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school of Agriculture and Natural Resources
currently has facilities for both global
positioning systems (GPS) and geographic
information systems (GIS). Our existing GPS
facility consists of a roving
unit for field measurements and a GPS base
station installed in 201 Charlton Hall for
post-processing differential GPS (DGPS). A
computer software is utilized to differentially-correct
and plot DGPS data. These units are
currently being used in a variety of applications,
especially in classroom instruction. |
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| GPS
utilizes specially-coded satellite signals that
can be processed in a GPS receiver, thereby
enabling the receiver to accurately mark our
position on earth. The GPS base station located in
Charlton Hall to provide for improving the
accuracy of measurements of standard GPS. The
School’s current GIS facilities center around
the ArcView GIS software (a
product of
the
Environmental
Systems Research Institute, ESRI).
Several
licenses of ArcView GIS are currently being used
for classroom instruction and student
projects. Several courses offered within the
School currently utilize the GPS/GIS technology to
varying degrees, ranging from simple utilization
of GIS (and GPS) to detailed coverage of this
important information technology. The GIS software
is also being used for mapping
College’s fields and conducting research. |
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