Test your knowledge on what a geographer actually does!
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A set of colouring pencils
People looking at globes
Boots and extreme gear, signalling exploration, wildernesses unspoilt by humans, maps and geography fieldwork
Geography teachers
Careers that can be done outside
Careers that can be done from home, careers that can be done anywhere in the world, careers that can make a difference, that don't need a degree and that make use of transferrable skills.
Careers that involve maps
Careers that need a geography degree
Disney wanted the city in which it is set to look fantastic but believable and so employed people who could build this world using GIS technology.
Idris Elba, who voices Chief Bogo, has a degree in geography
The plot revolves around the migration from rural Bunnyburrow to urban Zootopia and discusses the push and pull factors involved in the migration.
A map of Zootopia exists that formed the blueprint for a New Town in the USA
It allowed TfL to send messages to passengers as they were moving around the network
It allowed passengers to stream films onto their devices therefore making the passenger experience better
It allowed TfL to issue mobile tickets for passengers to scan on their phones
It allowed them to map how people were moving around the network so they could respond to people's behaviour and also use messaging to encourage them to behave in a particular way.
They monitored the water system to track where and when people were excreting drugs when they went to the toilet.
They mapped drug transactions through the Wifi.
They used streetmap so police could patrol the streets to find out where the drug deals were taking place.
They created a choropleth map to show the numbers of people visiting opioid support clinics so that they could increase resources where they were needed.
They mapped where different donations were coming from to understand the communities who were giving so that they could target the messaging.
They mapped all of the Comic Relief projects so that people could see what was being funded close to their homes.
They used data of how people had donated in the past to put more collectors on streets where people were more likely to donate.
They added a layer to a map to show average income and then asked people in the most affluent areas to donate.
GIS was used to track the number of refugees and how they moved around the camp.
GIS was used to map the different features of the camp.
GIS was used to take aerial photographs of the refugee camp to give a picture of what was going on from the air.
Geographers trained refugees living in the camp to use technology to map the services that were used.
Careers Spotlights on the Geography Education Online website
Careers with GIS available on the Esri website
The Royal Geographical Society webpage 'Why you should study geography'
All of the above
One of your friends who you study geography with.
It is a GIS computer programme.
It's a piece of equipment used by professional geographers.
It is a professional geographer working in the field of GIS who can connect with schools and talk about their work to students.
The drone can capture data for GIS mapping from a different perspective.
It doesn't. Flying drones is a hobby.
Flying drones can interfere with aeroplanes and mean that people can't travel.
Flying drones can help to find missing people or escaped criminals by tracking them from the air.
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