L. Jesse Rouse

I apologies for falling behind on the podcast distribution. I have Episode 14 recorded and plans for 15 and 16, but between conference travel and editing interviews for the other podcast from said conferences and the end of the semester rolling through I have put Spatial@UNCP on the back burner for another week or so. I should be back to the “every two week” schedule by the first week in May.

Starting in July the podcast is going to go themed as part of the previously mentioned NC Space Grant and the Intro to Cartography class I will be teaching in Fall. Expect podcasts on specific technologies and data sources for the 2010-2011 school year. Until then, we will be talking Census and general GIS topics for the next 4 episodes.

I am very excited to be able to share that I was awarded an NC Space Grant, Informal Science Education grant. The title of the proposal was “Putting the Digital Earth to Work: introducing potential science and social studies users to Earth Observation sensors and their data” and it has a fairly focused goal of:

highlighting the data from remote sensors and the tools used to interact with them.

A second goal will be to reinforce users’ existing spatial literacy as the data captured by the sensors is highly spatial in nature. There will be a few targeted outcomes including the project website, an online map-based Earth Observation Virtual Laboratory, podcasts about earth observation, an educator workshop, and a set of open lesson plans.

If you are an educator (formal or informal), keep an eye here to find out more about the educator workshop that will take place in June 2011. It will be a mix of lecture, computer, and group activities…I think, but with 13 months to go, who knows what will change.

I hope that everyone has had a great break! With classes starting just around the corner I wanted to point out that Spatial@UNCP will be back up and running on a weekly basis (except for holidays of course) beginning January 14. Since I will be teaching GIS this semester many of the episodes will be playing double duty for the classroom and general info. With that in mind I will still try to limit the episodes to 5-6 minutes each.

If you ever have a topic you would like me to talk about on the podcast feel free to contact me.

Here is to an rewarding Spring 2010!

With the semester coming to an end I just wanted to wish everyone out there a happy holiday season. I look forward to getting more information up here in the New Year!

Along with 2 sections of World Regional Geography, I will be teaching a Geographic Information Science course and associated lab in Spring 2010. If you would like more information please visit the course website. Feel free to ask any questions about the course or planned content.

I am working to get this site up and running by the end of August.  If you are looking for course materials please login to your Blackboard account for relevant class information.  If you need to contact me please email me or come by my office in 232 Old Main.