NCGIA education activities: the core curriculum and beyond
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Geographical Information Science
- Vol. 6 (4) , 309-320
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02693799208901915
Abstract
Education has been part of the NCGIA's mission from the earliest discussions of the concept of the Center at the National Science Foundation. To respond to the need for short-term solutions to the shortage of adequately trained personnel in GIS, the Center developed a set of teaching materials or core curriculum. The steps in its development are described and an analysis of initial distribution statistics is presented. Current efforts to develop a framework for laboratory materials are outlined. The paper ends with an assessment of the project and comparison with other disciplines.Keywords
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