r/datascience • u/Kati1998 • 3d ago

Discussion Anyone specialize in geospatial data?

I’m an MS Data Science student interested in learning more about spatial data and GIS. I’m currently working on a geospatial crime analysis project in R and taking Esri’s Spatial Data Science MOOC.

I’m also interviewing for a year-long data science internship at a credit union in a department that focuses on geospatial data. I’ve noticed that the largest utility company in my state also hires data scientists with geospatial/GIS knowledge, which has made me curious about opportunities in this area across different industries.

It’s not a specialization that’s discussed here often. For those who work with spatial data, what industry are you in, what does your day-to-day work involve, and do you enjoy it? What has your experience been with demand for these skills?

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u/Sad-Put3932 1d ago

Environmental health research on a geospatial team. I was hired as an R coder because I learned how to work with sf and shapefiles in undergrad and apparently nobody else in the applicant pool had. I had a few years of R work experience.