Land management education: challenges and perspectives

Abstract

When thinking about the future of the topographic, geodetic and land management industry, it is necessary to clearly understand several important trends. It is already clear that the economy of the future will not need the current number of surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists and topographers because their jobs will be "stolen" by robotic and unmanned remote systems, software with artificial intelligence technologies. The world economy will need cheap, high-tech and fast engineering solutions that can only be provided by properly trained professionals. Higher education institutions have to adapt to the needs of the national and global labor market, offering curriculum based on advanced technologies and best industry practices.