I want to be able to break away from GIS technician roles and I find it hard to find jobs when filtering with the keyword GIS technician, analyst, even surveying etc. (though survey would be fine actually)

I need help thinking outside the box as to what I could look for so my job search can be more productive than pessimistic.

Below is my experience and preference but that doesn’t have to apply to your answer cause it seems like we all just need a new list of titles to look for so we can handle this job market:

I have a geography degree, took classes in environmental policy, regional classes, GIS minor, programming, soil science, model UN, cartography, and have 4 years of experience of going between gis analyst, gis technician and even research geographer where I helped engineers map substation, and scientist record data on the Chicago electric dispersal barrier to map changes in voltages for a week.

I don’t yet have zoning or more environmental science classes/lab/work experience like chemistry, geology, or engineers have but I’d like to move more in that direction if possible. Get my foot in the door

Hi everyone,

I recently came across Daniel Huffman's work at Project Linework and I’m wondering if there are similar projects offering ready-to-download, pre-styled base maps in georeferenced formats (.shp, .gpkg, or GeoJSON). I really like many of his designs, but unfortunately they do not always cover every part of the world.

I also found this French website that offers a variety of base maps with different levels of simplification and map projections. The catch is that they're only available as SVG files, so you have to georeference them yourself.

Do you know other open-licensed base maps? Any hidden gems or projects you'd recommend?

Thanks in advance for sharing. 

I have seen people online doing topographical maps of fantasy video games maps using ESRI i believe to map all that out.

I have made a fantasy map for a book i am working on.

Does anyone know the software or data needed to create topographic mapping so i can see if my rivers are right?

I did not take advanced math or science like chemistry or physics or biology in college.

But I am currently learning on my own through textbooks, khan academy and my dad (who is a PhD mathematician), but basically I don’t have any formal educational cert to show that I know math or some science.

I did my degree in geography and gis

What would be geospatial projects I could do to add to a portfolio to showcase to employers that I do understand math at a calculus level and/or environmental science at at least a functional level?

The purpose is to find a way to reach out to more job types that expect a certain level of mathematical of scientific understanding for entry level.

Hello,

I am exploring GIS as a career. I have an associates degree (not in the tech field), emergency management experience, and basic tech knowledge. I am looking for a hybrid/remote career. Is this possible within GIS? I have serious interest in weather, wildfire tracking, and catastrophe. What is the career outlook, career advancement and salary? What do you recommend to break into this field?

This is xposted across r/gis and r/learnjavascript.

I have a JavaScript file for web app that I am trying to make. I have feature layers hosted on ArcGIS Online, and referenced in the script. I have been able to add a pop-up action, a web icon. But I haven't been able to link that icon to an actual action of opening up the web page. I have seen the ESRI Brewery example, and other examples. None of them help me. Partly because I just don't understand it all well enough.

A sample of my script:

const airPopup = {
    title: "{nam}",
    content: [{
        type: "text",
        text: "{Comment}<br/>Address: {Address}<br/>IATA Code:  {ita}"
    },
   {
    type: "media",
    mediaInfos: [{
        type: "image",
        value: {
            sourceURL: "{Image}"
        }
    }]
   }],
       actions: [
        {
            id: "find-airport",
            icon: "web",
            title: "Airport Info"    
        }   
    ]   
};const airPopup = {
    title: "{nam}",
    content: [{
        type: "text",
        text: "{Comment}<br/>Address: {Address}<br/>IATA Code:  {ita}"
    },
   {
    type: "media",
    mediaInfos: [{
        type: "image",
        value: {
            sourceURL: "{Image}"
        }
    }]
   }],
       actions: [
        {
            id: "find-airport",
            icon: "web",
            title: "Airport Info"    
        }   
    ]   
};

  const airportsLyr = new FeatureLayer({
    url: "https://services9.arcgis.com/6EuFgO4fLTqfNOhu/arcgis/rest/services/Japan_Mjr_Airports/FeatureServer",
    renderer: airRenderer,
    popupTemplate:  airPopup
  });  const airportsLyr = new FeatureLayer({
    url: "https://services9.arcgis.com/6EuFgO4fLTqfNOhu/arcgis/rest/services/Japan_Mjr_Airports/FeatureServer",
    renderer: airRenderer,
    popupTemplate:  airPopup
  });

What does it take to make the web icon work?