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The usage of UCGIS Body of Knowledge in European universities - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The usage of UCGIS Body of Knowledge in European universities - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The usage of UCGIS Body of Knowledge in European universities Kreet Masik University of Tartu Description of the selection Was mailed to 523 respondents from 269 different universities 113 responses -> 21% of all
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Description of the selection
- Was mailed to 523 respondents from
269 different universities
- 113 responses -> 21% of all
respondents
- 37% of all the universities who
participated in this survey
- Responses from 27 different
countries (25 European countries) and 99 different universities
- 76 universities in Worlds Top 600
universities(www.topuniversities.ee)
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GIS usage in other departments/faculties
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GIS courses for bachelor and master degree students
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Usage of “Body of Knowledge”
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The highest rates for each evaluation
- Very thoroughly covered topics:
AM4 (Basic analytical operations) - 34%
- f respondents
CV3 (Principles of map design) - 34% of respondents
- Thoroughly covered topics:
AM5 (Basic analytical methods) - 51% of
respondents DM4 (Vector and object data models) - 51%
- f respondents
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The highest rates for each evaluation
GD6 (Data quality) - 51% of respondents
- Shortly covered topic:
DM2 (Database management systems) - 45%
- f respondents
- Only mentioned topic:
GS2 (Economic aspects) - 46% of respondents
- Not covered topic:
GC5 (Genetic algorithms (GA)) - 51% of respondents
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Analytical methods
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Conceptual Foundations
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Cartography and Visualization
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Design Aspects
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Data Modeling
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Data Manipulation
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Geocomputation
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Geospatial Data
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GIS&T and Society
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Organizational & Institutional Aspects
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Comparison between Knowledge Areas
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Conclusions
- The home discipline for GIS is
not anymore only geography
- GIS courses are mostly
interdisciplinary
- The usage of BoK is low, but
most of BoK topics are still covered during GIS courses
- 5 (covered very thoroughly)
wasn’t the most frequent evaluation for any unit
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Conclusions
- At most covered topics are: AM4
(Basic analytical operations), AM5 (Basic analytical methods), AM2 (Query operations and query languages), CV3 (Principles of map design), CV4 (Graphic representation techniques), GD3 (Georeferencing systems), GD11 (Satellite and shipboard remote sensing)
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Conclusions
- The topics from knowledge area
“Geocomputation” are only mentioned or not covered at all
- Not all core units are covered
very thoroughly or thoroughly (specially in knowledge areas OI and GS) -> these knowledge areas too USA centric?
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