Modern trends of education in photogrammetry & remote sensing

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Persistent identifier:: 856467936

Title:: Modern trends of education in photogrammetry & remote sensing

Sub title:: ISPRS Commission VI Symposium, September 13 - 16, 1990, Rhodes Island, Greece

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (251 Seiten)

Year of publication:: 1990

Place of publication:: Athens

Publisher of the original:: Technical Chamber of Greece

Identifier (digital):: 856467936

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Language:: English

Usage licence:: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2016

Document type:: Monograph

Collection:: Earth sciences

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Title:: Education of LIS/GIS (WG VI/2 and WG VI/7).

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Title:: REMOTE SENSING AND GIS EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING. Daniel L. Civco, Ralph W. Kiefer.

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108 REMOTE SENSING AND GIS EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING Daniel L. Civco, Ph.D., Assistant Director 1 Laboratory for Remote Sensing Natural Resources Management & Engineering The University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-4087 Ralph W. Kiefer, Ph.D., Professor 1 2 • Institute for Environmental Studies and Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wl 53706 ABSTRACT The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is the principal oraanization in the United States for providing direction, leadership and service to professionals at ^various levels of practice — local, regional, state, national, and, international. The many services and programs of the ASPRS are oriented toward photogrammetrists, remote sensing specialists and applicationists, and geographic information systems (GIS) users in govern mental, industrial, and educational sectors. This paper describes the philosophy and role of the ASPRS in remote sensing and GIS education by way of examples of past, current, and planned activities. KEY WORDS: Education, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Geographic Information Systems, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing • INTRODUCTION "... if anyone got to the upper limit of the air, if anyone came to it or reached it on wings and his head rose above it, he would, as, on rising from the sea, the fishes see things in our region, see things there, and. if his nature could endure to contemplate them, he would know that there is the true heaven, the true light and the true earth ..." Plato 3 Perhaps the spirit in which Plato made this statement may have been a purely philosophical one that describes man's place in the universe, but it can also be interpreted in a somewhat literal sense that conveys the importance and essentiality of examining our earth from per spectives different from those to which we are normally accustomed. A statement as profound as this made by a thinker from more than two millenia ago demonstrates the vision necessary for the advancement of knowledge and the betterment of the human race. Plato could not have anticipated the scientific disciplines of remote sensing and geographic information systems, but he did prophesize that man must rise above the earth and its atmosphere in order to un derstand fully the world in which he lives. Remote sensing, within the context of this paper, can be defined as the art and science in volving the detection, identification, classification, delineation, mensuration, and analysis of 1 Dr. Civco is the current Chairman of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing's Education Committee 2 Dr. Kiefer is former Chairman of that committee 5 Phaedo ca. 399 B.C. 109-110 Stephanus.

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