Geospatial Concepts

Cost: $1080

Dates

• Summer 2025

Location: Online

Credit: GSP 101, 3 units

General overview: scale, coordinate systems, geodesy, direction, projections, traditional land surveying techniques, global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), cartography.

Traditional and computer lab activities to develop understanding of scale, coordinate systems, geodesy, direction, projections, traditional land surveying techniques, global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), cartography.

This class includes a lab.

To enroll in this course, you must have been admitted into the Online Geospatial Certificate Program.

Amy Rock

Amy Rock is a professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Analysis at Humboldt State University. She holds a Ph.D. in geography from Kent State University; an M.A. in geography from Ohio University; and a B.G.S. in architectural history from Ohio University. 

Her research and training has been in community development, rural development, GIS, cartography, participatory GIS and citizen mapping. 

She has taught GSP 270: GIS; GSP 316: Cartography; GSP 416: Advanced Cartography; and GSP 426: Cartography Practicum.