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The UNIGIS staff are involved with many
other projects which both complement and collaborate with the
UNIGIS International Organisation:
The Working Group on Education of AGILE, the
Association of Geographic Information Laboratories of Europe,
has around 40 members, of which UNIGIS is one. Everybody who
is interested in the working group and who will actively participate
is most welcome.
The site should become an information source for everyone interested
in education in the field of GeoInformation, and is certainly
not limited to members of the WG only: Everybody is welcome
to view all the information on this site, registered members
of the working group can add to and comment on (most of) the
content. The site can be found at:
[ AGILE
Working Group on Education ]
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This is an innovative Public Participation
GIS (PPGIS) project. The City of Bradford MDC and a community
research organisation, Bradford Research Centre, have developed
a webGIS site which allows residents to define areas within
the city and to obtain statistics for these areas. The intention
is to empower residents to develop their own policy initiative
and funding proposals. Derek Reeve is acting as a consultant
to this project. Further details on the project can be found
at:
[
Bradford Community Statistics Project ]
European Research Project - "Vulnerability
and risk mapping for the protection of carbonate (karst) aquifers".
The main objectives of the Phare project
include:
- The development of the College of Surveying
and Land Management (CSLM) course in Geoinformatics in line
with the institutional strategic plan.
- The development of a distance learning
professional degree in Geoinformatics at CSLM with a potential
for further development to MSc level and focused on a wide target
group. The target group consists of professionals in the Geoinformation
and related industries (national mapping organisations, application
oriented organisations - cadastre, local authorities, utilities
companies or private Geoinformation production companies).
- Developing and refining distance learning
modules in order to facilitate future conversion into multimedia
computer based on-line training packages.
- Building up a long term collaboration
with the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth
Sciences (ITC) by working on the co-authorship of the curricula
and delivery of courses.
The Distributed Geographic Information
Education Classroom & Training Lab on the WWW. Cooperation
in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training between
the European Community and the United States of America.
Geographic information management and
analysis has evolved into a major area of economic interest
(the 'geomatics' industry) with ensuing demands put on the qualification
of individuals active in this field. Higher education programs
in Geography and other spatially oriented disciplines are offering
various kinds of programmes designed to provide students with
a core of knowledge and skills to successfully work in a wide
spectrum of geoinformation businesses.
This project will pursue three core
sets of activities
1) cooperation in GIS curriculum development
and evaluation for international needs,
2) development of new student-centered teaching units and
laboratory exercises to build a library of on-line media resources,
3) increased student mobility in study abroad programs and
participation in the development and refinement of these new
teaching resources.
The World-Wide Web (WWW) will be used
as an integrative medium for presentation of jointly developed
and widely available teaching units to enable teachers to focus
on interaction with students. Such a 'virtual classroom' approach
should improve the accessibility of quality education and at
the same time foster collaboration among teachers and students
alike. The site can be found at:
[ http://www.geo.sbg.ac.at/projects/euus/
]
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The University of Salford is leading
a project to develop a research 'roadmap' on the use of ICTs
to support sustainable urban development. The INTELCITY project
will bring together experts from the ICT RTD community and practitioners
and researchers in all aspects of urban sustainability to establish
consensus on the key challenges for the near, intermediate and
longer terms. The project was launched at the 'Sustainable Cities'
conference in Stockholm in June 2002 and will report in May
2003 with a view to informing the EU's research strategies on
Information Society Technologies and Sustainable Development
that will be supported by Euro 5.7million over the next 5 years.
Dr. Nigel Trodd secured a position in this discussion for geospatial
information technologies and UNIGIS members contribute to the
INTELCITYNET - a series of regional fora that make the roadmap
sensitive to the social, economic and political contexts of
Europe. Further details of the project and how you can participate
can be found at:
[Intelligent
Sustainable Cities - INTELCITY ]
A web-based platform for distance learning,
Proposal number: F/00/BP/P/PP-118066. It is a Leonardo da Vinci
project. The main objective of the project is to construct a
web based platform enabling efficient and structured elaboration
of GIS courses for distance learning.
