Geospatial Technology I 8423 (co-op not available)

Suggested Grade Levels: 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 (36 weeks)

The Geospatial Technology program provides experiences pertaining to the study of geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing (RS), digital image processing simulator (DIPS), Geodesy, automated cartography (Auto-Carto), land surveying (LS), and navigation. Fundamentally, these technologies allow students to explore and analyze the natural and human-made world, from local to global and beyond. Students will use various tools, processes, and techniques to create, store, access, manipulate, and revise data to solve human challenges. These experiences will employ real-world spatial analysis models and guidelines for integrating, interpreting, analyzing, and synthesizing data, with a focus on both the implications and the limitations of such technologies. These experiences also include the interfacing to telecommunications and automated database management systems.

Program specialists have identified Geospatial Technology I as a viable option for school divisions to offer for high school credit at the middle school level.