Academic geography is the nexus for geospatial learning and research on many college and university campuses. Along with offering courses and programs in established areas such as geographic information systems and remote sensing, geography instruction and research have increasingly used new or emerging geospatial technologies (EGTs) for capturing, processing, and visualizing spatial data. Examples of EGTs include unoccupied aircraft systems, location-based services, and virtual reality devices. Although EGTs are expanding rapidly within higher education institutions, we know less about the nature of their adoption within geography instruction and research. For example, which EGTs are most firmly established and in what project domains (data capture, data analysis, and data delivery) are they used most frequently? In this article, we present findings from a Web-based survey of U.S. and Canadian geography departments and programs aimed at exploring the adoption and use of EGTs. Among other results, our findings suggest that EGTs are often employed across more than one project domain. Along with assessing rates of adoption and frequency of use, we examine sources of funding used in the acquisition of EGTs.

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教学和研究中的新兴地理空间技术：对美国和加拿大地理部门和计划的评估

学术地理学是许多学院和大学校园地理空间学习和研究的纽带。除了在地理信息系统和遥感等已建立的领域提供课程和计划外，地理教学和研究越来越多地使用新的或新兴的地理空间技术 (EGT) 来捕获、处理和可视化空间数据。EGT 的示例包括无人飞机系统、基于位置的服务和虚拟现实设备。尽管 EGT 在高等教育机构中迅速扩展，但我们对其在地理教学和研究中采用的性质知之甚少。例如，哪些 EGT 建立得最牢固，它们最常用于哪些项目领域（数据捕获、数据分析和数据交付）？在本文中，我们展示了对美国和加拿大地理部门和计划的基于网络的调查结果，这些调查旨在探索 EGT 的采用和使用。在其他结果中，我们的发现表明 EGT 经常被用于多个项目领域。除了评估采用率和使用频率，我们还检查了用于购买 EGT 的资金来源。