Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System Teaching Laboratory

在培训环境科学家进行自然资源和城市增长管理方面，遥感和地理信息系统的理论和实践培训正变得越来越重要。本科生培训项目的遥感和地理信息系统将增加12个计算机工作站；1个用于局域网和因特网连接的服务器平台；1个作为主要数据库提供者的中心平台；1个能够将数据下载到中心平台的完整地理定位系统；1个256级灰度级D级扫描仪；以及支持自1985年以来开发的环境科学课程继续扩展所需的额外软件。这些资源的使用支持在ARC/INFO、ERDAS IMAGINE和相关系统方面的本科生培训，以便培养一支受过专业培训的劳动力队伍，为联邦、州、地方和私人资源管理机构工作。该项目使生物和环境科学系能够改进其课程，同时让学生亲身体验在现实世界中使用的系统。该项目的最终结果可能是环境科学毕业生为进入迅速扩大的就业市场或继续研究生教育做好更好的准备。

Training in the theory and practice of remote sensing and geographic information systems is becoming increasingly important in the training of environmental scientists for natural-resource and urban-growth management. The Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System for Undergraduate Training project is adding 12 computer workstations; 1 server platform for a local network and Internet connection; 1 hub platform to serve as the main database provider; 1 complete geographic positioning system capable of downloading data to the hub platform; 1 256-grey-level class-D scanner; and additional required software to support continued expansion of the environmental science curricula developed since 1985. The use of these resources supports undergraduate training in ARC/INFO, ERDAS IMAGINE, and related systems in order to develop a professionally trained workforce to staff Federal, state, local, and private resource management agencies. This project enables the Biological and Environmental Sciences Department to improve its curriculum and, at the same time, give students hands-on experience with systems used in the real world. The ultimate outcome of the project may be Environmental Science graduates who are better prepared to enter a rapidly expanding job market or to continue in graduate education.