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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 18h

Enterprise GIS has arrived but presents a recruitment challenge nbsp; I hope this will be useful to the community! Article I co wrote with Tony Spicci: www.linkedin.com/pulse/enterp... ; Our video: youtu.be/d3bp5uHtKRA?...

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Enterprise GIS Has Arrived, but Presents a Recruitment Challenge

Joseph Kerski | Geographer | Joseph Kerski LLC Tony Spicci | Executive Director | GIS Certification Institute For many years, GIS was a rather niche technology used by a few people in an organization ...

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

youtu.be/ZYIpsb7iapg?... Why is geography misunderstood? What are key geographic themes? My thoughts.

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Why is Geography Misunderstood?

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

youtu.be/ZYIpsb7iapg?... Why is geography misunderstood? What are key geographic themes? My thoughts.

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Why is Geography Misunderstood?

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

www.youtube.com/live/F9brZoK...; Join me for an upcoming one day hands-on GIS modern mapping course: 30 Oct 2026!

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Join me for an upcoming one day hands-on GIS modern mapping course

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Be still & listen to the voices that belong to the stream banks & the trees & the open fields.Find your hope, then, on the ground under your feet.|The world is no better than its places.Its places at last are no better than their people while their people continue in them.W Berry

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

youtu.be/-qnX2-g3rgo?... very pleased to announce my new book “teaching spatial thinking with GIS” 🌲🌎✔️

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Teaching Spatial Thinking with GIS: Announcing New Book

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

youtu.be/wiXdVP-nvgU?... We are making progress 50+ years after the first @EarthDay but have a ways to go... my video.

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50 Years After the First Earth Day We Still Have a Ways To Go

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

youtube.com/watch?v=FfeH... i’ve been to about 15 campus Arboretums and this is one of the best.

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The arboretum at Auburn University

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Here is my new live video about my upcoming visit to Auburn University! Hope to see you F2F or feel free to tap into the colloquium's live stream: www.youtube.com/live/LBGlzcf...

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See you at Auburn University, September 2026

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

See how this school promotes geography! Are you aiding your local school or your school alma mater in promoting geography? Here, tangibly, on the playground, but even more importantly, in the curriculum? youtu.be/nHWBZW_EEwI?...

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A school that really embraces Geography

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On the topic of location analytics in business education, see our new article: jise.org/Volume37/n3/... Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) Vol 37, Issue 3, Pages 413-435 Understanding How Location Analytics Is Implemented in Information Systems and Business Education

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JISE - V37 - N3 - Understanding How Location Analytics Is Implemented in Information Systems and Business Education

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

youtube.com/shorts/eCFpN... I invite you to join me for a 2 day immersive relevant and even fun - F2F hands-on GIS short course.

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Join me for a GIS two day immersive course at Midland College

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Need a short hands-on GIS immersion? I am teaching a GIS course at Midland College for 2 days: Sept 2026: Video: youtu.be/GSREwoxouec?... + a link to the course page on the Midland College website. 😊 www.midland.edu/continuing-e...

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

youtu.be/DbJlSA0_E3U?... Why teach about economics, business, and behavior from the spatial geographic perspective, and how to teach these topics with GIS tools and spatial data? See my video for the whys and hows.

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Teaching Spatial Thinking with GIS: Why teach about economics, business, and behavior?

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

youtu.be/Q8do9dO2U2o?... My video of exfoliation on sandstone. Hooray for geology and physical geography!

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Exfoliation on sandstone in Utah

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

spatialreserves.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/o... On AI, GIS, and building your own software: My reflections with thanks to my many colleagues who continue to blaze trails here. I hope these items I raise encourage some important things to think about.

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On AI and building your own GIS software

Of the thousands of essays over the past two years surrounding AI and its implications are some very thought provoking ones with enormous implications for GIS. Some of the essays are around the the…

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

youtu.be/Kry8jbJU0Cg?... My annual Esri UC reflections plus the Esri Education Summit reflections at no extra charge!

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My annual Esri User Conference Reflections for 2026

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9538... My Exploring Cultural and Physical Landscapes in 360 story map and lesson that I hope is more than just kind of cool - I hope it is useful and inspires your own even more creative ideas!

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Exploring Cultural and Physical Landscapes in 360

This story map illustrates the new capability of using 360 images in ArcGIS Story Maps, and provides a few exciting instructional ideas!

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

My annual UC summary is on my Our Earth YouTube channel.

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

www.josephkerski.com/place-though... In the July 2026 Thinking Spatially podcast, highlighting a Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, & Oddity, I focus on: The wettest and driest places, Pliny the Elder, the Astrolabe, the 2011 Japan earthquake, and the coldest spots in the N and S Hemisph.

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Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, Geographic Oddity: July 2026 Thinking Spatially Podcast - Joseph Kerski, Ph.D. GISP

In the July 2026 Thinking Spatially podcast, again highlighting a Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, and Geographic Oddity, we will focus on: The wettest and driest places on Planet Earth, Pliny th...

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What I want students to learn: My video: I hope it is helpful. youtu.be/Xq6zIXFJ8tc?...

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What I want students to learn

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I boldly say: Making maps is not the ultimate goal of using GIS in instruction! Whaaat? See my video for more: youtu.be/qrHoVHq_Ag0?... and I look forward to your comments !

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Making Maps is not the ultimate goal in GIS in Education

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

youtu.be/Y6R3RrNBI9k?... Me working with the new 'frames' story map format. Try it!

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Working with the new Frames ArcGIS StoryMap

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Here is my annual Esri UC recap and reflections: youtu.be/Kry8jbJU0Cg?... What a truly amazing group of people the GIS community is! Change agents from local to global scale and across all disciplines from Anthropology to Zoology and everything in between!

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My annual Esri User Conference Reflections for 2026

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Join me for a 2 day immersive GIS course: Midland College September 2026

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

community.esri.com/t5/education... Need some hands-on GIS activities that use AI tools? Here are 9 that I have tested and taught in a variety of settings, even pre-GIS assembling data sets activities. I look forward to your feedback and I do hope they are useful.

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A hands-on Geo AI short course with 9 hands-on activities

GIS is changing, and perhaps the tools and workflows changing GIS the most these days is Artificial Intelligence, or AI. I have been conducting hands-on AI GIS (or "Geo AI") workshops and short cours...

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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

youtube.com/shorts/dZZap... Join us at The Survey School! A vibrant surveying-geodesy-geotechnology-UAV-remote sensing learning community. My short video description here.

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Join us in The Survey School

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