
Biography
I am a Senior Researcher and Instructor in the Dutton e-Education Institute. I teach courses within the Penn State Online Geospatial Program and in the Department of Geography. I am also active in several research projects at the Penn State Institutes of Energy & the Environment (IEE) including spatial data management systems, like PASDA, and modeling the land use implications of bio energy production.
Course Programs
Keywords/Topics
- aerial photographs
- amazon ec2
- arcgis online
- arcgis server site
- bathymetry
- caching
- carto
- choropleth map
- cloud architectures
- cloud computing
- cloud computing services
- cloud gis
- contours
- coordinate systems
- database
- datum
- digital elevation model
- ec2
- fusion table
- geocoding
- geographic coordinate system
- geographic coordinates
- geographic data
- geographic information
- geographic information system
- geospatial industry
- gis
- gis server
- global positioning system
- gps
- hydrography
- information systems
- land cover
- map projections
- map services
- mapbox
- maps
- national map
- remote sensing
- run arcgis server
- satellite
- scale
- server gis
- spatial data
- thematic map
- topographic maps
- topology
- web appbuilder
- web applications
- web map
- web services
- wfs
- wms
Course Spotlight
Cartography and Visualization (GEOG 486) covers design principles and techniques for creating maps with contemporary mapping tools. Students will be introduced to future-focused application topics such as augmented and virtual reality, mapping with multivariate glyphs, the visual depiction of uncertainty, interactive geovisualization, and (geo)visual analytics, and decision-making with maps and mapping products. Visit the course.
Faculty Spotlight
Maria Scalzi Wherley (she, her) is a Learning Designer and Writer-in-Residence with the John A. Dutton e-Education Institute at Penn State. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience. Learn more about Maria to see what she has to say about online education.