#surveyor — Public Fediverse posts

> Cosine, Saskatchewan
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> Cosine is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Heart's
> Hill No. 352, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located about 5 kilometres from
> the Alberta-Saskatchewan border on Saskatchewan Highway 680.
>
> Named after Cosine Lake, which is about 3 kilometres north. The name
> comes from when one of the surveyors in the area made an error in
> calculation during his work.

Truly a great name-origin story!

#cosine #survey #surveyor #math #geometry #SK #Canada #Saskatchewan

4 [Of Many] Careers In GIS [ / Spatial Data] With Great Job Outlooks
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https://gis.usc.edu/blog/the-4-fastest-growing-career-fields-in-gis/ <-- shared article
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[I am not associated with this university in any way, just thought that it was an informative article]
[My personal take is that unless you want specifically to be ‘Spatial Super Hero’ then pick a professional field that you appreciate & interests you - and then use GIS / spatial data skills to support that with your gained knowledge. Note that this field will almost certainly change over your career and that is A-OK; I started out as an engineering geologist, still keep my license current, then environmental scientist including nuclear site cleanups, and now work in the area of spatial data for hydrology, next is…]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #gischat #gismapping #career #careeradvice #careeradvancement #careeracceleration #job #jobtraining #training #traininganddevelopment #spatialdata #spatialanalysis #geography #cartographer #surveyor #urbanplanning #alldataisspatial