Publications

This one pager contains the most necessary resources for starting a new geospatial academic program.

Workforce tasks (Tier 7) and priority knowledge (Tier 6), skills and behaviors which are associated with the job of GIS/Geospatial Technician. These were identified by industry practioners through a national metaDACUM job analysis process which was conducted by the GeoTech Center in 2010.

Supplemental tables for the published article entitled "What GIS Technicians Do: A Synthesis of DACUM Job Analyses"; URISA Journal, Volume 22, Issue 2, 2010. Includes Table 3: DACUM Job Analyses for GIS Technician; Panel Information; Table 4: Tasks Performed by GIS Technicians Organized by Duty Categories; Table 5: Tasks Performed by GIS Technicians Grouped into Duty & Task Categories;... More

A consolidation of 8 DACUM Job Analyses for GIS Technicians from across the United States published in the URISA Journal Volume 22, Issue 2, 2010. Includes supplemental tables. Identifies 55 common task categories, 35 knowledge and skill categories and 27 behavior categories which are itemized, ranked and documented. This information can serve as the basis for new job descriptions, curriculum... More

The goal of this paper is to assist GIS educators at various institutes (high schools, community colleges and universities) towards understanding the potential role of open source software (or free and open source software -- FOSS) in GIS education.   

In Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2010), 08 November 2010

Title: Multidisciplinary Cooperation in GIS Education: A Case Study of US
Colleges and Universities. 

Authors: Mizuki Kawabataa; Rajesh Bahadur Thapab; Takashi Oguchia; Ming-Hsiang Tsou.

Article in Professional Surveying magazine by two of the DOL panelist who created the document.