Description
Investigate how physical landscapes and human activities interact across the Earth’s surface. Conduct research on landforms, climates, soils, plants, and animals, and analyze the spatial implications of social, economic, and political systems from local to global scales, including interdependence among regions.
- • Create and update maps, graphs, and diagrams using GIS, cartographic principles, and related equipment.
- • Write and present research reports and findings.
- • Develop, operate, and maintain GIS systems and peripherals.
- • Locate and acquire existing geographic information databases.
- • Analyze spatial distributions of physical and cultural phenomena at multiple scales.
- • Teach geography.
- • Gather and compile data from censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and maps.
- • Conduct fieldwork at outdoor sites.
- • Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of regional populations.
- • Provide consulting on resource management, site selection, market analysis, environmental hazards, cultural history, and urban planning.
- • Collect data on geology, climate, and vegetation using surveying and meteorological instruments.
- • Provide GIS support to public and private sector clients.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
