Teaching with GIS in the Geosciences
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Professional Development |
| Discipline(s): |
Earth Sciences Environmental Engineering Geological Engineering Surveying and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Educator's Guide/Manual |
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Unknown |
| Author(s): |
Brian Welch |
| Description: | GIS = Geographic Information Systems GIS represent a collection of methods (usually as computer software) to collect, organize, analyze, and present spatial data. At the introductory level, we can consider the broader concepts of GIS to include any methods that develop and present quantitative spatial relationships within a data set. This broad definition allows us to introduce the resources used to create such relationships without necessarily using advanced GIS hardware/software. Learn more about GIS. |
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| Keywords: | Google Earth geological engineering Google Maps |
| Referenced By: |
Teaching Introductory Geoscience Courses in the 21st Century |
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| Use of Resource: |
Quote from website: "Many of us already use GIS data sources and products in our classes: e.g. an online map of recent earthquake events, geologic maps, satellite imagery. When appropriate, it can be helpful to introduce the students into the data collection, processing, and presentation techniques used to create the maps as these skills form the foundation of good GIS practices. We can also send the students to online GIS/geology resources to create maps of their own." |
| Difficulty: |
Medium |
| Interactivity Level: |
Low |
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| Publication Date: | April 2009 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/gis/index.html |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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