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Figure 3. Virginia’s geospatial educational pipeline.
Table 1. Examples of Recent Geospatial Workshops/Events.
Date
Topic
Location
Attendees
April 2013
GoogleEarth
Engine
Workshop
Virginia Tech Campus,
Blacksburg, Virginia
Local and state
government employees,
2-year and 4-year
faculty/staff
June 2013
GeoTed Institute Virginia Tech Campus,
Blacksburg, Virginia
Community college
faculty & high school
dual enrollment
teachers
October 29–31, 2013 Introduction to
GIS
Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality
employees
February 22, 2014
Introduction
to GIS, remote
sensing and GPS
Virginia Tech Campus,
Blacksburg, Virginia
Middle school students
and their parents
March 11–13, 2014 Introduction to
GIS
Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality
employees
May 2014
Introduction to
Online Viewers
for Community
College Faculty
Thomas Nelson
Community College,
Williamsburg, Virginia
Community college
faculty
May 31–June 6, 2014 GeoTed Institute Virginia Tech Campus,
Blacksburg, Virginia
Community college
faculty & high school
dual enrollment
teachers
June 26 & 27, 2014
Introduction to
Remote Sensing
in an ArcMap
Environment
J. Sargent Reynolds
Community College,
Richmond, Virginia
Local government,
state agency and
planning district
commission employees
“Collaboration
and planning
are paramount
to establishing
a successful
statewide
geospatial
educational
pathway
program.”
