Introduction to Geospatial Technologies

Part 1 Geospatial Data and GPS
1. It’s a Geospatial World Out There

• What Is Geospatial Technology?


• Who Uses Geospatial Technology?


• What Is Geospatial Data?


• What Does All This Have to Do with Geography?


• What Is Geolocation?


• What Is Google Earth?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 1.1: Introduction to Geospatial Concepts and Google Earth Pro

2. Where in the Geospatial World Are You?

• What Is a Datum?


• What Is a Geographic Coordinate System?


• How Can Real-World Data Be Translated onto a Two-Dimensional Surface?


• What Is UTM?


• What Is SPCS?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 2.1: Coordinates and Position Measurements

3. Getting Your Data to Match the Map

• How Can You Align Different Geospatial Datasets to Work Together?


• What Is Georeferencing?


• How Can Data Be Georeferenced?


• How Is Data Transformed to a Georeferenced Format?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 3.1: Georeferencing an Image

4. Finding Your Location with the Global Positioning System

• Who Made GPS?


• What Does the Global Positioning System Consist Of?


• How Does GPS Find Your Position?


• Why Isn’t GPS Perfectly Accurate?


• How Can You Get Better Accuracy from GPS?


• What Other GNSS Are There Beyond GPS?


• What Are Some Applications of GPS?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 4.1: GNSS Applications

Part 2 Geographic Information Systems
5. Working with Digital Geospatial Data and GIS

• How Does GIS Represent Real-World Items?


• How Can You Represent the Real World as Continuous Fields?


• How Is Non-Spatial Data Handled by GIS?


• What Other Kind of Information Do You Need to Use GIS Data?


• What Kinds of GIS Are Available?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 5.1 GIS Introduction: QGIS Version


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 5.2 GIS Introduction: ArcGIS Pro Version

6. Using GIS for Spatial Analysis

• How Can Data Be Retrieved from a GIS for Analysis?


• How Can You Perform Basic Spatial Analysis in GIS?


• How Can Multiple Types of Spatial Analysis Operations Be Performed in GIS?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 6.1: GIS Spatial Analysis: QGIS Version


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 6.2:  GIS Spatial Analysis: ArcGIS Pro Version

 7. Using GIS to Make a Map

• How Does the Scale of the Data Affect the Map (and Vice Versa)?


• What Are Some Design Elements Included in Maps?


• How Is Data Displayed on a GIS Map?


• What Kinds of Colors Are Best to Use with GIS Maps?


• How Can GIS Maps Be Exported and Distributed?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 7.1 – GIS Layouts: QGIS Version


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 7.2 – GIS Layouts: ArcGIS Pro Version

8. Getting There Quicker with Geospatial Technology

• How Do You Model a Network for Geospatial Technology?


• How Is Address Matching Performed?


• How Are Shortest Paths Found?


• How Are Networks Used in Geospatial Technology?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 8.1 – Geocoding and Shortest Path Analysis

Part 3 Remote Sensing
9. Remotely Sensed Images from Above

• How Did Aircraft Photography Develop?


• What Are Unmanned Aircraft Systems?


• What Are the Different Types of Aerial Photos?


• How Can You Interpret Objects in an Aerial Image?


• How Can You Make Measurements from an Aerial Photo?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 9.1 – Visual Imagery Interpretation

10. How Remote Sensing Works

• What Is Remote Sensing Actually Sensing?


• What Is the Role of the Atmosphere in Remote Sensing?


• What Happens to Energy When It Hits a Target on the Ground?


• How Can Spectral Reflectance Be Used in Remote Sensing?


• How Do You Display a Digital Remotely Sensed Image?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 10.1 – Remotely sensed Imagery and Color Composites

11. Images from Space

• How Do Remote Sensing Satellites Collect Data?


• What Are the Capabilities of a Satellite Sensor?


• What Is a Landsat Satellite, and What Does It Do?


• What Satellites Have High-Resolution Sensors?


• How Can Satellites Be Used for Monitoring the Earth?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 11.1 – Landsat 8 Imagery

12. Studying Earth’s Climate and Environment from Space

• What Satellites and Sensors Are Used for Studying Climate and the Environment?


• How Is Environmental Monitoring Performed Using Remote Sensing?


• How Do Satellites Take Earth’s Temperature?


• How Do Satellites Monitor Earth’s Atmosphere and Air Quality?


• How Do Satellites Monitor the Oceans and Water Quality?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 12.1 – Earth-Observing Missions Imagery

Part 4 Geospatial Applications
13. Digital Landscaping
14. See the World in 3D

• How Can Terrain Be Represented on Topographic Maps?


• How Can Geospatial Technology Represent a Digital Terrain Map?


• What Is a DEM?


• How Can Digital Terrain Models Be Utilized?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 13.1 – Digital Terrain Analysis


• How Can Objects Be Modeled in 3D Using Geospatial Technology?


• How Can Large Scale 3D Design Be Performed?


• How Can You View Geospatial Data in Immersive 3D?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 14.1 – 3D Modeling and Visualization

15. Life in the Geospatial Cloud and Other Current Developments

• What Is ArcGIS Online


• Who Is Involved with Geospatial Technology?


• How Is Geospatial Technology Used in K–12 Educational Efforts?


• What Types of Educational Opportunities Are Available with Geospatial Technology?


• GEOSPATIAL LAB APPLICATION 15.1 – Creating Web Maps and Web Apps With ArcGIS Online
  

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