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AI geospatial analyst

Reviews data quality and maintains geographic information systems databases for business use.

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Geospatial analyst · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Review existing or incoming data for currency, accuracy, usefulness, quality, or completeness of documentation.
  2. Maintain or modify existing Geographic Information Systems databases.
  3. Create, analyse, report, convert, or transfer data, using specialised applications program software.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians” (O*NET 15-1299.02), as O*NET lists them:

  • Review existing or incoming data for currency, accuracy, usefulness, quality, or completeness of documentation.
  • Maintain or modify existing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases.
  • Create, analyze, report, convert, or transfer data, using specialized applications program software.

Geospatial analyst · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Azure software

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0) and ANZSCO 2022 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits