Teaching of GIS in Mexico's Engineering Programs
Application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Mexico for the solution of territorial-based problems has been widely extended in the last decade. However, teaching and learning have been mainly based on short training courses or workshops focused on software knowledge acquiring, but withou...
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Veröffentlicht in: | GIS Geology and Earth Sciences (AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 1009) 2008-01, Vol.1009, p.3-11 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Mexico for the solution of territorial-based problems has been widely extended in the last decade. However, teaching and learning have been mainly based on short training courses or workshops focused on software knowledge acquiring, but without the basic background of geographical sciences that allow the understanding of fundamentals principles related to geographical information management, theory, methods of analysis and modeling, as well as the study of interactions between the different processes across the land surface. In spite of the explosive growth of the GIS use, the teaching of fundamental principles still is limited to formal courses taught in universities. The goal of this study is to analyze the role of GIS technology as generator of territorial knowledge, its evolution and use by companies, as well as its presence in curricular plans of study in the different engineering programs in Mexico. |
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ISSN: | 0094-243X |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.2937299 |