Coastal Studies
What is one football field?
This shows many different kinds of data on one map, such as streets, buildings, landmarks, events and terrain
What is GIS - Geographical Information Systems
This can be earned in one year
What is the Certificate of Technical Studies in GIS?
What is $59,981/year?
The average entry salary of a GIS Technican?
Itasca, Minnesota
The headwaters of the Mississippi River
74%
What is the amount of land St Bernard Parish will loose by 2050 if we don't undertake coastal restoration?
Population, income, education level, vegetation, soil, roads, and powerlines
What are some of the things we map with GIS
This course teaches you how to submit a coastal restoration proposal and undertake a coastal project.
What is Coastal Restoration?
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?
The organization in charge of the Coastal Master Plan
What is the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority?
This includes imagery and other data collected from satellites, balloons, and drones.
What is remote sensing
This course provides an introduction to the major federal and Louisiana environmental agencies, programs, statutes, and case law, and their impact on both the public and private sector.
What is Environmental Law?
The one year Certificate of Technical Studies in GIS.
What is the minimum amount of training needed to earn a entry level position?
31 states & 2 Canadian Provinces
What the Mississippi River Drains?
18 inches
What is the amount of sea level rise by 2050?
Grids of cells and pixels, and used for elevation and sattelite imagery.
What is a raster format?
You will study for the FAA Part 107 in this course and potentially earn this license in the program.
What is Drone Course/License?
What are the agencies I could work at with a coastal restoration certificate?
2
What is the number of people who have swam the entire Mississippi River?
Three million acres
These are polygons that use points, and are used to plot out school districts and streets.
What is a vector format?
This course is an introductory review of the application of computers to the production of graphs and thematic maps for geographical analysis. Spreadsheets, ArcGIS, and other data visualizations software will be used to produce graphs, charts, and maps.
What is Computer Graphs & Maps?
They are responsible for using geographic data that supports military/civilian operations for Disaster Relief and Homeland Security. They collect, analyze and distribute geospatial information to represent the terrain and its possible effects.
What is a Geospatial Engineer?
550 million tons
What is the amount of sediment the Mississippi River carries annually?