I’ve been really interested in geography for some time now. I’m also in high school like you are and this gave me a great idea of what I could do in the future
Have fun being a GIS analyst if you stop at a B.S. or B.A, most of these fields are in departments other than geography departments. Geography as a science is awesome, but to be employed one often has to pair it with other fields such as engineering, geology, economics, policy, etc.
Geography BA here. Spent 27 years as an enviro consultant getting permits and doing enviro impact assessments. Also employed by a state government working on hydropower permitting and development. So glad I stuck with geography, my first love. Thanks King!
I'm doing a BA majoring in Geography but I'm starting to have doubts about my degree whether there is still space for upcoming geographers like me and also people demotivates me. How can I get hold of you I need a mentor
@@wandilenonkwali7532 People who are stopping you are idiots....sorry and don't understand the importance of Geography especially as technology progresses. It's going to be one of the few fields and careers where as technology progresses it will be the most sort after knowledge. Our ancestors where the best Geographers, in fact to some degree they where better then us. We need more defences against nature, pollution, space, we will need more understanding of how to collect cleaner energy, we will need preservation projects, we will need people to go out and do the field work where unusual and norm phenomena happens, like the river turning red in Birmingham recently. We need people to clean polluted areas, there's so, so many jobs you can do and are needed with Geography. You can find out how to cure diseases, yes diseases are biological but you as a Geographer needs to go out and find the information to cure them for the other scientists to use this. Hope I explained this ok, also pretty sure you can do Archeology which is extremely sort after atm. So please don't listen to others. I was an idiot for listening to others and only now in my 30s ami going back to college to do science as im realising how important it is. I didn't do it years ago cause I listened to others. Good luck and sorry for long message. 😂❤
How many of us are secretly hoping we get stopped on the street by one of those late night tv show quizzers? Ask me to name ANY country on the map... you better go use the bathroom before we get started!
As a college graduate with a Geography major this video is what I needed when explaining to others what I wanted to be doing... not just "sO, yOU'rE GoiNG To MakE MaPS?"
I graduated with a major in geography and focused on geographic information systems. Lots of option in the field with this degree. I'm trying to get into the DOT.
My undergraduate is in geography. Whenever I tell someone that, they start asking me questions about rivers and state capitals, or they back-handedly imply that I picked an easy program. It was anything but, especially anything to do with landscape analysis.
Hey there! Geography senior here with a GIS minor lol. Love this channel and I knew immediately you were going to mention City Beautiful. There's so much you can do with Geography, and it really allows you to study data in a qualitative and quantitative manner. I was in a team project with economics majors the other day and all they knew were statistics and income... geographical/spatial analysis is so much more inclusive in that and is great to solve major problems like urban planning, climate change and adaptation in the future.
Hey Kyle, Would you consider making a video covering a geography-based reading list? Perhaps sharing some of your favorite readings from your studies. Love the channel!
I'm a civil engineer and have always loved looking at maps--all my life. In my job I spend hours every day looking at plans and maps. We also employ a GIS specialist. Now that is a job that has a solid geography base. GIS is extremely useful to us engineers. Such a powerful tool!
This video needs to be seen by people who think naming countries or capitals on a blank map is what makes someone smart in geography. My geography course didn’t spend much time in memorization but did spend a lot of time on analyzing maps and human geography.
Geographic Information Systems and Computer Cartography is what I specialized in. I worked as a surveying and engineering technician for a hydrographic surveying firm. I combined digital aerial photography and CADD with survey data and analyzed survey data to determine dredge quantities and beach renourishment for the beaches of South Florida. I have a Masters in Geography.
That’s awesome, I just graduated with a degree in GIS. I’m looking to work for a surveying/ engineering firm right now myself. Did you apply as a surveyor or a GIS technician? I’m really hoping to get some pointers in how to get started in this field. Thanks! -Steve
Great summary of geography. I'm finishing up a degree in urban planning (emphasis in transportation) and a minor in GIS - geography is a critical element of what I do / have done for school and work. Loved the summary!
I want to study something like that too! Have you found any jobs in your career yet? Or know what kind of job you want? I’m looking for more information on what kind of jobs you can get with geography
As a GIS professional soon to obtain a Master's in GIS: be ready to learn programming languages and exhaustively using StackExchange. Also, if you delve into the world of GIS, be prepared to have a love/hate relationship with ESRI until you figure out how to automate, at which point you will only HATE ESRI.
Thank you for this video. My brother has been doing GIS for 20 years and could never really explain it to me. I just knew it had to do with maps on computers. Being able to see examples really shows the complexity. He used to work for a Native American Reservation and and is now in city government, so he has really been involved in almost all the aspects of geography you discussed (I always knew he was cool!). Thank you!
Good video Kyle. I love geography, but I'm mostly interested in the social geography, compared to the more physical geography- which was a lot of what we studied in school. It made me lose my love for geography a little bit, but I've rediscovered it and prefer listening to those who know their stuff talk about the physical geography, along with my interest in the more social or human side of geography. I guess we all have different loves when it comes to geography!
Geography BA here as well (Environmental Studies Minor). Graduated 3 years ago. Currently employed at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as an Air Inspector. One of the first requirements asked when applying to this job was for some sort of Geography/Enviromental Studies background. Glad I stuck with the geography degree, was very interesting taking GIS and remote sensing courses at Rutgers. Thanks Kyle.
I'm a geog major who is trying out the many different aspects of the field right now and seeing what interests me to specialize in. Right now human geography seems more appealing but I'm also fascinated by the way people interact with the physical processes of the land and how that effects outcomes in a society. I'm thinking development geography could be a good path forward. Possibly becoming involved in environmental, urban or population policy development and management as a career path. This was a great video for summarizing all these fields in a succinct and easy to digest way. Thanks.
