic approach (a good way to teach adult learners), but a poor pedagogic approach (a bad way to nurture still-developing college students). So, we consulted our advisory board and shifted to Esri, which also holds the conspicuous market advantage in our region. When we started using drones, circa 2014, and the specialized softwares that go with, we felt much better about our shift into the Esri ecosystem. Yes, Esri isn't perfect and, yes, QGIS is a wonderful open-source alternative, but, in our case, we learned how to leverage the Esri ecosystem for better pedagogy (and better employment potential in our region), and we learned how to rely on other geotechnologies (UAVs, GNSS, GPR, etc.) to help us expose our students to other spatial thinking environments.

Great stuff a billion $ company and ESRI fall short on far too many things

The biggest point is that ESRI has an integration between ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online AGOL. You pay money for the Feature services and the ability to publish maps online. With QGIS, you must set up the infrastructure yourself with cloud (PostGIS, networking, etc.), which is cumbersome; also, creating your own HTML map. You do save money. Unless you are spending for ESRI Enterprise or AGOL, I don't think it is worth it.

I think something that's difficult with modern GIS software is cartography. It's definitely gotten better in ArcPro than what it used to be but making beautiful maps requires you use other software such as Illustrator. Open source options exist with programs such as Inkscape which are helpful but it would be nice to keep everything in one program

Hi Matt, can you make a video on how to use Docker, gdals, and SQL? I've been trying to figure it out from your book but I think you may have hopped over some explanations.

Is there a way to improve the video quality? The highest resolution I can get for this video is 720p. The text is hard to read at that resolution.

The question is...to be or not to be...lazy! 😅

I’m just gana grab some🍿 , brb

Something that has really shocked me coming into the GIS world from UX design is just how bad the UX is in most GIS software. The amount of basic UX issues in ArcGIS Pro constantly blows my mind, but all I hear back from my professors is "ArcMap was so much worse". Every activity I have tried to do in ArcGIS Pro so far has been clunky and frustrating: spatial data analysis, map layout, design, etc. I struggle to think of a single user type that is well served by the software. I'm also shocked at how laggy and slow the software is, despite having maxed out the ESRI recommended specs on my desktop. It feels like bloated legacy software from a company stuck in the early 2000s. And then I found out how much a license costs! I'd contrast ESRI with Adobe. In the design space Adobe is the market leader, offering professional tools at a relatively high price. They have complex user needs and functionality, and yet they manage to make software that is user-friendly (albeit with a steep learning curve). QGIS is similarly clunky, but at least it's free, cross-platform, and open-source. Can't wait to finish my studies and hopefully not have to engage with ESRI again🤞