GEOG 105 - Our Digital Earth

Credits: 4

An introduction to the digital technologies that enable Earth modeling. Students examine the fundamentals of spatial data capture and analysis through geovisualization and cartography, global navigation satellite systems such as GPS, geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing. Using a combination of lecture, discussion, and hands-on lab exercises, students will become familiar with geospatial fundamentals for modeling digital Earth, and examine applications/solve problems in public health, urban heat island effect, water resources, food security, disaster assessment, and deforestation, among others. Restricted to freshmen and sophomores; first-semester juniors admitted only by department permission.

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