Mapping and spatial data analysis at Wesleyan University
Position Opening: GIS Developer / Analyst Summary: The Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) seeks a skilled and motivated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) professional with strong geospatial analytical and developer skills and demonstrated expertise with ESRI’s ArcGIS desktop, mobile and server technology for the full-time position of GIS Developer / Analyst. For 75 years, HVA has been … Read more
The African Wildlife Society has announced its 2016 Conservation Leadership and Management Program and is now accepting applications from folks with a Master’s degree and interested in Africa conservation. Please visit their webpage for more details: http://www.awf.org/about/careers/conservation-leadership-and-management-program
The Mariposa (near Yosemite National Park, CA) office of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (State of California, Resources Agency) is hiring a Student GIS Assistant. They are actively seeking qualified students who have basic GIS skills and a strong interest in learning and acquiring hands-on resource management/conservation experience in the Sierra Nevada. More information on this position … Read more
Missouri State University. Assistantships including stipend and full tuition waiver are available for students in the Master’s degree program in Geospatial Science in the fields of physical geography (geomorphology, hydrology, and soils), environmental geology (geochemistry and karst), and GIS/remote sensing at http://geosciences.missouristate.edu/. The Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute and Department of Geography, Geology, and … Read more
The Location Advantage – through Esri – 16 March through 27 April 2016: http://www.esri.com/mooc/location-advantage Location analytics uses the locational component of business data to improve users’ understanding of their market, customers, and business processes. Organizations throughout the world use location analytics to make better decisions and gain a competitive advantage. This free, instructor-led MOOC explores the … Read more
Skills for the Digital Earth MOOC – through Elmhurst College – 3 through 30 April 2016: http://www.elmhurst.edu/admission/school_for_professional_studies/239271581.html Ever stop to think about how important location is when using your smart phone? This educational MOOC begins with an explanation of how society uses location in a myriad of disciplines. Geography, or rather, “where?” is important to … Read more
Go to http://services.historicengland.org.uk/rrstonehenge/ for an interactive, virtual Stonehenge experience.
Using Tableau Public as a “Sustainable” Technology: How to Build and Deploy Your Dashboards in One Hour for Free! Apr 05, 2016 at 11:00 AM PDT Register here: http://consbio.org/newsroom/events/using-tableau-public-dashboards Presenter: Piyali Kundu, Carbon Fund Coordinator, Conservation International Since its launch in 2010, Tableau Public revolutionized the data visualization industry by allowing data analysts and visual storytellers … Read more
TNC is hiring a new Spatial Scientist position focused on Lake Tanganyika: http://jobs.nature.org/kigoma-tza/lake-tanganyika-spatial-scientist-africa-region/7CC9F9194F784E0F99D12EE354E1F431/job/ The position is relatively high level, will be based in Kigoma (Tanzania), and needs to start around July 1st. Also key is someone who speaks both English and French, as the position will work to support the Lake Tanganyika Authority and the 4 … Read more