150 to 270 Billion Dollars!

Whow! That's the revenue generated by the Geo Services sector (= all interactive digital mapping and location-based services). For reference: the video gaming industry generates about 25 billion dollars revenue. Plus, this industry is growing globally at a rate of about 30 percent! What does all that mean?

• If you want a job as a geographer: learn GIS!
• This report was commissioned by Google...so the numbers may be leaning more towards on side than the other (but, cut the values by half and you still have impressive revenue and growth.

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