Undergrad in geography 1989 - first 11 years with an aerial photography / GIS consulting firm and then the next 21 years in GIS in county government. I describe my job as helping people visualize complex databases with maps.
I’ve always been interested in finding a career where I can do geography stuff. Thank you for diving into some specific careers which are based around geography.
Super fascinating, wish I had this sort of information available back when i was in college. Would have ventured down this path instead of molecular biology.
I recently found your channel and enjoy it immensely. I graduated from the USC Geography department in 1979. Dr. Ted Steinke was my advisor. I was fortunate have a career in economic development and enjoying retirement. Now my wife and I are getting to see more of America and glad I took Dr. Kovacik’s North American geography.
I have a geography degree but ended up working in another field .I want to make a career change back into geography, thank you for this video @geography king!!!
BA in Geography with emphasis on Global Studies and currently doing my MS in GIS. GIS is awesome, if you like this channel, you should become a geographer!
@@mionellessi3086 What country are you in? I study in the United States. GIS involves working with statistics often like when working on geospatial analysis.
@@artpastorette4547 I am in Slovakia. We had subjects like geodesy, so we needed to calculate many kinds of angles. Or for example we had planetary geography, where we had to clculate times of sunrises and sunsets or measure distances from planets, which was completly useless. We had to know some coordinate transformations too. And of course, we needed to learn derivatives and integrals. So we spent more time learning Maths than working in ArcGIS for example.
@@mionellessi3086 oh I see, that is more of it own subject. Which could integrate GIS as well, but GIS focuses more on geographic areas rather than shape of celestial bodies.
2006 MA in Geography. (BS in Environmental Planning with a biology minor. Also took some post MA courses in GIS/remote sensing). My main career path has been in community college higher education - 15 years as of this year. My focus has been in biogeography and geomorphology, I’ve had temp jobs in the field outside higher ed. - working for consulting companies doing management and monitoring of wetland mitigation and ecological restoration sites, (need extensive knowledge of local flora, which are native and non-native, geomorphic surveys for potential cultural resources impacts by development/pipelines, and dabbled a bit as a Trimble GPS technician. Just enough to provide some real world examples to my students of things you can do outside teaching.
I'm a real life cartographer for the past 13 years and I LOVE my job! We map the entire world. Basically tracing roads, rivers, etc. over satellite imagery all day. If anyone is interested, look up GIS or Geographic Information Systems. It's one of the best majors right now and it's always growing.
Im a current undergrad in Geospatial Technologies. And using GIS to compare how wildfire management strategies effect the size and intensity of fires in California. Pretty useful bit of software GIS is.
@@miliba Theyre better than using slave prison labour, which is a majority of public sector wildfire fighters in the USA. But the fact they only protect certain areas of insured people is arguably unjust. Its not like the fire knows whose rich or poor. It'll travel and spread to anywhere regardless. Albeit, I haven't researched private sector firefighting practices, but if it's like other private sector things, the key thing I would worry about is lack of communication of practices. If a private company protects X area, but they don't tell us public sector folks what they did or how well they did it, I suspect it could cause an extra fire. Though again, I'm not super familiar with the topic.
Having history in the Carolinas, you would be interested in LIDAR images of the Carolina Bays, possible craters from a massive asteroid impact in the Great Lakes Region 11.000 years ago. These bays (elongated lakes) spread across the southeast from Georgia through Virginia all have the same directional angle which point to the hypothetical impact area. The asteroid would have hit the 2 mile thick ice sheet (glacier) over the great lakes and spewed ice boulders the size of baseball stadiums, some out of orbit, many falling back to impact in the Carolinas and surrounding regions.
I remember placing a comment/suggestion on your channel about covering exactly this. Thank you, Kyle. I wish I'd had a geography intro course as I think it would have genuinely tapped my interest. Or at least that interest certainly surfaced later on in life when travel became more affordable and feasible. But hey, now we have you!
Luv it! Good job of explaining how varied Geography is. I received my Master’s degree from KU with an emphasis in ground water resources. Love the channel
I am a professional land surveyor, and I would wholeheartedly recommend the profession as an entry point for anyone who is interested in geography. Since surveying is considered both a trade and a profession, it is possible to start as a survey tech without a college education. College experience is probably necessary to obtain a professional license, but there are plenty of people who make a career as a field tech.
Hi there, I’m a geography major undergrad myself and I’m looking to get into the field of land surveying. Quick question for a surveyor such as yourself; can I apply to a surveying position without having my Professional license? Is there a way I can fast track that if I have a degree? I’m looking for any pointers to getting into the field and am super excited to do so. Thanks! -Steve
@@SP-mu3qd my civil engineering company hires chainmen with little or no experience and give them good training so yes. A 2- year civ eng tech degree from community college pencils in well to advance the career though.
@@SP-mu3qd You can find employment as a field technician with virtually no experience. I have a Master's degree in history, but started surveying at the bottom with a no-experience-required-will-train position. I advanced from the field into the office doing CAD work, took some surveying courses at my local Community college, and am now licensed in two states. Whether you can move up to a position as a licensed professional without formal education depends on which state you wish to practice in. Some states, such as Florida, require a 4 year degree in surveying to obtain a license. Other states, such as NC or VA, allow for a 2 year degree, a related degree with surveying credits, or a non-related degree with surveying credits. If your college offers them, I would definitely take some land surveying courses. Most states are looking for between 15 and 24 credit hours. Given a degree in a related field and surveying specific study, you should be eligible for the LSIT (land survey inter) exam within 2 years of graduation, and the LS exam within 2-4 years. Also, look into interning with a land surveying firm during the summer, and most surveying firms are always in need of extra help during the summer. This will get the practical experience you need in the field which you won't be able to get in the classroom. Best of luck to you. There was a time, many years ago when I wanted to be an urban planner, but now I wouldn't give up my chosen profession for anything.
