GeoHIVE University Partnership participating classes will collaborate using the GeoHIVE crowdsourcing platform in combination with DigitalGlobe's high-resolution imagery. This program introduces students to a significant problem affecting human life, the earth, and/or atmosphere. Through GeoHIVE's crowdsourcing platform, students are enabled to provide geospatial data that has the ability to contribute to a working solution for their assigned problem. Our goal for this program is to empower students to make a positive impact in the world using the most current industry technology.
The Peruvian Amazon rainforest is being destroyed by widespread deforestation. Peru's struggling economy and the increasing value of gold and timber in the export markets have led to drastic increases in deforestation over the last 15 years. Due to the sharp increases in demand, loggers and miners are swarming the Peruvian rainforest and leaving destruction in their wake. On a local level, deforestation disrupts ecosystems and displaces thousands of species. On a large scale, deforestation increases mesoscale atmospheric temperatures, decreases carbon absorbtion, and is a leading contributor to global warming.
Students have the unique opportunity to use relevant industry technology and methods to solve problems that affect the world.
Students will gain problem-solving experience that can be applied to future challenges they may face in their careers.
Students who have completed the GeoHIVE University Partnership Program will have priority consideration for Summer internships with DigitalGLobe
