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URISA recently concluded two surveys that will be used to guide the development of products and services in support of the URISA membership as well as the broader community of GIS professionals.  Anticipated outcomes include new professional education offerings, augmentation of existing programs, and development of best practices.

The GIS Education Needs Survey addressed topics of interest, delivery preferences, and some basic job and location information. We are pleased to have had the participation of more than 530 individuals representing a wide range of experience levels and jobs. Participants expressed interest in a variety of topics, include application development, programming, data quality, spatial analysis, mobile solutions, enterprise architecture and systems integration, cloud GIS, program management, and strategic planning. They had an interest in a variety of class lengths and formats including classroom, online, and self-paced.

The URISA Professional Practice Division conducted a survey that asked participants to identify the top  challenges they were facing which they were unsure how to address. We received nearly 200 responses to this survey. The feedback identified a variety of management and technical related topics - some of which are addressed by current URISA and other existing resources - while others will require creation of new resources.

We want to thank those of you who participated in one or both of these surveys.  The information that you provided was anticipated in some cases, but very enlightening in others. We are carefully reviewing your feedback and will be providing you with ongoing updates, including during GIS-Pro, on how this information is being used to guide URISA's activities over the coming months. If you were unable to participate in these surveys we still welcome your input. Feel free to reach out to your URISA leadership at any time to share your ideas!

Click here to access the online questionnaire.

Quick Hits from 2011:

• GISPs, on average, earned $10,000 more than non-GISPs
• The average salary of survey respondents was $61,540 - an increase of 2.5%
• GIS Managers saw a 3.8% increase in salary in 2011 - from $67,302 to $69,842

For an Executive Summary of the 2011 Salary Survey results, click here.