@@hgman3920 Thank you for your response. I should have clarified that I am actually graduated at this point and looking for a job in the field! Lol. I did take one engineering course which focused on surveying but I believe I am short on the desired credits. However, I have no qualms with starting at the bottom and working my way up as I progress. Again, I appreciate you taking the time to help me out and get a better idea with where to start. Best, -Steve
Great videos! My wife and I are planning a road trip this summer. We love watching your channel for ideas and mainly, because we love the content. Thank you!
Led Zeppelin 3! As a second grader going through my parents' records, that one caught me eye because of the spin wheel. It was the first one of their records I played on my own and Zeppelin has been my favorite since.
Growing up, my high didn't have geography. Even though my granddad was the geography teacher at the very school. (When he retired, the school got rid of geography).... So, your channel interest me so much in geography.
Too many schools have dropped courses that really provide LASTING knowledge, like Geography! It's fundamental to so many other things in the world! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@GeographyKing honestly, like what Mike said, it's just as fundamental as math, history, career-driven classes like mechanical, cooking (etc) and the like.
Kyle, how times have changed. I, too, was always interested in travel and geography so I took geography as an elective my junior year in college a half century ago. My prof, who had a PhD in geography asked me to remain after class one day after I had received the highest score on a midterm exam in a very large class. He remarked on my keener interest and broader knowledge than most of his students. He asked if I would be interested in changing my major to geography and promised that should I do so, he would take a keen interest in my future. The first question that came to mind was, "What will I do with a degree in geography?" Looking a bit taken aback, he responded, "Why, teach geography of course." After talking it over with my young wife and some close friends, I decided against it primarily because my options would be so limited. Years later when the field of geography exploded with myriad opportunities, I sometimes regretted not taking him up on his offer even though my chosen career field took me to every state and several foreign countries..
I went into college not even knowing that geography was a major to study. I also had a great professor in college. He steered me in the direction of physical geography and I was very glad I was able to study something I love.
I already working as a RealEsate Devoloper an i wonderd if it would be a career stepback going to universty now but you literatly boostet my motivation, studying geography to a whole new Level.
I'm a hard-core geography geek. I have to say that a fourth broad geography specialty - besides physical, human, and technical - is regional geography (which blends aspects of human and physical geography for a single region). That perhaps is my very favourite, though I think that it's kind of old fashioned these days compared to the other three (certainly compared to technical). Another thing I have to say is, not all of those who love travel (for the sightseeing, culture, nature, etc. - *not* for relaxing on a beach or something) are by any means geography buffs. Then again, geography is about *studying* a place while travel is about *experiencing* a place, and so that's enough of a difference. (Though of course, just about every geography buff loves travel as well.)
I came to you just because I'm interested in your stuff and the non-glitzy way you present it. And I'd send links sometimes to my son. But only now am I like, oh, right, my son's studying geography at the U of British Columbia. In a flood plain, by the way. Nice to hear the word "oxbow" around minute twelve. My son and I used to talk about meanders when he was a wee tyke. He and I spent his years ages 4-6 wandering the mudflats of Essex, England, and saying stuff like specific gravity and "the Thames was here a million years ago" and such. I'm from elsewhere but fate has often brought me back to the hills north of Chattanooga, with the region's astonishing hydraulics, not all totally destroyed by the TVA. As always, thanks. Sending the link to my son.
I'm not necessarily part of the target audience for this video, but found it interesting because I have a cousin who is a professor of biogeography in the department of Forestry and Conservation at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. She got her bachelor's degree at the University of Winnipeg (Manitoba), her master's at the University of Manitoba, and her doctorate in geography at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I was at her commencement for that last degree in August of 2000.
Soon to graduate with a degree in Civil Engineering. Geography is INCREDIBLY important to that field as well. Would love to see some videos about hurricanes!!
For anyone starting out in a Geography career, I HIGHLY recommend a focus on learning GIS software and remote sensing equipment. As was covered in the video, these are tools that are used in every type of geographic study. Learning about the applications of geography that you're interested in is still good of course, but solid GIS skills are fundamental to every application of geography and will give you the marketability to take your career wherever you want to go. Starting out for me there were lots of different applications of Geography I was interested in, so I focused on learning the tools. I now have both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in GIS which helped land me a great job at a civil engineering firm where I can now explore my areas of interest in the real world.
I am just finishing my Master's degree and to be honest, studying GIS and remote sensing is a nightmare. All the Maths, programming, no free time at all. But at least it is a good way to avoid poverty.
@@mionellessi3086 I've been there but you will be able to find a great job with that degree just about anywhere you want to go. It'll be very worth it!
Thank you for this video. I am currently a geography/environmental studies student at CNM and am figuring out which field I really want to focus on. There is so many different, interesting aspects to geography. My current class is an intro to GIS and it's going well, so far. My leanings are climatology but I really find Biogeography very interesting as well. I will see where this takes me. Your videos are very excellent. My favorite, so far, is the 'Worst Places' video.
I'm employed by the agency whose work is the heart and soul of geography - the U.S. Census Bureau. Like you, I am frustrated because of misconceptions about us. We do many surveys and studies all through each decade, not just the population count on the 0 year. Results from Census Bureau surveys such as the American Community Survey and the American Time Use Survey more or less calibrate all all surveys taken in the private sector, including those opinion polls that tell us which candidate is ahead and what proposal is popular or not. All those site selection studies you talked of use Census data as starting points. I am not a trained geographer, though I have loved the field since childhood. Maps are cool!
