Geography
Undergraduate student project rouses local media interest
Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:56:00 GMT
Paul Grant a third year undergraduate student has attracted interest from the local media regarding his dissertation topic. Paul is mapping how far Portsea Island physically moves each day for his geography degree independent study. Paul is using the department TOPCON differential GPS to gain highly accurate surveys to assess land movement related to the tidal regime.
The Department of Geography has a number of specialised surveying and remote sensing systems and has a series of different units on it's degree pathways related to spatial monitoring and mapping.
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