Category Archives: Education
Looking Forward: Trying to Predict 2023
Over the course of my decades of participating in the world economy, I have found it useful to not pay too much attention to prognosticators, the so-called (and often self-called) experts. I have come to realize that these folks are about as accurate at forecasting the long-term economy as the weather folks are of forecasting...
Luke Johnson
23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 23 of 23 Name: Luke JohnsonCompany: Trimble, Inc. Current position: Technical Product ManagerAge: 27 Education: BS, Otago University, New Zealand After graduating, Johnson joined Trimble as an application specialist in 2018, testing and working on new features for Trimble Access, a survey field software. Wanting to immerse...
Kwabena Obeng Asiama
23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 19 of 23 Name: Kwabena Obeng AsiamaCompany: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Current position: LecturerAge: 32 Education: Ph.D and MSc, University of Twente; BS , Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology During his compulsory national service in Ghana, Asiama worked with a mining company...
Adamu Bala
23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 5 of 23 Name: Adamu BalaCompany: Department of Geomatics, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.Current Position: Lecturer IIAge: 36 Education: Ph.D. Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan; MSc. Geomatics (2018) and B.Eng. Geomatics Engineering (2010) from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria;...
Ready, Re-set, Go
Post-pandemic digital transformation was on everyone’s mind at INTERGEO. With its mojo back, the world’s biggest geospatial trade event can once again offer the best geo-business innovations to get you all set for 2023. Germany’s annual INTERGEO event is the CES of the geospatial industry. If its Las Vegas counterpart is high on consumer electronics,...
Sydney Fuhrig
23 Young Geospatial Professionals to Watch in 2023 – 1 of 23 Name: Sydney FuhrigCompany: Tennessee Department of Transportation Current Position: Planning Specialist Age: 23 Education: Bachelor of Arts in History and Environmental Science from the College of William & Mary Biography: At the Tennessee Department of Transportation Fuhrig trains colleagues in GIS, helps manage Tennessee’s roadway...