Some common applications of geospatial technologies

• Your Phone: real-time traffic, Uber, ‘nearest Starbucks’, 911, most apps • Archeology: lidar, site map, GPS artifacts• City Planning: utilities, wastewater, green space, traffic, roads, zoning• Environmental Monitoring: LU change, pollution, air / water quality, weather, climate,

flooding, SNOTEL, COCORAHS• Forestry: fires, tree health, habitat• Health / Human Services: epidemiology, mapping health issues• Homeland Security: evacuation plans, smoke plume monitoring• Law Enforcement: crime mapping, dispatch, IR cameras• Military / Intelligence: satellite imagery for reconnaissance, intelligence, Unmanned Aerial

Vehicles (UAVs), field of Geospatial Intelligence• Real Estate: appraisals, comps, FEMA flood plain, insurance, schools, commute time,

interiors?• Weather: real-time weather alert services

The ‘core’ five: Cartography, GPS, GIS, RS, & Geovisualization

The Digital Earth Idea

Al Gore, 1998:”I believe we need a Digital Earth. A multi-resolution, 3D representation of the planet, into which we can embed vast quantities of geo-referenced data.”

A Digital Earth is: > A virtual, digital geographic representation of our world> Everything is [collaboratively] linked> Idealistic but we are moving toward this goal

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