The Addition of GIS Applications to Introductory Geology Courses

将 GIS 应用添加到地质学入门课程中

• 批准号: 9551422
• 负责人: Frederick Voner
• 金额: $ 0.84万
• 依托单位: Marietta College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 1997-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9551422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Addition; GIS; Applications; Introductory; Geology

Understanding the environment and the many factors that must, of necessity, contribute to decisions regarding the management of the environment, depend on one's ability to access stored data. The most effective way to make sense of this type of data is with the system called Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is an essential tool in the management of spacially distributed information. The students of today are the managers of tomorrow; they must, therefore, be familiar with GIS. This project funds the software and instrumentation necessary for students to learn the GIS applications. In order to learn how to use a data management system, students need to connect the learning with a real-life application. This project introduces students to the GIS system in three introductory geology courses. The courses have a steady high enrollment, they are populated by students within the geology major and well as from other majors, and they are popular choices to fulfill the college's general education science requirements.

了解环境和许多因素，必须，必要的，有助于有关环境管理的决策，取决于一个人的能力，访问存储的数据。 理解这类数据的最有效方法是使用称为地理信息系统（GIS）的系统。 地理信息系统是管理空间分布信息的重要工具。 今天的学生是明天的管理人员，因此，他们必须熟悉地理信息系统。 该项目资助学生学习地理信息系统应用所需的软件和仪器。 为了学习如何使用数据管理系统，学生需要将学习与现实生活中的应用程序联系起来。 本项目在三门地质学入门课程中向学生介绍GIS系统。 这些课程有一个稳定的高入学率，他们是由地质学专业的学生和其他专业的学生，他们是热门的选择，以满足大学的通识教育科学的要求。