Episode 1 of the Penn State Public Broadcasting’s (PSPB) four-part online
video series, “The Geospatial Revolution Project,” is now available in its
entirety or in shorter chapters at Penn State Public Broadcasting’s website,geospatialrevolution.psu.edu. The 13-minute episode, which is divided into
four chapters, begins with an overview and moves into how GPS works. Following
a brief history of the evolution of mapping, the episode wraps with the
practical and human application of crisis mapping and “crowd sourcing,” and
uses the earthquake in Haiti
as the case study.
According to PSPB, “The mission of “The
Geospatial Revolution Project” is to expand public knowledge about the history,
applications, related privacy and legal issues, and the potential future of
location-based technologies.” The
remaining three episodes, to be released over the next five months, will cover
timely topics on geospatial applications, privacy and legal issues, civic
engagement, and more. It is expected
that K-12 teachers and post-secondary educators will use these films in the
classroom to help explain the location-based technologies and applications that
influence our lives.
ASPRS, the ASPRS Foundation, and
individual ASPRS members have been heavily involved in the evolution of “The
Geospatial Revolution Project,” working with Penn State Public Broadcasting to
help identify topics to cover, people to interview, and potential funding
sources. “ASPRS, working through the
ASPRS Foundation, is very proud to be associated with this important effort,
which grew out of an earlier proposal to document the history of photogrammetry
and remote sensing in the U.S.”
said James Plasker, ASPRS Executive Director. “The original proposal, developed by ASPRS Fellow Member Dr. Alan Voss,
was extremely powerful in concept, but needed the professional oversight of an
experienced film production team; the group assembled by Penn State
is outstanding, and the project concept has since evolved under their
leadership to a landmark outreach opportunity for all of the geospatial science
community.”
Sponsors of “The Geospatial Revolution Project” include: the ASPRS Foundation, Booz, Allen, Hamilton, DigitalGlobe, ESRI,
GeoEye, Harris, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Navteq, and Northrop
Grumman.
"The Geospatial Revolution Project" Episode 1 is Now Online
October 11, 2010
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