The BDN's site is visually boring and provides a minimum of area news and information. However, the paper recently hired additional staff to enhance the site's content and visual appeal, so keep an eye out for improvement. In this information age, these firms specialize in all information spatial. Anything that you're dealing with which has a geographic distribution that you want to manage, you need this technology. The program has expanded from five graduate students to 50 over the past 20 years.
Graduates have an increasing number of local job opportunities.
He expects more GIS companies to locate in the Bangor area over the next few years because of the university. Not only will mapping firms need its graduates, they also will be able to apply the results of the department's research. Even if we didn't have any customers in Maine, it wouldn't make a difference.