Programs to jumpstart your geomatics career
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Why choose a career in geomatics?
- Geomatics professionals help make sense of the world by collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data.
- Every industry uses geomatics. It's mapping health trends, monitoring pipelines across oceans, using satellites for high precision positioning or tracking how endangered species interact in the wild.
- Evidence gathered through surveying, mapping, remote sensing, geospatial activity and analysing spatial relationships is used to build knowledge within a variety of sectors. Geomatics expertise helps inform decisions in areas of public policy, business development, natural resources, environment and sustainability.
- According to Esri, an international supplier of geographic information system (GIS) software, "careers in GIS are in demand more than ever."