Social media videos help in increasing the public understanding of geospatial technologies
Social media is an essential platform as it assists in increasing public understanding and awareness of various aspects such as geospatial technologies, geographical information systems, among others. Nowadays, people are more likely to choose social media videos to the text as it offers clarity as well as pictorial understandings of the subject under research. In this case, social media videos have risen in popularity in recent years, especially in matters of geospatial technologies. Social media videos help in increasing the public understanding of geospatial technologies due to several key benefits.
Videos create more practical and sensory experience compared to print materials alone. Given that the videos are on social media, they can provide access at any time from any geographical location. The public can understand the geospatial technologies well through vision and sound, which is easier processed in mind. The social media videos also provide a go-to resource that can be watched from anywhere regarding the relevant technologies. Videos tend to increase knowledge retention since they can be halted and played back as many times as possible. They also greatly aid in the understanding of a wide range of subjects in geospatial technologies in real-time. Other benefits of social media videos in the increment of public knowledge of geospatial technologies include an increase in digital literacy and communication, flexibility, facilitation of remote learning areas as well as the integration of analytic geospatial technological features.
Through the videos, I have gained more information on remote sensing, Global Positioning System, and Geographical Information Systems. Remote sensing and GPS are very significant to GIS as the data captured is integrated by the GIS and used to accomplish various functionalities. The functionalities of the GIS include analysis of rock information, 3D display of geographic features, analysis of soils, and seismic data. Global issues such as earthquakes can be handled by geospatial technologies. Data acquired through remote sensing can be a reference to the earth in regards to the surface, rocks, seismic behaviors and used for analysis, modeling, simulations as well as visualization. This can significantly assist in the detection of earthquakes in real-time assist from a global perspective. My perception of geospatial technologies has changed by the fact that the techniques can help in handling many global issues, for instance, pandemics, food shortage, global peace rather than only matters related to the natural factors such as earthquakes and climate change. Geospatial technologies have proven to be significant throughout the world, especially in dealing with global issues.