New Course: Advanced GIS Applications for Environmental Design

Published Jan. 13, 2020
Updated Oct. 18, 2021

This Spring (2020), the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is offering an advanced class in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) called “Advanced GIS Applications for Environmental Design.” Related course numbers are LAP494/598. 

The class will focus on three projects including:

  1. 3D UAV modeling project for a local open-space park

  2. Tree inventory and urban heat analysis of Mesa

  3. Visual resource stewardship project for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Interested students should please contact the course instructor: Dr. Nikolas Smilovsky. In the email, please explain any GIS or relatable computer modeling experience you may have.


Picture of the First UAV Expo. Shows a group of people in a park with some holding drones or other UAVs.

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GIS, Class, UAV, Herberger Institute