Endre Nyerges
I have taught a GIS and the Environment
course once in Centre's new three-week winter term. It was heavy going.
The students did great, but complained bitterly about the work load. I
found it excessive myself. I used a simple-mionded text, plus the online
ArcView and Spatial Analyst courses and a series of modules several students
and I had written to train in GPS use and ArcView using my Sierra Leonean
data. As I see it now, the aspect of GIS I am most interested in, because
it provides the kind of data I prefer, is remote sensing, and I expect to
modify the course accordingly. I will probably use just the Conservation
GIS online course and my own modules, plus train the students in satellite
image analysis using the shareware software MultiSpec. I should note that
my course fits in with our new Environmental Studies minor, so I will focus
on environmental change analysis. At some point I will try to get a USGS
3-decade satellite image "triplet" for the Danville area to examine
environmental change here.