Archive for May, 2012
Summer Ideas for the Young and Broke
For college students or recent graduates who are reading my blog posts on Spatial Careers and trying to figure out how to use their summer months productively, I would recommend reading the advice below from James Altucher. This is quoted from a recent blog post with several different questions that he received during his regular Thursday [...]
Geospatial Database Administrator
This is my sixth post in the Spatial Career series. In previous posts I’ve written about how to prepare for a career as a GIS Software Developer, as a Geospatial Analyst, as a Cartography/Visualization Specialist, a Geographic Information Scientist and a Spatial Statistician. In this post I will describe how to prepare for a [...]
GAAS Presentation Available
As I mentioned in a previous blog post I was in Chicago last week attending the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium and had the opportunity to deliver a talk on the Inventory Optimization Process in the Aftermarket. It was my first presentation to a large audience and I think it went pretty well. It was certainly [...]
Speaking this week at the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium
I’ll be speaking at the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) in Chicago this Thursday. It’s an exciting opportunity to share some of the geographic data analysis approaches we’ve (TerraSeer) been using to help manufacturers and retailers forecast demand and make inventory assortment decisions. Here’s a downloadable brochure with more information about the conference. Hopefully this [...]