I have always been fascinated by maps, even as a little kid. I also love meteorology. In college I majored in Physical Science and took a lot of geography and math courses. I never really used my college and ended up in medical sales for some reason. Oh, the reason was MONEY. Yet another dream not realized, but no real regrets here.
Could you do something on geography of language? Phrases, slang, etc. Imagine you encountered a bit of regional difference between SoCal and Sa'Carolina.
I got in to a Societal Geography course(in Sweden). It seems interesting but I am not sure. Its not easy to find so much info on it. But I guess it is the humans and society connection to the Earth and demography and such... It has cultural and economic focus. I dont know if you are going to read this, but if you are, do you think this could be an interesting path from your Geography perspective?
Great video! I study Human Geography and Planning so I recognise much of what you said. And yes, it is frustrating that people think you're just studying trivia
OU geography grad, there are a bunch of careers, i minored in gis and got a job as a gis specialist. Yes it’s a lot more intensive than memorising capitals.
As someone who is fascinated with the landscape, looked into it extensively, and have proceeded with a career, I see two best Geography-centered career fields. #1: surveyor. Literally exploring the landscape and creating the original base maps of it. 2-year civil engineering technology degree or potentially just on the job training, and there is high demand for this just about everywhere. #2; GIS/GPS analyst. Again this is the true cutting edge of making maps happen instead of studying dusty interesting trivia. Good pay, high demand. Again, a 2-year degree is plenty, focus on the technology itself, and most of your training is on the job as technology advances. In my opinion a 4-year Geography degree is no more valuable and often less valuable than the options above.
You might be interested in the Interesting Things Explained Well podcast episode on air quality if your thesis was about air pollution. I think it's like half an hour and talks about air pollution in lots of different cities.
Long ago in grad school, I took a couple courses in geography at Syracuse focused on historical geography with Donald Meinig, who was one of the top geographers in academia. I guess you’d place that as sub field of human geography. I spent my career as an archivist for the Federal Government, envious of my colleagues who worked in our Cartogr
Cartographic, Plans, and Aerial Photography Division or the Map Division at the Library of Congress. I took an aptitude test once and it recommended that I become aMap d
I’m graduated with an urban planning degree but minored in geography. Having a geography background is very advantageous in the job market if you know how to think outside of the box.
I’m in an urban and regional planning degree program. I took a physical geography course and realized I’m very interested in this subject. Maybe I’ll do a minor in this.
it may not be memorizing captials, but god i love memorizing capitals.
I know the flag of every country.
Lol 😂
I can find the Earth on a map of the United States.
As a high school student wanting to go into the field of geography, this video was very useful
I’ve been really interested in geography for some time now. I’m also in high school like you are and this gave me a great idea of what I could do in the future
Have fun being a GIS analyst if you stop at a B.S. or B.A, most of these fields are in departments other than geography departments. Geography as a science is awesome, but to be employed one often has to pair it with other fields such as engineering, geology, economics, policy, etc.
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I'm literally obsessed with Google Earth
I spend half of my free time looking at random places on Google earth. Mainly cities and town, but also many natural features.
@@vedangsinghal4754 I thought I was the only one! I love doing that, I think it’s fascinating to look at the entire world.
@@vedangsinghal4754 Same! I like to try and find the most obscure place I can think of, zoom in and walk around in street view.
Same
@@vedangsinghal4754 same here. i do it on google maps and look at street view
Geography BA here. Spent 27 years as an enviro consultant getting permits and doing enviro impact assessments. Also employed by a state government working on hydropower permitting and development. So glad I stuck with geography, my first love. Thanks King!
I'm doing a BA majoring in Geography but I'm starting to have doubts about my degree whether there is still space for upcoming geographers like me and also people demotivates me. How can I get hold of you I need a mentor
@@wandilenonkwali7532 ofc there is as long as u work hard :)
@@wandilenonkwali7532 People who are stopping you are idiots....sorry and don't understand the importance of Geography especially as technology progresses. It's going to be one of the few fields and careers where as technology progresses it will be the most sort after knowledge. Our ancestors where the best Geographers, in fact to some degree they where better then us. We need more defences against nature, pollution, space, we will need more understanding of how to collect cleaner energy, we will need preservation projects, we will need people to go out and do the field work where unusual and norm phenomena happens, like the river turning red in Birmingham recently. We need people to clean polluted areas, there's so, so many jobs you can do and are needed with Geography. You can find out how to cure diseases, yes diseases are biological but you as a Geographer needs to go out and find the information to cure them for the other scientists to use this. Hope I explained this ok, also pretty sure you can do Archeology which is extremely sort after atm. So please don't listen to others. I was an idiot for listening to others and only now in my 30s ami going back to college to do science as im realising how important it is. I didn't do it years ago cause I listened to others. Good luck and sorry for long message. 😂❤
How many of us are secretly hoping we get stopped on the street by one of those late night tv show quizzers? Ask me to name ANY country on the map... you better go use the bathroom before we get started!
Omg me!!!!
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As a geography major confused as to what he will do, I extend to you my gratitude.
Our king has returned 🙌🏻
And he brought us a classic Led Zeppelin album with a geographical track: "We come from the land of the ice and snow....!"
Great content
All hail the king!
This man is my favorite TH-camr love geography
Same here
Thank you very much. I'm glad you like the videos!
As a college graduate with a Geography major this video is what I needed when explaining to others what I wanted to be doing... not just "sO, yOU'rE GoiNG To MakE MaPS?"
tell them you can make up to $100000+ as a gis programmer lol
I wanted to study geography an accidentally became cartographer. My job is making maps.
