GIS Gazette

 Highlights from the "Digital Coast" industry summary:  I watched an interview featuring NOAA's Mike Schmidt, conducted by a member of the American Planning Association (APA), about the Digital Coast Project. I chose this interview to deepen my understanding of the bathymetric data I use in my daily work. I discovered that Digital Coast is not just a source of raster data; it’s a comprehensive initiative designed to aid coastal areas by providing valuable data to help management specialists enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities. Digital Coast, an impressive initiative by NOAA, offers tools that display real-time and forecast model projections. It integrates various data types, including LIDAR, satellite, economic, and land use/land cover data. Among the available tools are a sea level rise viewer and a land cover atlas. It's particularly useful in my internship, because the Digital Coast data is some of the highest resolution available- it really makes the ...

 GIS Job Search  I started this assignment by simply searching "NOAA GIS jobs." which is how I found this posting for a CSS NOAA contractor job on the esri community board, pasted below.  https://community.esri.com/t5/gis-jobs-documents/marine-gis-analyst-position-at-noaa-contractor/ta-p/913947 Funnily enough, I subscribe to weekly email updates from CSS and did receive this job advert for a Marine GIS Analyst position, several weeks ago. At the time I thought it looked like an awesome position and something I would absolutely apply for.  I found out about CSS via an Indeed job search containing the key words- Marine GIS Technician. Most of the jobs that fit this description are either NOAA jobs or contactors that work for NOAA. The attractive looking roles usually require an advanced degree and/or 5-10 years of relevant experience, which is quite substantial. The entry level salary for most GIS jobs is pretty decent, which bodes well, but building sufficient experie...