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e Technician in exploration and development of 
geological-oil projects; 
e Technologist. 
About 87,5% of the former students who answered the 
questionnaire had gotten their Master or Doctor degree after 
studying in the International Course. Just 12,5% of them have 
already had their Master (7) and Doctor (1) degree before 
studying in this course. 
Currently 8 former students from Bolivia, Brazil and Peru are 
studying in Master Programmes in the following areas: 
Geography (Human, Coastal Oceanography and Sea Geology), 
Environmental Management, Local Development, Monitoring 
of Agricultural Resources and Remote Sensing, Theology. 
Besides 10 former students from Brazil, Mexico and Peru are 
studying in Doctorate Programmes in the following areas: 
Biology, Ecology, Education, Environmental Geology, 
Geodynamics, Geography, Local Development, Remote 
Sensing applied to Agriculture, Social Sciences, Sustainable 
Development, Territorial Planning and Water Resources. 
In fact, the International Course database is not completely 
updated and the current information about this matter is that 19 
former students have gotten their Master degree, 4 former 
students have gotten their Doctor degree. 
The International Course on Remote Sensing and GIS has been 
important to the academic and professional career of all former 
students and they have justified its importance according to the 
comments below: 
e This course allowed developing their professional 
activities with larger competence and quality; 
e The knowledge and experience acquired during this 
course together with their advisors was fundamental 
for their current activities; 
e This course was the first opportunity to be in contact 
with the Remote Sensing and Geoprocessing 
methodology for most of them. They intend to start 
their Doctorate Program shortly, motivated by the 
knowledge acquired during this course. 
e The use of the SPRING, Geo-processing software, 
allowed them to get technical qualification and now 
they can participate in another GIS Programmes in 
Europe; 
e Some recent former students believe that new Market 
opportunities will appear. For one of them the course 
made possible to prepare a tutorial to be used in the 
Geography teaching, using computer sciences 
resources, remote sensing and GIS; 
e. Due to the knowledge and the experience acquired in 
the course it will be possible to develop research 
activities in areas of interest; 
e It allowed improving the academic curriculum and 
having an idea of how to manage research projects; 
e [t supplies new tools of space and geographical 
analysis in the use of the natural resources for the 
sustainable development; 
e This course allowed to open new doors for his current 
profession in a wider way, and offered him the 
opportunity to compete with good professionals in the 
area; 
e It was learned how to develop other technologies and 
the employment of GIS in the Geology and other 
areas linked to the Sciences of the Earth (risks, 
geological mapping); 
e Their career were based on the knowledge acquired 
during this course, updating and incorporating new 
technologies on their activities and creating a work 
team of high level that generates internal products or 
for third; 
e Due to their participation in the International Course 
now can exchange ideas with researchers in other 
institutions; 
e Some of them intend to continue their studies in 
Remote Sensing and GIS; 
e This course allowed developing knowledge and 
abilities in photo interpretation and recognition of 
geological risks in satellites images; 
e [|t represented a new step in the professional 
development, opening the knowledge for new 
technologies and new professional relationship in the 
area; 
e It allowed analyzing the problems of the 
environmental disasters, the urban growth and its 
impact in a more complete way; 
e This course allowed improving the professional career 
and the company position of most of them; 
e As environmental consultant and specialist in natural 
resources aspects, Remote Sensing and GIS has been 
an important tool in the analysis of the land use, 
through the satellite images for some subjects such as 
transportation of agriculture production in highways. 
About 6796 of the former students teach or they have already 
taught classes on Remote Sensing, 29% of them have never 
taught classes on Remote Sensing and 4% have not answered 
this question. 
From those who teach or have taught these classes, they have 
done mainly in Universities, Research Centres, Public and 
Private Institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, 
Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. 
They have done it in graduation courses (58%), and 
specialization courses and other company training and 
qualification courses (42%). 
About 75% have publications in the Remote Sensing and GIS 
area, 21% do not have it and 4% have not answered this 
question. 
Table 7 shows that from the 75% of the former students who 
answered positively this question, 34 have up to 10 publications 
in the Remote Sensing area, 4 have up to 15 publications and so 
on, as can be seen: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Number of Former Students Number of Publications 
34 1to 10 
4 10to 15 
1 20 
2 25 
2 30 
1 46 
4 Did not answer the question 
Total 48 
  
  
  
  
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Table 7. Number of former students with publications in the 
Remote Sensing area.