Gordon Longsworth ’90

Gordon earned his Master’s in Regional Planning under environmental planning pioneer Ian McHarg, at the University of Pennsylvania. Ian McHarg wrote the 1969 landmark classic ‘Design with Nature’, and was very influential in the startup of the College of the Atlantic and why COA is about Human Ecology.

Before COA

Mr. Longsworth has 35 years of experience developing and teaching Geographic Information Systems. He has held the position of GIS Laboratory Director since 1993. Mr. Longsworth was introduced to GIS as an undergraduate at College of the Atlantic and was a lead student in the establishment of the GIS Laboratory in 1988. He considers his most notable achievement the number of students he has trained and the development of the GIS program at COA.

Personal Website

https://coagis.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html

Course Areas

geography, GIS, mapping, planning, ecology

More Information about my Courses

Gordon’s strengths are in teaching COA students applied ways of using GIS to suit their particular needs and interests. His passion lies in sending his students off into the world with the best tools and education possible to tackle the many challenges that face them in their respective vocations.

• B.A. College of the Atlantic, 1990
• M.R.P. Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 1992

Since then, he has supervised and collaborated on numerous projects for federal, state and local governments, non-governmental organizations, universities, companies, and individuals. His primary duties are teaching GIS classes and workshops, and assisting other classes with the application of GIS. He enjoys the challenge of tackling projects from all academic disciplines. 

He has had maps selected for publication in the prestigious annual ESRI Map Book. His students have gone on to earn advanced degrees, win awards, hold key positions, become teachers and start businesses.