Advanced Geospatial Topics

3 credits · Graduate Programs

Progress in research, development and applications in the field of geospatial technologies; importance of geospatial knowledge and evolution of geospatial technologies in the last decades; focus on six major geospatial technologies that characterize the so-called geospatial revolution; geoweb, virtual globes, volunteered geographic information, location-based services, big data and geospatial cyber-infrastructure; data/product quality, privacy and confidentiality, and societal implication of these technologies will be discussed. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Geomatics Engineering 651 and 551 will not be allowed.