Undergraduate Field Program for Implementing Global Positioning System Technology

9452441维客这个项目的目标是实施一项使用全球定位系统技术的本科生实习计划。仪器包括GPS接收器和用于数据记录的笔记本电脑。地理和林业专业的学生以及其他自然资源专业的学生也在使用这些设备，他们正在学习自然地理、计算机制图、遥感、地理信息系统、野外技术、森林测量和航空摄影测量等课程。本课程强调两个主要目标，即向修读通识教育地理课程的学生介绍全球定位系统实地设备，以及让高年级学生整合最先进的系统技术。拟议的全球定位系统实地方案预计也将作为测试新课程的原型，并成为其他机构类似地理方案的样板。

9452441 Wikle This project targets the implementation of an undergraduate field program in the use of global positioning system (GPS) technology. Instrumentation includes GPS receivers and laptop computers for data logging. The equipment is also being utilized by geography and forestry majors and students from other natural resource programs taking courses in Physical Geography, Computer Cartography, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems, Field Techniques, Forest Mensuration, and Aerial Photogrammetry. Two main objectives are stressed, namely introducing GPS field equipment to students enrolled in a general education geography course and allowing upper division students to integrate state-of-the-art system technologies. The proposed GPS field program is also expected to serve as a prototype to test new curricula and as a model for similar geography programs at other institutions.