Undergraduate Training Facility for Land and Atmospheric Information

该项目旨在实施一个多功能的岩土技术培训设施，指导本科生综合和显示土地资源和大气信息的方法。地理专业和其他自然资源专业的学生将利用该实验室学习计算机制图、遥感、自然地理学、气象学和地理信息系统等课程。计划的综合方法强调软件和硬件之间的兼容性和数据交换，为本科生提供在以前不兼容的格式之间交换数据的机会。所要求的设备包括微型计算机、软件、网络和硬拷贝生成能力，这些能力可以支持共同实验室内的各种计算机测绘、遥感、地理信息系统和实时天气分析活动。这个实验室的建立将极大地增加本科生可用来动手的时间。除了为强调测量和分析自然资源的校园项目提供独特而有价值的服务外，该实验室还为本科生提供了参与监督研究活动的设施。拟议的本科实验室将作为测试新课程的原型，并作为其他希望开发利用融合技术的地球技术实验室的地理课程的样板。

This project is aimed at implementing a multipurpose geo- techniques training facility for instructing undergraduate students in methods used to integrate and display land resource and atmospheric information. Geography majors and students from other natural resource programs taking courses in Computer Cartography, Remote Sensing, Physical Geography, Meteorology, and Geographic Information Systems will utilize the laboratory. The integrated approach planned stresses compatibility and data interchange between software and hardware providing undergraduates with opportunities to exchange data among previously incompatible formats. The requested equipment includes microcomputers, software, networking, and hard copy generation capabilities which can support a variety of computer mapping, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and real-time weather analysis activities within a common laboratory. The creation of this lab will greatly increase the amount of "hands-on" time available to undergraduates. In addition to providing a unique and valuable service to campus programs which stress the measurement and analysis of natural resources, the lab provides a facility for undergraduate students to participate in supervised research activities. The proposed undergraduate laboratory will serve as a prototype to test new curricula and as a model for other geography programs wishing to develop geo-techniques laboratories which take advantage of convergent technologies.