Luke Gezovich
GEGN 588
Advanced Planetary GIS
This course offers a unique opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills in the new and emerging field of planetary mapping and analysis. Upon completing this course, students will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to perform independent planetary GIS tasks, contributing to the advancement of planetary science and space exploration in the student's area of expertise. Throughout the course, we will learn about planetary GIS fundamentals, an overview of historical and contemporary remote sensing space missions, locating open source planetary GIS datasets, organizing GIS data, planetary mapping, geospatial analyses, and digital terrain modeling. We will explore these topics through class discussions, lab exercises, and peer reviews, culminating in an individual planetary GIS project that allows students to investigate a matter of their choosing in-depth. After completing this course, students can locate and integrate planetary GIS datasets for planetary mapping and space resource characterization.
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Course Learning Objectives
Compare and contrast the key objectives and results of historical and contemporary planetary remote sensing space missions.
Organize planetary GIS remote sensing datasets from open-source resources and data repositories on the internet.
Integrate planetary GIS data and proper map-making techniques in ArcGIS Pro software to create visually appealing maps.
Conduct basic planetary mapping on different planetary bodies like the Moon and Mars generating maps with all essential map elements.
Preform geospatial analyses of planetary GIS data for space resources mapping.
Integrate GIS analyses, such as digital terrain modeling and 3D modeling, for space resource mapping and landing site identification.
Design and generate a planetary GIS project using at least one geospatial or advanced GIS analytical technique.