@@ansonpang what is a GIS programmer
I graduated with a major in geography and focused on geographic information systems. Lots of option in the field with this degree. I'm trying to get into the DOT.
How did it go
My undergraduate is in geography. Whenever I tell someone that, they start asking me questions about rivers and state capitals, or they back-handedly imply that I picked an easy program. It was anything but, especially anything to do with landscape analysis.
Please tell me please the best paying courses in geography because I graduated high school last year with an A_ in Geography
@@ardinharminarmin9229 GIS
Last time I was here this early, Pangea had just formed.
My current major is geosciences but I have always loved geography and would love to have a career in that field
Hey there! Geography senior here with a GIS minor lol. Love this channel and I knew immediately you were going to mention City Beautiful. There's so much you can do with Geography, and it really allows you to study data in a qualitative and quantitative manner. I was in a team project with economics majors the other day and all they knew were statistics and income... geographical/spatial analysis is so much more inclusive in that and is great to solve major problems like urban planning, climate change and adaptation in the future.
I take it by your background you went to UCLA!! Go Bruins! I’m also a Geo and GIS Major at UCLA. How have you hauled your major since?
This helps me see what possibilities I could use my Math, Science, and Geography knowledge together! Awesome!
Hey Kyle,
Would you consider making a video covering a geography-based reading list? Perhaps sharing some of your favorite readings from your studies.
Love the channel!
I have a video coming up about exactly that. I was going to include it with this video but it would've gone on too long.
A good resource is the AAA travel books.
I'm a civil engineer and have always loved looking at maps--all my life. In my job I spend hours every day looking at plans and maps. We also employ a GIS specialist. Now that is a job that has a solid geography base. GIS is extremely useful to us engineers. Such a powerful tool!
This video needs to be seen by people who think naming countries or capitals on a blank map is what makes someone smart in geography. My geography course didn’t spend much time in memorization but did spend a lot of time on analyzing maps and human geography.
Led Zep 3. Nice touch.
This video is actually super awesome. I love geography, but I don’t have a clue what I could do with it. Thanks for making this!
Geographic Information Systems and Computer Cartography is what I specialized in. I worked as a surveying and engineering technician for a hydrographic surveying firm. I combined digital aerial photography and CADD with survey data and analyzed survey data to determine dredge quantities and beach renourishment for the beaches of South Florida. I have a Masters in Geography.
That’s awesome, I just graduated with a degree in GIS. I’m looking to work for a surveying/ engineering firm right now myself. Did you apply as a surveyor or a GIS technician? I’m really hoping to get some pointers in how to get started in this field. Thanks!
-Steve
I'm studying Geography in school right now! Saving this video for the future!!
Me too
Great summary of geography. I'm finishing up a degree in urban planning (emphasis in transportation) and a minor in GIS - geography is a critical element of what I do / have done for school and work. Loved the summary!
I want to study something like that too! Have you found any jobs in your career yet? Or know what kind of job you want? I’m looking for more information on what kind of jobs you can get with geography
As a GIS professional soon to obtain a Master's in GIS: be ready to learn programming languages and exhaustively using StackExchange. Also, if you delve into the world of GIS, be prepared to have a love/hate relationship with ESRI until you figure out how to automate, at which point you will only HATE ESRI.
Oh I had one course in GIS in my study and I barely passed the test XD
I’m shocked that TH-cam recommended this to me. This is like what my life is and I’ve always been confused on what I want to in my future. Thanks🤠🤠
Thank you for this video. My brother has been doing GIS for 20 years and could never really explain it to me. I just knew it had to do with maps on computers. Being able to see examples really shows the complexity. He used to work for a Native American Reservation and and is now in city government, so he has really been involved in almost all the aspects of geography you discussed (I always knew he was cool!). Thank you!
Good video Kyle. I love geography, but I'm mostly interested in the social geography, compared to the more physical geography- which was a lot of what we studied in school. It made me lose my love for geography a little bit, but I've rediscovered it and prefer listening to those who know their stuff talk about the physical geography, along with my interest in the more social or human side of geography.
I guess we all have different loves when it comes to geography!
Geography is my favorite subject. Explains a lot.
Geography BA here as well (Environmental Studies Minor). Graduated 3 years ago. Currently employed at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection as an Air Inspector. One of the first requirements asked when applying to this job was for some sort of Geography/Enviromental Studies background. Glad I stuck with the geography degree, was very interesting taking GIS and remote sensing courses at Rutgers. Thanks Kyle.
I don't think I blinked once during this video, I was so engrossed. I'm such a geography nerd!
My last job at a software company had geography majors. They worked on aspects related to the geolocation functions in our software.
One of my favorite classes was Physical Geography. I t explained a lot about various climates around the wirld.
Shoutout to calling the guy who does City Beautiful a nerd hahaha. That channel is great and so is yours!
Hmm, this'll be interesting because I might be interested in doing a job related to geography/architecture
Same I want to be a city planner or architect
I guess cartography might be for you.
@@mionellessi3086 funny thing, I draw little fake city maps when I'm bored, so maybe...
GIS and AutoCAD are making improvements all the time to complement each other. You can go from total land space and zoom down into a building drawing.
@@SandrA-hr5zk yeah AutoCad I've heard of.
I'm a geog major who is trying out the many different aspects of the field right now and seeing what interests me to specialize in. Right now human geography seems more appealing but I'm also fascinated by the way people interact with the physical processes of the land and how that effects outcomes in a society. I'm thinking development geography could be a good path forward. Possibly becoming involved in environmental, urban or population policy development and management as a career path. This was a great video for summarizing all these fields in a succinct and easy to digest way. Thanks.
Undergrad in geography 1989 - first 11 years with an aerial photography / GIS consulting firm and then the next 21 years in GIS in county government. I describe my job as helping people visualize complex databases with maps.
