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Abstract
Web GIS as a Teaching ToolTrack: Universities and Higher Education
Author(s): Marco Painho, Pedro Cabral, Miguel Peixoto
This paper addresses the concept and process of using Web GIS as a teaching tool in higher education GIS curricula. The use of Web GIS is becoming an important tool to teach GIS concepts, but most of the GIS core curricula available in higher education still do not include this new way of using geographic information. This situation leads to a gap between the GIS market expectations and the skills of recently graduated students who start seeking GIS jobs. The focus will be a proposal for a new topic to be included in higher education GIS curricula and to review some of the Web GIS projects developed using ArcIMS by the students at ISEGI-New University of Lisbon (Portugal).
Marco Painho
ISEGI/UNL
Travessa Estevao Pinto
Campolide
Lisbon, 1070-124
Portugal
Phone: 351-21-3870413
Fax: 351-21-3872140
E-mail: painho@isegi.unl.pt