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Geospatial Analytics Scientist

Average Salary
$73,190
$34,710
$108,420
Degree Requirements
Bachelor's Degree

Consulted your GPS the last time you took a trip? Geospatial analytic scientists use this technology daily to develop advanced methods and products that interpret environmental data like moisture, terrain features and climatic conditions to automate farming processes. This emerging technological approach is the future of modern farming.

Also known as: Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists, Geographic Information System Analyst, Geographic Information Systems Administrator, Geographic Information Systems Manager, Geospatial Intelligence Subject Matter Expert, Geospatial Program Management Officer
Instructing
Learning Strategies
Personnel Management
Mathematics
Monitoring
Operations Analysis
Science
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Collect, map and analyze geospatial data
Create mathematical models and data simulation
Develop research strategies for precision agriculture projects
Design and test advanced environmental monitoring systems
Transform technological systems into user friendly products
Collaborate with various scientists and multi-disciplinary teams
Work both in office settings and outside for field collection
Meet Jon
Chief Science Officer
Advanced Agrilytics
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"Having that knowledge of that spatial process that is generating your data, I think is really critical to understanding some of the phenomenon that we're seeing taking place within the fields and the regions and geographies that we work."
Jon
B.S. Agronomy

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