Elements of GIS success

1. Curiosity

First, GIS professionals should be curious. This curiosity is not just about geospatial technology, but about the world around us. In our work, we must actively consider the spatial relationship of phenomena, ranging from local to global, covering population, land use, transportation models, regional natural disasters, biodiversity, and global climate change. The number of new multimedia, sensors, and mass data sources has increased significantly, and the efficiency of using spatial data has become more important. Curiosity supports another important character: tenacity. Tenacity is often a necessary condition for using GIS to solve the problem. How many times, when we try to find out a problem through GIS, the problem often lingers in our minds. This prompted us to find a solution until it was solved. The process we 've experienced has become very clear and impressive. The next time we encounter the same or similar problems, we can use the same method and skills. Curiosity also helps raise geographic questions. The correct question is the first step in the GIS geographic exploration process. However, it is more important to solve the problem and use GIS capabilities to achieve this.   2. Key Thinking Skills The second skill we need is the ability to think about key issues. People who have successfully used GIS possess key data-based thinking skills. In addition to knowing where data can be found, they understand the depth of metadata and the benefits and limits of working with each type of data. They know the most effective way to collect, analyze, and display geographic data through GIS.
  3. Basic Geographic principles Understanding how to collect, process, and understand the data collected on site is important to understand the basic principles of geography. A successful GIS professional also needs to understand the fundamental principles of geography. Practitioners are aware of the basic principles behind all spatial phenomena, including map projection, data, and topological relationships, and collect and combine them with field visits, spatial data models, database theories, and data classification methods, it also makes effective use of technologies such as spatial statistics and geographic processing methods.   4. Adaptability Adaptability is the fourth key to success in the GIS field. Whether from the consumer or the sensor network,Programming LanguageFrom the perspective of functions, the geographic information science field has developed rapidly. GIS can be accessed through the desktop or mobile device and deployed in the cloud. Successful GIS professionals need adaptability and flexibility. You must be willing to change and accept and embrace changes as an important and necessary part of GIS work. If you work in the GIS field, you need to become a lifelong learner.   5. Good communication skills Using different technologies and multimedia capabilities to express the results of GIS work is an important part of good communication skills. the fifth characteristic and skill is an outstanding communicator. You need to know how to use GIS and other demonstration tools to present your analysis results to different audiences. Map is a powerful communication tool, so you need to know how to effectively use color, pattern and classification methods and other graphic elements. You also need to know how to clearly express the analysis results in the form of oral and written reports through video, on-site demonstration, online demonstration and other means. More professionals and citizens are familiar with and use GIS. users will be diversified and their quantity will also increase. Therefore, you need to address the needs of different stakeholders in a harmonious manner, from analysts to managers, decision makers, and scientists.