Cordula Robinson

A group of graduate students in geospatial services, working with faculty member Cordula Robinson, have used remote sensing techniques to find what appear to be previously undiscovered Mayan ruins in Guatemala.

Geospatial intelligence is a rapidly growing field that harnesses the power of today’s “tsunami of free data” and has a range of applications, from national security to humanitarian relief work to disaster response. Northeastern is home to one of just 17 U.S. Centers of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences and is a benchmark for online learning in this very technical field.