Forrest Bowlick Discusses Geospatial Work on ‘Spatial Signals’ Podcast
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Forrest Bowlick, a senior lecturer in the Departments of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences and Environmental Conservation, made a guest appearance on the Spatial Signals podcast, which discusses topics around remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), and geospatial technologies—with a human focus on the people who use and apply them.
Bowlick also serves as the director of the Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) concentration within the College of Natural Sciences’s MS Geography program; acts as a co-director of the Regional GIS Hub at UMass Amherst; and was part of a team that recently created Massachusetts View (MassView), a service aimed at “building up the state’s existing geospatial resources, with a primary focus on expanding and strengthening offerings in remote-sensing data, science, and applications.”
Spatial Signals is hosted by Bradley Shellito of Youngstown State University and Chris McGinty, the Executive Director of AmericaView. This organization—of which MassView is a member—is a national remote-sensing network dedicated to empowering Earth observation, and a sponsor of the podcast.
“Spatial Signals gives people working with geospatial data and technology, especially in Earth observation and remote sensing, an opportunity to share personal stories about how they do that work and why it matters,” explained Bowlick. “It’s a great platform to talk about our work in an accessible way.”
During the episode, Bowlick recounted the development of MassView; considered educational materials such as The Geographer's Craft: Teaching GIS in the Web by Kenneth E. Foote; discussed strategies for teaching GIS; and outlined how new developments in the geospatial realm impact instruction.
“Anytime I can talk about the great geospatial, remote-sensing, Earth-observation, or other great work being done with geographic information at UMass and in the Commonwealth, I'll make sure to take advantage of that opportunity,” expressed Bowlick.
Bowlick will be a guest again on Spatial Signals this spring to delve deeper into geographic and geospatial instruction.
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