Education for Geographic Information Science and Geography

• OKABE Atsuyuki

  東京大学大学院工学系研究科

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 地理情報科学の教育と地理学

Abstract

This paper shows a recent trend in the development of geographic information science education, together with referring to recent issues on geography related to geographic information science. Section 1 introduces recent topics on geography. Section 2 explains what geographic information science is by asking whether or not GIS is a science. Section 3 discusses relationship between geography and geographic information science, and shows that the latter corresponds to general geography. Section 4 describes the present status of the curricula development. Section 5 shows the first draft of geographic information science curricula mentioned in Section 4. Section 6 shows that the curriculum of geographic information science in the first draft is now being revised in view of geographic information science and technology. Section 7 discusses how to gain the fundamental power of geography, considering the experiences in the curricula development of geographic information science and technology.

Journal

• E-journal GEO

  E-journal GEO 1 (1), 67-74, 2006

  The Association of Japanese Geographers

Keywords

• geographic information science
• education
• curricula

Details

• CRID: 1390282680301500416
• NII Article ID: 10024771666
• NII Article ID: 130000255100
• NII Article ID: 10024771685
• NII Article ID: 10024771674
• DOI: 10.4157/ejgeo.1.67
• ISSN: 18808107
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