I’ve always been interested in finding a career where I can do geography stuff. Thank you for diving into some specific careers which are based around geography.
Super fascinating, wish I had this sort of information available back when i was in college. Would have ventured down this path instead of molecular biology.
This is one of the best channels on youtube 👇
I recently found your channel and enjoy it immensely. I graduated from the USC Geography department in 1979. Dr. Ted Steinke was my advisor. I was fortunate have a career in economic development and enjoying retirement. Now my wife and I are getting to see more of America and glad I took Dr. Kovacik’s North American geography.
I had a class from Dr Steinke in 2000 or 2001. He was nearing retirement himself at the time.
I have a geography degree but ended up working in another field .I want to make a career change back into geography, thank you for this video @geography king!!!
I started off as an environmental geologist and now I’m a GIS Analyst. I’m not sure how that happened. 🤣
I got a Geography degree and now I'm a survey technician at a civil engineering firm. Funny where life takes you
I see you guys as role models 💪🏾🔥 im really lost tho😅
BA in Geography with emphasis on Global Studies and currently doing my MS in GIS. GIS is awesome, if you like this channel, you should become a geographer!
How is it studying GIS in other countries? Did you need so much Maths too?
@@mionellessi3086 What country are you in? I study in the United States. GIS involves working with statistics often like when working on geospatial analysis.
@@artpastorette4547 I am in Slovakia. We had subjects like geodesy, so we needed to calculate many kinds of angles. Or for example we had planetary geography, where we had to clculate times of sunrises and sunsets or measure distances from planets, which was completly useless. We had to know some coordinate transformations too. And of course, we needed to learn derivatives and integrals. So we spent more time learning Maths than working in ArcGIS for example.
@@mionellessi3086 oh I see, that is more of it own subject. Which could integrate GIS as well, but GIS focuses more on geographic areas rather than shape of celestial bodies.
@@artpastorette4547 Well, yeah. That is the problem. Signed up for GIS and got everything else except of GIS.
I do GIS for a living and I love it. I studied art and geography in college. I just love cartography and could look at maps for hours
2006 MA in Geography. (BS in Environmental Planning with a biology minor. Also took some post MA courses in GIS/remote sensing).
My main career path has been in community college higher education - 15 years as of this year.
My focus has been in biogeography and geomorphology, I’ve had temp jobs in the field outside higher ed. - working for consulting companies doing management and monitoring of wetland mitigation and ecological restoration sites, (need extensive knowledge of local flora, which are native and non-native, geomorphic surveys for potential cultural resources impacts by development/pipelines, and dabbled a bit as a Trimble GPS technician.
Just enough to provide some real world examples to my students of things you can do outside teaching.
I'm a real life cartographer for the past 13 years and I LOVE my job! We map the entire world. Basically tracing roads, rivers, etc. over satellite imagery all day. If anyone is interested, look up GIS or Geographic Information Systems. It's one of the best majors right now and it's always growing.
Im a current undergrad in Geospatial Technologies. And using GIS to compare how wildfire management strategies effect the size and intensity of fires in California. Pretty useful bit of software GIS is.
What is your opinion on private firefighting companies, which are not state-owned?
@@miliba Theyre better than using slave prison labour, which is a majority of public sector wildfire fighters in the USA. But the fact they only protect certain areas of insured people is arguably unjust. Its not like the fire knows whose rich or poor. It'll travel and spread to anywhere regardless.
Albeit, I haven't researched private sector firefighting practices, but if it's like other private sector things, the key thing I would worry about is lack of communication of practices. If a private company protects X area, but they don't tell us public sector folks what they did or how well they did it, I suspect it could cause an extra fire. Though again, I'm not super familiar with the topic.
Having history in the Carolinas, you would be interested in LIDAR images of the Carolina Bays, possible craters from a massive asteroid impact in the Great Lakes Region 11.000 years ago. These bays (elongated lakes) spread across the southeast from Georgia through Virginia all have the same directional angle which point to the hypothetical impact area. The asteroid would have hit the 2 mile thick ice sheet (glacier) over the great lakes and spewed ice boulders the size of baseball stadiums, some out of orbit, many falling back to impact in the Carolinas and surrounding regions.
Thank u for this overview of geography Geo King......I myself wanted to dig deeper than just the geography we all used to
Bismarck. Good stuff. Information density was off the charts.
I remember placing a comment/suggestion on your channel about covering exactly this. Thank you, Kyle. I wish I'd had a geography intro course as I think it would have genuinely tapped my interest. Or at least that interest certainly surfaced later on in life when travel became more affordable and feasible. But hey, now we have you!
I had no idea there are so many sub groups of geography. But I can definitely say I am most into geomorphology!! Thanks for this Kyle!!
Luv it! Good job of explaining how varied Geography is. I received my Master’s degree from KU with an emphasis in ground water resources. Love the channel
I am a professional land surveyor, and I would wholeheartedly recommend the profession as an entry point for anyone who is interested in geography. Since surveying is considered both a trade and a profession, it is possible to start as a survey tech without a college education. College experience is probably necessary to obtain a professional license, but there are plenty of people who make a career as a field tech.
Hi there, I’m a geography major undergrad myself and I’m looking to get into the field of land surveying.
Quick question for a surveyor such as yourself; can I apply to a surveying position without having my Professional license? Is there a way I can fast track that if I have a degree? I’m looking for any pointers to getting into the field and am super excited to do so. Thanks!
-Steve
@@SP-mu3qd my civil engineering company hires chainmen with little or no experience and give them good training so yes. A 2- year civ eng tech degree from community college pencils in well to advance the career though.
