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