Satisfy your "T" requirement with Geospatial Technology (the industry that created Pokemon Go)
Curious about the world, rapidly changing technology, and your place in it?
Announcing new in-person and online sections of GEOG 102T DIGITAL EARTH: Geospatial Technology and Society
The Geography faculty at ODU invite students to take a virtual voyage with GEOG 102T Digital Earth, where we'll explore, inquire, and apply geospatial technology to assess its amazing virtues as well as challenges.
Geospatial technology is a rapidly growing industry that has matured to become a pervasive infrastructure, empowering infinite uses ranging from business, city planning, agriculture and environmental management, public safety, military and geospatial intelligence, and humanitarian applications. Satellite imagery, Global Positioning Systems (GPS/GNSS) constellations, geotagged intelligent smartphones, Internet of Things (IoT), and drones are revolutionizing our world. Yet, the pace of technology and scientific advances poses challenges, such as equitable access, ethical uses, and even moral dilemmas.
GEOG 102T is offered as both in-person and online sections this spring that provide hands-on skills, interactive analysis, discussions, and critical thinking that you can apply to real-world problems and diverse professions. The T course designation of GEOG 102T fulfills the general education Ways of Knowing/Impact of Technology requirement as well as opening the door to further study in the fast-growing geospatial industry. Students will learn skills and critical thinking with GIS software, studying satellite imagery, solving spatial analytical problems, and critiquing maps for scientific communication.
For further information on the course, contact the semester instructors:
Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw (jwhytlaw@odu.edu) or Mr. Ryley Harris (rcharris@odu.edu)
GEOG102T_flyer.pptx (2.4 MB)
Posted By: Jennifer Whytlaw
Date: Thu Nov 17 10:13:32 EST 2022