I checked as best I could for a Doctoral program in Geomatics. Founfd the following in the Forestry Department from 2007:
http://sfrc.ifas.ufl.edu/geomatics/geomatics_grad_studies.htm
Interesting but could not find any Doctoral Dissertations in Geomatics.
But if you recall UF has swithced Geomatics to the Geography where I found 26 GIS dissertations. Ted's has not been added to the list so it is reasonable to assume he is still working on it.
Any thoughts where Ted Madson is coming from?
We may just be saving him a ton of research effort, much like the many books he (ahem) has written.
Paul in PA
By The Way, Check This Site Out
http://landsurveyorsunited.com/profile/TedMadson
Won't you give Ted a gift?
Paul in PA
> But if you recall UF has swithced Geomatics to the Geography where I found 26 GIS dissertations. Ted's has not been added to the list so it is reasonable to assume he is still working on it.
Actually, UFs survey program used to be under the college of engineering and now is in the Forestry Division.
Yes UF Geomatics BS Under Forestry
Masters and PhD appear to be too linked with GIS and the Geography Department. Just the way I see it.
Graduate Courses
Course # Credit Hours Title Instructors Semesters Offered Course Description
SUR 5365 3 Digital Mapping Hochmair Fall odd years Methods of digital representation of maps, coordinate development, digitizing, stereocompilation, scanning, remote sensing, hardware and software systems, file conversion, integration into GIS, and attribute development.
SUR 5385 3 Remote Sensing Applications Smith Fall Annually Review of remote sensing systems, image classification methods, mapping applications, integration of remotely sensed data into GIS, application of data for variety of spatial
SUR 5425 3 Cadastral Information Systems Barnes Instructor Discretion Methods of cadastral mapping for tax and/or GIS applications; interpretation of deed and survey information, the sectional survey system, conflict resolution, and cadastral information.
SUR 5525 3 Least Squares Adjusted Computations Hochmair Spring Annually Implementation of least squares solutions for survey-mapping and GIS applications, time and storage optimization; error analysis, initial approximation generation; robust estimations; and computer programming.
SUR 5625 3 Geographic Information Systems Analysis Abd-Elrahman, Hochmair Spring Annually Analytical tools such as software grid modules, database query, map algebra, and distance operations; analytical operations such as database query, derivative mapping, and process modeling; sources and nature of uncertainty and error, and project planning management.
SUR 6375 3 Terrain Analysis and Mapping Smith Instructor Discretion Digital and visual methods, interpretive techniques to identify landforms, soils, and potential site analysis problems from aerial photography and digital maps.
SUR 6395 3 Topics in GIS Smith Spring Annually Database development, economic impact of GIS, development of standards, integration of data sets, hardware and software developments, advances in GIS technology, etc.
SUR 6427 3 Land Tenure and Administration Barnes Instructor Discretion Issues and problems, and design of projects to address these problems in developing countries.
SUR 6535 3 GPS-INS Integration Mohamed Spring Annually Principles of inertial navigation and its integration with GPS; coordinate frames, modeling linear motion and rotational motion, mechanization of inertial navigation sensor measurements, space state representation of system errors and linear state equations.
SUR 6905 3 Independent Study Project Faculty Any semester Individual study of a selected topic in Geomatics as contracted with the instructor at the start of the term.
SUR 6934 3 Advanced Photogrammetry Dewitt Fall Annually Precise photogrammetric measurements, camera calibration, object space coordinate systems, analytical control extension, stereoplotter mapping, digital mapping and softcopy stereoplotters. Course capstone project required.
SUR 6934 3 Image Processing Abd-Elrahman Spring Annually Optical Radiation Model, Digital Image Characteristics/Formation, Radiometric and geometric corrections, spatial and frequency transforms, thematic information extraction, hyperspectral image processing/classification, LiDAR
SUR 6934 3 Fundamentals of GIS Abd-Elrahman Fall Annually GIS concepts, surveying and mapping inputs in GIS development, comparison of GIS systems, and applications in the natural and physical sciences, engineering and planning, image processing, remote sensing, digitizing. Course capstone project required.
SUR 6934 3 GIS Programming Hochmair Fall even years
SUR 6934 3 Geodesy & Geodetic Positioning Mohamed Fall Annually Introduction to geometric and physical geodesy, ellipsoids, geodetic lines, computation or position, gravity and coordinate systems. Course capstone project required.
Paul in PA
Yes UF Geomatics BS Under Forestry
I guess I don't understand what you are saying. The UF Geomatics Department is under Forestry. That list is all SUR classes that are taught by the Geomatics Professors. I see 15 classes, of which 4 are dedicated to GIS topics, and another 4 mention GIS as part of an overall course on another subject. A took that master's level Digitial Mapping class from UF, and their was very little coverage of GIS.
I'm sure this is so students can tailor their education to their interests. Some students may want to totally focus on GIS, others may not. So with 11 classes that don't focus on GIS, and 10 courses required for a Masters, it seems a student could get a Masters from UF while nearly avoiding GIS if they were inclined to do so.
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I dunno. Land of Oz?
