Valuable Skills and Qualities for Emerging Spatial IT Professionals (Part 2)

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Valuable Skills and Qualities for Emerging Spatial IT Professionals (Part 2)

This is part two of a two-part blog describing important skills and qualities we seek in young spatial IT professionals. The first blog post stressed the value of effective communication skills, maintaining a natural curiosity in a variety of topics, developing enhanced critical thinking skills, and exhibiting confidence. This blog concludes the topic, and adds a final thought regarding what might be, to some, a conspicuous exclusion.

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Command Technology Evolution, IRRIS Becomes TGIS

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Command Technology Evolution, IRRIS Becomes TGIS

In August 2015, USTRANSCOM awarded the new Transportation Geospatial Information System (TGIS) contract to GeoDecisions. The goal of TGIS is to integrate IRRIS’ DTTS and DCD capabilities into an open GIS services framework that will provide USTRANSCOM with a user-defined operational picture (UDOP) capability. The timeline for TGIS deployment is February 2017. We are approximately 75 percent complete with new system development, and have begun to integrate DTTS and DCD functions into the baseline. Set for November 2016, the next beta delivery of TGIS will allow DTTS users to test command-and-control functionality in a non-operational government environment and lay the groundwork for a seamless system operational transition in February.  

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Moving Forward, Walk for Diabetes

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Moving Forward, Walk for Diabetes

Steve Kraabel, a senior client manager based out of GeoDecisions’ Scott Air Force Base office in O’Fallon, Illinois, participated in the Metro East Step Out: Walk for Diabetes on Sept 17. Steve along with his son, Eli, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 8, and 14 of their family members and friends made up the "Kick It for Kraabel" team.

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Mobile Management, Collector for ArcGIS, Part Two

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Mobile Management, Collector for ArcGIS, Part Two

In my ‘Part One’ blog, we discussed an overview of the steps our team took when migrating from ArcPad to Esri® Collector for ArcGIS. Once migration was complete, there were still decisions that had to be made with how we would manage our data, how best to ensure accuracy and completeness of what we gathered, and how to tackle implementing new features.

 

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USTRANSCOM Combat Logistic Challenges, Leveraging Geospatial Technology

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USTRANSCOM Combat Logistic Challenges, Leveraging Geospatial Technology

Whether it is the transport of cargo, hazardous materials, or personnel, the ability to effectively manage logistics and transportation security is critical. In today’s data-rich environment, the challenge is finding an automated, user-friendly information platform that can integrate available data and technical applications together in a common operating picture (COP). 

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