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:: THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN LAND AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (LIS/GIS). Grenville Barnes and Duane F. Marble.

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91 THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN LAND AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (LIS/GIS) Grenville Barnes and Duane F. Marble The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210 U.S.A. ABSTRACT This paper examines the scope of LIS/GIS in an effort to understand what educational topics and issues need to be addressed in this area. This area of study has received a great deal of attention at The Ohio State University (OSU) and several programs have emerged across campus. The programs in the Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying and the Department of Geography are described in the second part of the paper. This paper contributes most directly to ISPRS WG VI/2, but should also be of interest to other groups who are grappling with similar issues. KEYWORDS: LIS, GIS, education, Ohio State University, interdisciplinary, scope. INTRODUCTION Over the past decade the field of geographic and land information systems (LIS/GIS) has begun to evolve from a secondary component of several of the established disciplines, such as geography, geodetic science, and landscape architecture, into a much more important field of study. Educational programs in this field are emerging at many colleges and universities around the world with over four hundred institutions using some version of the ARC/INFO GIS and nearly two hundred and fifty making use of OSU Map-for-the-PC, a teaching package developed at The Ohio State University. In any rapidly evolving area, such as LIS/GIS, it is difficult to attempt to define it in any precise manner; such was the case, in the early years, with areas such as operations research. However, in attempting to structure educational programs in any field, especially within a multidisciplinary context, it is necessary to identify its various facets as well as those disciplines currently expressing substantial interest in the application of LIS/GIS technology. The authors of this paper are both responsible for developing programs in tliis area within the Department of Geodetic Science and Surveying and the Department of Geography at 1 ne Ohio State University (OSU). The OSU structure and course offerings in the area of LIS/GIS are described in the latter pan of the paper. By outlining the scope of LIS/GIS education and discussing how this is structured relative to some of the more traditional disciplines, this paper attempts to contribute to the debate surrounding educational issues in the nineties. THE SCOPE OF LIS/GIS One of the most challenging problems that one faces in attempting to define LIS/GIS is that the scope of the topics, issues and applications is so broad that it is difficult to translate it into the familiar (and narrow) disciplinary structures found in many colleges and universities. It has become clear to many professionals working in the field that applications of LIS/GIS should not, and indeed can not, be considered as belonging entirely to any single discipline. Initial consideration of LIS/GIS easily leads us to focus upon the earth and mapping sciences such as geography, geodetic science, surveying, cartography, geology, etc. However, this perspective is much too narrow to encompass either the present range of applications or the factors which are critical to creation of viable LIS/GIS. One of the weaknesses in LIS/GIS development and education in the past has been the underestimation of the non-technical or institutional factors. Marble (1990, p. 5) reminds us that:

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