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| Subject: | GISList: Teaching Software advice sought |
| Date: |
08/18/2002 07:11:36 PM |
| From: |
Neil Havermale |
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I will make two suggestions:
MapCalc Lab and Learner http://www.redhensystems.com/mapcalc
MapCalc Learner is well supported with extensive tutorials as well as book
references. It is a raster or grid based analysis system and is in wide
spread usage within the US Land Grant system as well as daily use by many
precision farming systems practioners. All versions include export to
AgLeader 3000 Prescription Controllers. MapCalc also has direct cross
integration to MapInfo 6.x+ as well as Golden Software's Surfer 7.0+. You
can look over most of the tutorials including Dr J Berry's "Precision
Farming Primer" at: http://www.innovativegis.com/basis
Costs:
MapCalc Learner Trialware - free 14-day trialware
MapCalc Learner CD - $21.95 includes extensive tutorials
MapCalc LAB - $495 per lab includes tutorials and instructor materials
MapCalc Pro - $695 includes image analysis
MapInfo Professional 7.0
http://dynamo.mapinfo.com/miproducts/Overview.cfm?ProductID=1044
You can review at the site above as regards MapInfo Professional 7.0. It is
one of the major GIS systems out there and is supported by heaps of
applications, many free, that will extend its analytical features. In your
interest you can also find a number of Precision Agriculture tools at:
http://www.farmsoft.com
MapInfo is also offering a very excellent bargin for educators as well. You
can find the recently announced program's information at:
http://dynamo.mapinfo.com/presscenter/view.cfm?releaseid=1079
Educational Licensing Costs:
Single-seat MapInfo Professional with MapBasic - $299 per year
Lab/Classroom MapInfo Professional and MapBasic - $499 per year
Campus MapInfo Professional with MapBaisic - $1,499 per year
Notes for LABS and CAMPUS Licenses: License allows for temporary
installation on student laptops. Professor is responsible for each student
signing a rider agreeing to remove software upon completion of project or
class. Licensees will be required to report the number of labs, classrooms,
sites and/or campuses where the software is installed. Lab/Class license
allows for additional deployment on an instructor's single machine for the
purposes of development of the curriculum.
As for data collection you might also take a quick look at MapInfo's MapX
Mobile platform for WinCE devices. It is a ActiveX OCX developement tool
that students might have a keen interest in.
Installing MapInfo Professional and MapCalc you will have a very powerful
GIS resource for teaching and academic problem solving.
Please contact either Elain McCallum or Dr Carol Snyder at: 800-237-4182 or
970-493-3952.
Hope this helps...
MidNight Mapper
aka neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Gray [mailto:rick_gray@canoemail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:14 AM
To: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: GISList: Teaching Software advice sought
Hello friends:
After a brief absence from the list, I am back.
As you may deduce from my signature below, I
have taken on some new and exciting challenges,
and it is for one of these challenges that I am
seeking advice from the list.
As GIS Program Liaison with Ridgetown College,
I am involved in curriculum development for a
new, one year, GIS Post Diploma Certificate
program. Our program will focus on Agriculture
and on Municipal GIS, the former because of the
college's long history and expertise with
agriculture, the latter because of the strong
relationship we have with the local government
and their interest in this program.
At this very early stage, we are considering
courses in programming (VB, Avenue), database
management (Access, Oracle, and SQL), some
overview type courses that will cover the likes
of cartographic principles, precision farming,
etc., an intro to remote sensing, spatial
stats, etc. - all, of course, with respect to
our dual focus. We also would like to offer a
course in data acquisition that will deal with
GPS, data loggers, on-screen digitizing, etc.
In other words, we want to provide students
with the essential tools they will need in
either field.
The advice I seek from you is this:
1. What software should we be looking at and
why? (Our list is still very short - only the
ESRI and GeoMedia families are on it so far.)
This is an invitation to both users and vendors
to offer suggestions. I would also like to
know what software to avoid - if you have had
any bad experiences - e.g. tech support, bugs,
pricing surprises, etc. If you are a software
vendor, we are very interested in seeing what
you have to offer so that we may consider all
options.
2. Given our two areas of emphasis - can you
suggest courses that would be useful for the
students to have (i.e. if you are in one of
these industries, what courses would you like
to have had, or wish you could hire employees
with?) ?
I appreciate all your opinions and advice and
will do my best to summarize the results,
although
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