Geographer Overview
Ever wondered how a rainbow is formed? Or How about studying rainfalls and formation of hurricanes? Do you know there was only one vast land mass on the earth millions of years ago? Would you like to study arctic environment where temperature is always below -40 degree Celsius? Interested? Read more.
Geographers study the earth. They study constituents of earth, nature of land mass, its atmosphere and inhabitants. They are involved in the study of various regions of earth and the difference in climate across earth.
Geographers study the characteristics of the land in different regions of the world and the principals of land and ocean development. They also study earth's resources like minerals and water, distribution of resources over region, and its utilisation. They also study human and animal population across the earth and their characteristics.
Geographers study the climatic conditions in different regions of the world and its effect on the natural resources and development of human civilization, plant and animals. They study local weather conditions and the seasonal progression. Geographers are involved in global monitoring of environment and weather forecasting.
Geographers are involved in land surveying and drawing of maps. Drawing of maps is a very complicated and requires precision. As a Geographer you can in fact specialise in the area of map drawing called cartography.
Geographers are involved in study of the various natural and climatic phenomenons like rain, storm, cyclone, and earthquake. They study volcano, development of mountains, the ocean and other such earth bodies.
As a geographer, you can also get into urban and regional planning and development, housing development, town planning, transport planning, environmental planning and monitoring.
Geographers these days use a range of technologies and sophisticated devices in study. For example, they use Geographic Information Systems, Remote sensing, Spectrographic imaging devices, and Synthetic aperture radar for studying formation of rain clouds, movement of storm, environmental pollution, and even tectonic movements (movement of continent).
Remote sensing is the technology of taking images of the earth from satellites. Remote sensing involves visual analysis and interpretation of photographic and non-photographic data, such as photographic, thermal and infrared images.
Remotely sensed data is now the main source of mapping and geographic information system. Remote sensing is used for collection of earth observation data, monitoring of global climate, monitoring environmental changes, studies of volcanoes, observation of wildlife population, and other related areas.
You can specialise in various fields of Geography like Economic Geography, Cultural Geography, Environment Control, Political Geography, and Natural Resources. You can also specialise in Cartography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geomorphology, Meteorology, Climatology, Remote sensing, and other related areas.
A lot of field work is involved in Geography related professions. Apart from researching in laboratories, as a Geographer you will need to visit various locations to study climate, nature of land, natural resources, etc. You may work in processing and analysing of GIS data on hi-tech computer terminals.
As per your specialisation, you will find work as a Cartographer, Climatologist, Research scientist, Environmental analyst, GIS specialist, Urban planner, Regional Planner, Population scientist, Resource analyst, Remote sensing specialist, etc.
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