@@SP-mu3qd You can find employment as a field technician with virtually no experience. I have a Master's degree in history, but started surveying at the bottom with a no-experience-required-will-train position. I advanced from the field into the office doing CAD work, took some surveying courses at my local Community college, and am now licensed in two states. Whether you can move up to a position as a licensed professional without formal education depends on which state you wish to practice in. Some states, such as Florida, require a 4 year degree in surveying to obtain a license. Other states, such as NC or VA, allow for a 2 year degree, a related degree with surveying credits, or a non-related degree with surveying credits. If your college offers them, I would definitely take some land surveying courses. Most states are looking for between 15 and 24 credit hours. Given a degree in a related field and surveying specific study, you should be eligible for the LSIT (land survey inter) exam within 2 years of graduation, and the LS exam within 2-4 years. Also, look into interning with a land surveying firm during the summer, and most surveying firms are always in need of extra help during the summer. This will get the practical experience you need in the field which you won't be able to get in the classroom. Best of luck to you. There was a time, many years ago when I wanted to be an urban planner, but now I wouldn't give up my chosen profession for anything.
@@hgman3920 Thank you for your response. I should have clarified that I am actually graduated at this point and looking for a job in the field! Lol. I did take one engineering course which focused on surveying but I believe I am short on the desired credits. However, I have no qualms with starting at the bottom and working my way up as I progress. Again, I appreciate you taking the time to help me out and get a better idea with where to start. Best,
-Steve
Great videos! My wife and I are planning a road trip this summer. We love watching your channel for ideas and mainly, because we love the content. Thank you!
Led Zeppelin 3! As a second grader going through my parents' records, that one caught me eye because of the spin wheel. It was the first one of their records I played on my own and Zeppelin has been my favorite since.
I can't wait for the day when he expands his vids to cover the rest of the world.
I just can't wait til he does a video on Utah's geography.
One of my favorite college classes ever was geography of the US and Canada at Arizona State. The professor summarized geography as "the why of where".
Are you a geography major at ASU? I'm going to be a freshman there this fall going for BA in Geography.
I'm going to major in geography at Hamline University this fall, and this video was really interesting!
Growing up, my high didn't have geography. Even though my granddad was the geography teacher at the very school. (When he retired, the school got rid of geography).... So, your channel interest me so much in geography.
Too many schools have dropped courses that really provide LASTING knowledge, like Geography! It's fundamental to so many other things in the world! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My high school didn't have geography either. I'm not sure how common it is in US high schools.
@@GeographyKing honestly, like what Mike said, it's just as fundamental as math, history, career-driven classes like mechanical, cooking (etc) and the like.
The picture at 6:00 just looks like a normal everyday picture of Camden, NJ.
i don't know--that looks a bit too nice to be Camden. Maybe Ohio?
Very cool. I had no idea geography involved so many different aspects.
One of your best and most informative videos so far. Great job!
Thank you from a Chattahooligan!
@@GeographyKing HA!! Clever twist! 😂
Kyle, how times have changed. I, too, was always interested in travel and geography so I took geography as an elective my junior year in college a half century ago. My prof, who had a PhD in geography asked me to remain after class one day after I had received the highest score on a midterm exam in a very large class. He remarked on my keener interest and broader knowledge than most of his students. He asked if I would be interested in changing my major to geography and promised that should I do so, he would take a keen interest in my future.
The first question that came to mind was, "What will I do with a degree in geography?" Looking a bit taken aback, he responded, "Why, teach geography of course." After talking it over with my young wife and some close friends, I decided against it primarily because my options would be so limited.
Years later when the field of geography exploded with myriad opportunities, I sometimes regretted not taking him up on his offer even though my chosen career field took me to every state and several foreign countries..
I went into college not even knowing that geography was a major to study. I also had a great professor in college. He steered me in the direction of physical geography and I was very glad I was able to study something I love.
I just love your videos!
Thank you!
Sports, geography and money are my three interests (in that order). Your videos are awesome. Love from India.
I already working as a RealEsate Devoloper an i wonderd if it would be a career stepback going to universty now but you literatly boostet my motivation, studying geography to a whole new Level.
I love Geography, BSc in Geography, and MA in Tourism Management
I'm a hard-core geography geek. I have to say that a fourth broad geography specialty - besides physical, human, and technical - is regional geography (which blends aspects of human and physical geography for a single region). That perhaps is my very favourite, though I think that it's kind of old fashioned these days compared to the other three (certainly compared to technical).
Another thing I have to say is, not all of those who love travel (for the sightseeing, culture, nature, etc. - *not* for relaxing on a beach or something) are by any means geography buffs. Then again, geography is about *studying* a place while travel is about *experiencing* a place, and so that's enough of a difference. (Though of course, just about every geography buff loves travel as well.)
Wow great vid Kyle!
Thank you!
I came to you just because I'm interested in your stuff and the non-glitzy way you present it. And I'd send links sometimes to my son. But only now am I like, oh, right, my son's studying geography at the U of British Columbia. In a flood plain, by the way. Nice to hear the word "oxbow" around minute twelve. My son and I used to talk about meanders when he was a wee tyke. He and I spent his years ages 4-6 wandering the mudflats of Essex, England, and saying stuff like specific gravity and "the Thames was here a million years ago" and such. I'm from elsewhere but fate has often brought me back to the hills north of Chattanooga, with the region's astonishing hydraulics, not all totally destroyed by the TVA. As always, thanks. Sending the link to my son.
Thank you for the comment. I'm glad you found the channel and like the videos!
I was always a big fan of geography and geology. I went into IT but I still love earth sciences.
