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INTRO TO GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES
Maps & Geospatial Concepts| Fall 2012
What is it?
Geospatial Technology
¨ The use of a various technological systems & tools that acquire, analyze, manage, store, and visualize location-based data (Bradley Shellito 2012)
¤ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) n Mapping, analysis, and data management
¤ Remote Sensing n Acquisition & interpretation of satellite imagery or aerial
photographs
¤ Global Positioning Systems (GPS) n Acquiring real-time data from satellites
Who uses it?
Who uses Geospatial Technologies?
¨ Government
¨ Business & Service Industry
¨ Environmental Management
¨ Logistics, Transportation & Networks
¨ Public Health
¨ Essentially….everyone
(Geo)spatial Data
(Geo)spatial Data
¨ Any data that has location ¨ Landscapes, terrains, land use, land parcels,
demographics, cultural aspects, points of interests, and on and on and on….
(Geo)spatial Data
¨ Decision making ¨ Analysis ¨ Problem-solving ¨ Share & distribution information ¨ 5 M’s
¤ Measure ¤ Monitor ¤ Map ¤ Model ¤ Manage
Geo & Non-spatial Data
¨ Points ¨ Lines ¨ Areas ¨ Remote Images ¨ Non-Spatial Data ¨ Google Earth Wildlife File
Google Earth
Google Earth
¨ Virtual Globe that is interactive, 3D, and bring together various geospatial technologies
¨ View images from past & present (not real-time) ¨ Data layers of various types are included in the
(free) program