Not everyone lives and breathes GIS. With google maps and SatNav, our technology is being increasingly used in the mainstream – but it is not widely understood by decision makers in government and industry or by students making their career choice.
How do we explain the complexities and building blocks that underpin a reliable satellite navigation system or store location analysis without getting bogged down in technical jargon? How do we get people excited about a Spatial Data Infrastructure?
This paper covers the work of SSI in New South Wales to raise the profile of the spatial industry to the wider community. It will look at how geography is taught in schools and how to make “spatial” as popular a study and career choice as law and medicine.