GIS and Data Collection Technologies

Seneca Polytechnic is a multiple-campus public college located in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It offers full-time and part-time programs at the baccalaureate, diploma, certificate and graduate levels.

The recipient of this micro-credential has demonstrated the ability to:

• Assess different types of open source and commercial data collection tools and technology.
• Set up account and use open and citizen science data collection platform for data collection
• Identify form-based vs map-based data collection platforms
• Use ESRI based solutions (Field map, survey123 etc.) to help meet organizational data collection needs
• Document how to plan for GPS and RTK based data collection
• Create, edit and visualize collected data in a form that allows for presentation.
• Access, manipulate and apply drone-based data to create products.
• Document processes and procedures regarding to get certification in drone operations (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology) and GISP certification.
• Convert ideas into solution, related to data collection tools and platforms
• Present the solution with a demo in front of the class (an audience)

By providing:

A final assignment in which students will:

Work on a hands-on project that will require a data collection solution to a GIS problem and then present their findings to an audience.

And by reflecting on the entire process by:

Completing a reflective essay with prompting options from the instructor.