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GEOG 1400 - Mapping Technologies: Reading Assignments

This guide is intended for use by Ms. Oliver's Mapping Technologies students to find resources throughout the semester.

Unit Reading Assignments

Review the instructions below in order to complete your reading assignments for the semester. Please contact Ms. Oliver, your instructor, with any questions. Use the rest of the guide to help you find required articles and understand course topics!

Instructions

Unit Reading Assignment Instructions:

Each unit will have 2 reading assignments and a class discussion of your readings. You'll be graded for the reading summaries and the class discussion. Each reading summary is worth 10 points for a total of 160 points. Each discussion is worth 10 points for a total of 80 points. 
 
There will be 8 class days that will be used for reading discussions. Both articles for a unit will be discussed during one class period. Written summaries are due on the discussion day and should be placed in your student folder under the reading summaries folder in the correct unit folder. You will use the blackboard discussion forum for each unit to post links to your articles for other students to access.
 
Using the resources provided in this guide, you'll find and read 2 articles, per unit, and write a one page summary per article. The summary needs to include proper citations for each article.
 
Article requirements -
  • Must have been written in the last 2 years.
  • Must be from a scholarly or professional source.
  • Must be at least 2 pages in length.
  • Must be properly cited in APA format.

Discussion requirements -

  • Article summaries must be completed prior to class discussion.
  • Be prepared to discuss both your articles during the same class.
  • Have posted links on blackboard discussion to your articles.

Submission requirements –

  • Place all written summaries on the Q drive in your student folder under the readings folder.
  • Make sure your citations are on each summary.
  • Name your reading assignments with your first initial and last name, and unit name, and article number. Sample: “jDoe_UAS_article1”.

Unit Reading Topics

Unit 1 - Geospatial Technologies

  • Article 1 needs to specifically be about "Geospatial Technologies" and what it is. This article should have this term in it and make reference to multiple geospatial technologies like GIS, GPS, UAS, Remote Sensing, etc..
  • Article 2 must be an article of how geospatial technology is being used in a professional field. Geospatial is used in many fields and studies, so it can be an area that is implementing the use of any of the technologies. 

Unit 2 - Spatial Data/Projections

  • Article 3 needs to discuss how standards are used to create spatial data.
  • Article 4 needs to be on the appropriate use of projection in mapping. This can be related to paper or web mapping. Hint: project use is different on paper maps than web maps.

Unit 3 - GIS

  • Article 5 needs to cover how GIS data or applications have been or are being used to understand or solve a problem at the community level.
  • Article 6 should be about how a GIS has been used for marketing purposes. This can cover how it has been used to understand a demographic, an area, or promotional material.

Unit 4 - GPS

  • Article 7 needs to be about how any military is currently using Global Positioning System (GPS). Currently refers to "within the past 2 years."
  • Article 8 will be about how any private industry is using GPS data.

Unit 5 - Remote Sensing

  • Article 9 needs to cover the use of Lansat 8 imagery used for remote sensing.
  • Article 10 needs to be about how a specific field or industry is using remote sensing.

Unit 6 - Web/Mobile Apps for GIS

  • Article 11 should cover any aspect of spatial data being used, designed, and displayed, etc.. for mobile applications.
  • Article 12 needs to cover tools that allow interaction with spatial data in web applications.

Unit 7 - UAS

  • Article 13 will cover how an industry is utilizing UAS to collect spatial data.
  • Article 14 will cover inappropriate, illegal, or privacy issues related to UAS use.

Unit 8 - AR/VR

  • Article 15 needs to cover how spatial data is being used in or with augmented reality technologies.
  • Article 16 needs to cover how spatial data is being used in or with virtual reality technologies.
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