Emerging Geospatial Technologies in Instruction and Research: An Assessment of U.S. and Canadian Geography Departments and Programs

Academic geography is the nexus for geospatial learning and research on many college and university campuses. Along with offering courses and programs in established areas such as geographic information systems and remote sensing, geography instruction and research have increasingly used new or emer...

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Published in:The Professional geographer 2020-10, Vol.72 (4), p.631-643
Main Authors: Fagin, Todd D., Wikle, Thomas A., Mathews, Adam J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft
Colleges & universities
Computer applications
Data analysis
Data capture
departamentos de geografía
Domains
educación superior
Education
Geographic information systems
Geography
geography departments
geospatial technology
Higher education
Higher education institutions
Information processing
Information systems
Internet
Location based services
Remote sensing
Spatial data
tecnología geoespacial
Virtual reality
地理系，地理空间技术，高等教育
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Summary:Academic geography is the nexus for geospatial learning and research on many college and university campuses. Along with offering courses and programs in established areas such as geographic information systems and remote sensing, geography instruction and research have increasingly used new or emerging geospatial technologies (EGTs) for capturing, processing, and visualizing spatial data. Examples of EGTs include unoccupied aircraft systems, location-based services, and virtual reality devices. Although EGTs are expanding rapidly within higher education institutions, we know less about the nature of their adoption within geography instruction and research. For example, which EGTs are most firmly established and in what project domains (data capture, data analysis, and data delivery) are they used most frequently? In this article, we present findings from a Web-based survey of U.S. and Canadian geography departments and programs aimed at exploring the adoption and use of EGTs. Among other results, our findings suggest that EGTs are often employed across more than one project domain. Along with assessing rates of adoption and frequency of use, we examine sources of funding used in the acquisition of EGTs.
ISSN:0033-0124
1467-9272
DOI:10.1080/00330124.2020.1777573