This helped a lot, I’m a student who is very interested in geography as well as developing software thanks for bringing GIS to my attention
awesome video
👍🏼 Lots of cool specialties in geography! Good explainer! 😎
I'm not necessarily part of the target audience for this video, but found it interesting because I have a cousin who is a professor of biogeography in the department of Forestry and Conservation at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. She got her bachelor's degree at the University of Winnipeg (Manitoba), her master's at the University of Manitoba, and her doctorate in geography at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I was at her commencement for that last degree in August of 2000.
Soon to graduate with a degree in Civil Engineering. Geography is INCREDIBLY important to that field as well. Would love to see some videos about hurricanes!!
I’m in Florida and in summer just turn on the TV and there’s a hurricane roaming around somewhere.
For anyone starting out in a Geography career, I HIGHLY recommend a focus on learning GIS software and remote sensing equipment. As was covered in the video, these are tools that are used in every type of geographic study. Learning about the applications of geography that you're interested in is still good of course, but solid GIS skills are fundamental to every application of geography and will give you the marketability to take your career wherever you want to go. Starting out for me there were lots of different applications of Geography I was interested in, so I focused on learning the tools. I now have both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in GIS which helped land me a great job at a civil engineering firm where I can now explore my areas of interest in the real world.
I am just finishing my Master's degree and to be honest, studying GIS and remote sensing is a nightmare. All the Maths, programming, no free time at all. But at least it is a good way to avoid poverty.
@@mionellessi3086 I've been there but you will be able to find a great job with that degree just about anywhere you want to go. It'll be very worth it!
Thank you for this video. I am currently a geography/environmental studies student at CNM and am figuring out which field I really want to focus on. There is so many different, interesting aspects to geography. My current class is an intro to GIS and it's going well, so far. My leanings are climatology but I really find Biogeography very interesting as well. I will see where this takes me. Your videos are very excellent. My favorite, so far, is the 'Worst Places' video.
Man, I wish would've seen a video like this 10 yrs ago. Should've been a geography major.
That's a lot information. This helps me guiding my son. Thank you from India.
i want one of these jobs!
I'm employed by the agency whose work is the heart and soul of geography - the U.S. Census Bureau. Like you, I am frustrated because of misconceptions about us. We do many surveys and studies all through each decade, not just the population count on the 0 year. Results from Census Bureau surveys such as the American Community Survey and the American Time Use Survey more or less calibrate all all surveys taken in the private sector, including those opinion polls that tell us which candidate is ahead and what proposal is popular or not. All those site selection studies you talked of use Census data as starting points. I am not a trained geographer, though I have loved the field since childhood. Maps are cool!
I have one question. Who had decided that Spaniards are not white?
what did you study in college to get into the career you have now?
I have always been fascinated by maps, even as a little kid. I also love meteorology. In college I majored in Physical Science and took a lot of geography and math courses. I never really used my college and ended up in medical sales for some reason. Oh, the reason was MONEY. Yet another dream not realized, but no real regrets here.
Could you do something on geography of language? Phrases, slang, etc. Imagine you encountered a bit of regional difference between SoCal and Sa'Carolina.
Nice Kyle! Lookin out for the kids!! Good on you man
I LOVE your channel
Thank you!
I got in to a Societal Geography course(in Sweden). It seems interesting but I am not sure. Its not easy to find so much info on it. But I guess it is the humans and society connection to the Earth and demography and such... It has cultural and economic focus.
I dont know if you are going to read this, but if you are, do you think this could be an interesting path from your Geography perspective?
Great video! I study Human Geography and Planning so I recognise much of what you said. And yes, it is frustrating that people think you're just studying trivia
OU geography grad, there are a bunch of careers, i minored in gis and got a job as a gis specialist. Yes it’s a lot more intensive than memorising capitals.
As someone who is fascinated with the landscape, looked into it extensively, and have proceeded with a career, I see two best Geography-centered career fields.
#1: surveyor. Literally exploring the landscape and creating the original base maps of it. 2-year civil engineering technology degree or potentially just on the job training, and there is high demand for this just about everywhere.
#2; GIS/GPS analyst. Again this is the true cutting edge of making maps happen instead of studying dusty interesting trivia. Good pay, high demand. Again, a 2-year degree is plenty, focus on the technology itself, and most of your training is on the job as technology advances.
In my opinion a 4-year Geography degree is no more valuable and often less valuable than the options above.
You might be interested in the Interesting Things Explained Well podcast episode on air quality if your thesis was about air pollution. I think it's like half an hour and talks about air pollution in lots of different cities.
Definitely helps me as someone interested in geography going into college
Very informative!! Thanks for another great video 👍
Only been a subscriber for a few months but love your channel. Keep up the good work
Thank you!
Long ago in grad school, I took a couple courses in geography at Syracuse focused on historical geography with Donald Meinig, who was one of the top geographers in academia. I guess you’d place that as sub field of human geography. I spent my career as an archivist for the Federal Government, envious of my colleagues who worked in our Cartogr
Cartographic, Plans, and Aerial Photography Division or the Map Division at the Library of Congress. I took an aptitude test once and it recommended that I become aMap d
Map Librarian. Never happened. Glad you’re on TH-cam, Kyle, I always learn something new from you.
Thank you! I'm glad you found the channel and like the videos!
love your videos, Kyle!
i’d be curious to see your ranking of all the US state (and DC) standard license plates 😃
Who here always checks google maps when they are traveling? I love knowing exactly where I am in the world
And I have to have my Garmin, even if Google maps does it better on a non-dedicated device (your phone) .
I’m graduated with an urban planning degree but minored in geography. Having a geography background is very advantageous in the job market if you know how to think outside of the box.
I’m in an urban and regional planning degree program. I took a physical geography course and realized I’m very interested in this subject. Maybe I’ll do a minor in this.