Introduction to Geoinformatics for Earth System Science Education University of Alaska Team

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Introduction to Geoinformatics for Earth System
Science EducationUniversity of Alaska Team
by Anupma Prakash, (Email prakash_at_gi.alaska.edu
) (URL http//www.gi.alaska.edu/prakash)
Day Wednesday Date June 11, 2003 Time 3.30
pm to 5.00 pm Place Morgan State University,
Baltimore
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Contents

• Our Rationale
• Relation of the course to ESSE
• The impact circle
• Course contents
• Our challenges
• Lets join forces Ideas for collaboration

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Our Rationale

• At UAF focus of remote sensing - GIS education
  has been at the graduate level
• Various Departments have been running independent
  remote sensing - GIS courses with little
  coherence over the entire campus

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Relation of the course to ESSE
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Relation of the course to ESSE
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The impact circle
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Course contentsDistinct - Interrelated

• Orientation Teaching (two weeks)
• Field Data Capture (two weeks)
• Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (two and a half
  weeks)
• Geographic Information System (three weeks)
• Database Structuring and Management (two and a
  half weeks)
• Cartography and Geo-Information Visualization
  (three weeks)

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Our challenges

• To condense the information in a meaningful way
• To generate material that addresses local needs
  and enhances global understanding
• To set the initial momentum
• To continue generating resources in future to
  support this effort
• To reach out effectively to the various
  components of the impact circle

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Lets join forces Ideas for collaboration

• Best Practices document
• NASA personnel and collaborators
• Web
• List server
• Video conference ??

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Acknowledgements

• Debasmita Misra (Debu) Co-Investigator
• Donald Walker (Skip) Co-Investigator
• Douglas Schamel Education Evaluator
• Clara Johnson Rural Campus
• Frank Williams Computational support
• Bill Witte Technical support