Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT)

许多两年制学院提供地理信息系统（GIS）的教学，有些学院将全球定位系统（GPS）与GIS结合起来。遥感很少提供，即使它占了地理空间产业增长的大部分。然而，这三种技术的综合教学对于旨在满足现代地理空间劳动力需求的两年制课程至关重要。 iGETT与20多所两年制大学的40名GIS教育工作者合作，制作和传播：1）教师培训计划，基于遥感，地理信息系统和全球定位系统的集成，可以使用iGETT网站上的资源进行复制，2）参与机构的示范教学计划，满足两年地理空间技术教育和短期的区域需求，为在职专业人员提供长期培训。项目参与者来自使用地理空间技术的所有STEM学科。招聘的目标是在全国范围内有代表性，并使服务不足的人口的机构积极参与。参与者在地理信息系统和行政支持模型地理空间程序的发展共同坚实的背景。他们正在参加为期两周的暑期研究所，重点是遥感和相关的全球定位系统应用，这些技术与地理信息系统的整合，以及地理空间技术的劳动力应用。在接下来的一个学年，他们完成了在线遥感课程，并与项目工作人员一起开发集成GIS，GPS和遥感的模型程序。为期第二周的暑期研究所帮助他们完成他们的模型程序。iGETT网站提供了这些方案的详细说明，以促进其他机构的类似举措。iGETT是由国家地理教育理事会、德尔马尔学院、环境系统研究所、科学系统和应用公司合作的一项为期三年的项目。在美国宇航局戈达德太空飞行中心，和美国地质调查局遥感计划。

Many two-year colleges offer instruction in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and some introduce Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in conjunction with GIS. Remote sensing is rarely offered, even though it accounts for much of the growth in the geospatial industry. Yet integrated instruction in all three technologies is essential for two-year programs that aim to meet modern geospatial workforce needs. iGETT is partnering with forty GIS educators at over twenty two-year colleges to produce and disseminate: 1) a faculty training program, based on the integration of remote sensing, GIS, and GPS, that can be replicated using resources on an iGETT Web site, and 2) model instructional programs at the participating institutions that meet regional needs for two-year geospatial technology education and short-term training for working professionals.Project participants are being drawn from all STEM disciplines that employ geospatial technology. Recruiting aims for nationwide representation and strong participation by institutions with underserved populations. The participants have in common solid backgrounds in GIS and administrative support for the development of model geospatial programs. They are attending a two-week summer institute focused on remote sensing and related GPS applications, the integration of these technologies with GIS, and workforce applications of geospatial technologies. During the following academic year, they complete an on-line remote sensing course and work with project staff to develop model programs that integrate GIS, GPS, and remote sensing. A second week-long summer institute helps them finalize their model programs. The iGETT website provides detailed descriptions of these programs in order to facilitate similar initiatives at other institutions. iGETT is a three-year collaboration by the National Council for Geographic Education, Del Mar College, the Environmental Systems Research Institute, Science Systems and Applications Inc. at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and the U.S. Geological Survey Remote Sensing Program.