NORTH COUNTY TIMES – A land surveyor showed up for Palomar College professor Wing Cheung’s geography class this semester, along with an ecologist, a high school teacher, day care worker, munitions-disposal expert and other professionals. Cheung assured all of them that they’ll learn the tools to do their jobs better. The class introduces students to GIS, or geographic information systems. These programs power websites such as Google Earth, MapQuest, Yelp and Zillow, which use multilayered maps that can be sorted in endlessly adaptable ways. Read More
