Author: Aleigha Shears

• April 29, 2015GIS_Software, Navigation, WebMapping

  GIS and Today’s Technology: A Beneficial Duo

  Note: This is the last post by our Spring intern Aleigha. A big thanks to Aleigha and good luck after graduation. The significance of location services, prominence of maps, and […]

• April 18, 2015Remote Sensing

  Remote Sensing in a Nutshell

  According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), remote sensing is a science that obtains information regarding objects or areas from a distance,  typically using aircraft or satellites to […]

• April 12, 2015Environmental

  GIS and California: The Alarming Revelation

  Another guest post by this semester’s journalism intern. Geographic Information Systems, or GIS, are computer systems that allow individuals to map, model, and analyze large amounts of data through a […]

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  February 12, 2015Gadgets, Hardware

  Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Covering The Basics

  Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), the preferred industry term by the UAS Association for what the public sometimes refer to as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or unmanned drones, are clever works […]