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Learning Unit Description: The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information System (GIS) instruction. The Examining Land Use Change in Phoenix,...
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This video, provided by the GeoTech Center, is part of a series on web mapping and focuses on designing and configuring the ArcGIS Experience Builder. The ArcGIS Experience Builder allows for the creation of low-code and no-code Geographic Information System (GIS) web apps through configurable...
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This video, provided by the GeoTech Center, is part of a series on web mapping and provides an overview of the tools/widgets that can be used with geospatial data in the ArcGIS Experience Builder. The ArcGIS Experience Builder allows for the creation of low-code and no-code Geographic Information...
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These resources include a 4-page syllabus and a 2-page course table map for the Exploring Our World Through Geospatial Technology course taught at Weber State University. "This ... exploratory course introduces [students] to the fundamental concepts of Geospatial Science and how Geospatial...
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GeoTech Center presents a series of model courses on GIS, spatial technologies, and related subjects. This first course introduces "geospatial analysis and map interpretation," including "geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), cartography, remote sensing,...
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Learning Unit Description: The Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT) presents a series of Learning Units (LU) designed to incorporate federal land remote sensing data into Geographic Information System (GIS) instruction. The Flood Boundary Comparison LU examines...
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In this activity, developed by the Lane Community College MAPS GIS Program, students are "introduced to the concept of a watershed and begin to develop its biogeographic history from settlement to present day." Students then use maps they created to head into the field to check the validity of the...
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In this lesson from MAPS GIS at Lane Community College, students will describe the geodemographics of former French colonies in Africa as defined by the human development index, population densities, birth and death rates, life expectancy. Students will compare the geospatial patterns of data with...
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In this white paper, sponsored by GeoTech and written by Dr. Ming-Hsiang Tsou and Jennifer Smith from San Diego State's Department of Geophysics, the role of open source software in Geographic Information System (GIS) education is described. "Open source software is not well adopted in GIS education...
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This 7-page syllabus provides an overview of the Introduction to Geographic Information Lab taught at Michigan State University. In this course students "learn how to perform basic geographic analysis using Geographic Information Systems, apply aerial interpretation concepts to describing landscape...
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