What's gis? Cos apparently I'm one.
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2026
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Geographic Information Systems aka digital mapping aka fancy databases
Wut….?
were gis'ers!
Now gith...
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As a GIS tech, there's one missing - the laptop next to an ultrawide. Optional normal monitor to the side :P
But yes, as a former weather forecaster, the 4 in a square is insane and unfortunately it was necessary on bad weather days. At one of my locations, we also had the PC hooked up to a television running behind us and had a separate real time data monitor to the side. So... Yeah.
One of us. In my old job I ran two gaming rigs for processing on a KVM switch. GIS is all about the rig. Only need one or two screens lol. 13 btw lmao.
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GIS as in geographic information systems?
Gastro-intestinal system
Girls in socks
Look, I'm not here to GIS anything. That's my pinball monitor.
I'm not even on the chart
Those characters in your desktop seem awfully gleeful at your future neck ache.
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Since then I've upgraded the laptop so it actually runs on all screens. And I can switch to the desktop with a KVM.
Dragon theme -> hoarde of monitors. Checks out.
Super nice looking setup.
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What's GIS
Geographic Information Systems aka digital mapping aka fancy databases
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8 is just CCTV cameras
Modeling and CAD generally require up to 4 monitors.
- App
- App submenus and subwindows
- Redlines/markups/notes
- Optional. Emails, file browsing, screen share, manuals.
Though I'd say working with complicated apps regularly will give you a mental illness, so fair.
Like it says, mental illness.
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Mine is not here. Ultrawide, with regular above it
You know where you belong
In the normal part of the diagram?
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I have one thats not represented here. Im fairly sure it belongs on the lower right.
Your office needs some art good goddamn, sick set up though.
What's wrong with #8? Looks like a normal trader setup to me.
My setup is off the charts, tho, as usual.
Aren't traders supposed to be mentally ill?
Also, train dispatchers, power grid managers etc. Infrastructure control of any sort. On second thought, maybe they also have an extra keyboard/console (#16).
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Lets be real, 4 and 8 are "Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our tiling window managers" 99% the time in practice.
The keyboard position of 3 and 13 implies that one would stare directly at the gap where the monitors meet. I hope nobody does that.
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Is this my sign to get in to GIS?
Do you like maps?
More importantly, do you like doing the work of a fullstack developer but getting paid and treated like a barely-tier 2 support desk person?
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I'm none of these. I have two normal and one rotated 90 degrees for the odd legal sized document that gets scanned in. When I was doing a lot of data entry in one of my jobs, it helped.
My setup isn't even in this list....
The only thing mental is putting up with all of these seams. If you're not in a tactical environment that requires this -- say for being able to set up and move on the fly -- then just get a big ass monitor. They're life changing.
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Holy.... a GIS meme in the wild
I'm 5, because I'm writing and reading a lot. It makes no sense to have a horizontal screen for text.
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