This micro-certificate provides hands on training in the use of digital tools that are quickly becoming essential to all who wish to detect and measure changes in landscapes. The target audience is Brock students and aspiring and practicing field biologists, conservationists, planners, miners, engineers and geoscientists who study the impact of climate change, erosion, deposition, shorelines, glacial retreat, landslides and disasters.
In ERSC 3P05 digital geographic information systems are introduced and used in mapping and analysis providing a foundation for analysis of independently acquired data.
In ERSC 3P92 image sets are generated to create scaled 3D models and related outputs; methods of data acquisition include desktop scale photography and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (drones) following an introduction to drone platforms, and drone-based survey design tools.
The third course culminates in a project relevant to the subject which is designed and executed by the student in consultation with a faculty member.
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