Coastal Studies
397 miles
What is the amount of coastline Louisiana has?
Air ballons, kites, and pigeons
What are the first aerial images captured?
Two semesters
What are the semesters needed for the minimum amount of training to get a job in GIS?
The average entry salary of a GIS Technican?
90 days
What is the length of time it takes a rain drop from Minnesota to get to the Gulf of Mexico?
What is the Gulf of Mexco home to?
ArcGIS
Tree monitoring, living oyster reef deployments, native pollinator garden development, marsh grass plantings, dune fencing deployments
What are volunteer opportunities inside the program?
What is the number of jobs created by coastal restoration since 2010?
360 species
Atchafalaya Basin
What is the largest swamp in the United States?
Green = Good
Brown = not so good
What is how healthy and unhealthy vegeation is represented?
Double the money
What is the salary of a person with an Associates Degree compared to someone with a High School Diploma?
Geographers, Cartographer/Photogrammetrist, Urban/Regional Planner, and Surveyors.
What are four common careers in GIS?
2,350 miles
What is the length of the Mississippi River?
Related to the Giant Redwoods
What is the Bald Cypress?
Tracking animals, tracking outbreaks, comparing population statistics to drinking water, and planning natural disaster responses
What are some of the applications of GIS?
Approximately half
$78,847/year
What is the average annual salary of a Coastal Scientist?
What is the number of people who have swam the entire Mississippi River?
2,000 Square Miles
What is the amount of coastal land loss since the 1930s?
Google maps, waze, driving directions
What are common, every day applications of GIS?
This can be earned in one year
What is the Certificate of Technical Studies in GIS?
$50,573/year
What is the average salary of a drone pilot in Louisiana?
The unique sport invented on the Mississippi River
What is water skiing?