KINDS (Knowledge-based Interfaces to
National Data Sets) is a suite of projects that aims to increase
awareness, accessibility and usability of spatial data sets.
KINDS is a consortium of Manchester Metropolitan University,
Manchester Computing and University of Salford which works with
Manchester Information Data Sets and Associated Services (MIDAS)
to extend and intensify use of the National Spatial Data Sets
by the UK academic community.
The National Spatial Data Sets include
census data and boundaries, Bartholomew's digital map data,
Spot and Landsat satellite images and Ordnance Survey academic
sample data. Three projects comprise KINDS, each delivering
key technologies to enable effective network-based resource
discovery, data access and use. The site can be found at:
[ KINDS
project ]
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One successful EU-founded project, LIME
(Land Information Management for Executives) was prepared in
co-operation with other UNIGIS sites and GISIG on Issues of
EU harmonization and Knowledge pool developments. The project
was started in December 1999 and will produce a new course for
a new profession called Assistant in Land Information Management:
[ LIME
Project ]
A European thematic network for Protected
Areas/Nature Preservation and Geographical Information. Proposal
number: IST-2001-34641.The Nature-GIS proposal is submitted
as a Thematic Network in the frame of the IST Programme, Cross
Programme Themes, Action: IST 2001 - V.1.3 CPA3: Use of Geographic
Information.
The main objective of the OLLO TEMPUS
project is the development of open learning materials and course
infrastructure in Land Information Management within the Székesfehérvár
College of Surveying and Land Management (CSLM). a professional
and postgraduate level which will lead to:
- the short term development of short
cycle professional and practically oriented courses in Land
Information Management using the existing Distance Learning
network and the further development of CSLM facilities;
- the eventual establishment of an
MSc in Land Information Management through Distance Learning
at CSLM;
The short cycle professional and practically
oriented courses will provide essential education and training
for the professional staff of the Hungarian Land Offices who
are currently involved in the EU PHARE Computerisation of Land
Offices project:
[
OLLO TEMPUS project ]
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The aim of the PRONET/CCE project is
to expand and further develop the system for environmental scientists
and remote sensing specialists in three countries in Central
Europe by testing and validating the PRONET services which will
be made available throughout the CCE, and by creating training
modules particularly relevant to countries in transition.
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There are three SDiLA project objectives:
- the creation of a programme of education
and continuing professional development for land administration
in Hungary, based on existing programmes developed under the
OLLO TEMPUS project and other projects in Hungary and the
EU. In seeking these objectives, the project will develop
a core base of knowledge in land administration - the Knowledge
Pool - tailored to individual requirements.
- the creation of a delivery system
for continuing professional development based on a management
system and educational technology
- the creation of a network of
EU centre education providers with the objective of participating
fully in EU activities in Land Administration and the EU professional
community
More information on SDILA can be found at:
[Staff
Development in Land Administration]
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Object-oriented Object Recognition in the Big City based on High Spatial Resolution Remotely Sensed Imagery, funded by SFI China / Ireland Science and Technology Collaboration Research Program, 2006-2008 ,(Principal investigator: Prof. Stewart Fotheringham), NCG, Ireland ).
More information on this project can be found at:
[ SFI Current research: China-Ireland co-operation ]
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The project addresses the problem with
the provision of a web-based distance learning service for the open GIS environment aimed
at technical staff.
The main characteristics of the project will be:
- a web-based service for delivery
of materials, interactive use of GIS,
student support and interaction, dissemination of best practice
and a forum for students, academics, vendors and the business
and commercial sectors which complements the OGIS forum;
- an underlying generic, modular curriculum
which is platform and
software independent;
- work with EU base data, conformance
with EU data standards and links
to established EU projects;
- on-line presentation and support
based on latest web technology;
- a system of credit rating and transfer
- a continuous professional development
programme and award multi-lingual presentation and support.
The site can be found at:
[ UNIPHORM
]
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This project is funded by Irish EPA (environmental protection agency). UNIGIS UK has been involved in the module for spatial modelling - MOLAND.
More information about this project can be found at:
[ Urban Environment Project ]
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