Delivery/Location: Fort Collins
This course is offered through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Colorado State University. You must be a member of Osher to enroll in this course.
Up, Up, and Away in My Beautiful Balloon. So it was or so it will be. From the first look see at the earth from a balloon basket, we now venture into a new century where satellites track much of our life on earth, making location a more exact science. Google this class - sign up that is - and you are in for a grounding-breaking experience in basic geotechnology.
Geotechnology is identified by the US Department of Labor as one of the three "mega technologies" for the 21st Century (the other two are Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). It is having a mega-impact on society. Have you ever wondered about how GPS works? Or how to access satellite imagery of the world? Or how farmers use auto-steer to guide their tractors and apply fertilizers that vary " on-the-fly" as they move throughout a field? Or how to automatically link digital photos and video to their precise map locations?
Tools will be demonstrated that allow you to do all of these things. You will be exposed to how to use GPS, internet mapping, aerial photo interpretation, and multimedia mapping (using your own photos as the basis). Join us to learn the basics of a field that promises to forever change how we interact!
Recommended Readings:
http://www.innovativegis.com/basis/Papers/Other/Geotechnology/Geotecnology history future.html [white paper titled "A Brief History and Probable Future of Geotechnology"].
http://www.innovativegis.com/basis/MapAnalysis/Default.htm [online book, Beyond Mapping III].
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v427/n6972/full/nj6972-376a.html [article in Nature, Geotechnology is identified by the US Department of Labor as one of the three "mega technologies" for the 21st century (the other two are Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)].
Note: This class will also meet Saturday, October 25th from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm
Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.
Instructors
Dr. Joseph Berry is a leading consultant and educator in the application of Geographic Information Systems technology. Since 1989, he has written the "Beyond Mapping" column for GeoWorld magazine. Dr. Berry has written numerous papers on the theory and application of map analysis techniques. In addition, he is the author of the popular books Beyond Mapping (Wiley, 1993), Spatial Reasoning (Wiley, 1995) and Map Analysis (GeoTec Media, 2007).
Since 1976, he has presented college courses and professional workshops on geospatial technology to thousands of individuals from a wide variety of disciplines. Dr. Berry taught courses in GIS for twelve years at Yale University's Graduate School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and is currently a Visiting Scholar in Geosciences at the University of Denver.
1 Section Available
- Section 100 (Fort Collins)
- Date: Oct. 9 - Oct. 30, 2008 (4 wks.)
- Time: R; 5 pm - 7 pm
- Location: Gifford Building
Colorado State University Campus
Rm. 113 - Instructors: Dr. Joseph Berry
- Tuition: $90
- Registration ends Thursday, Oct 9, 2008
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Jean Morgenweck(303) 573-6318
jmorgenweck@learn.colostate.edu