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| Subject: | Re: GISList: advice needed: GPS for teaching GIS |
| Date: |
08/21/2003 12:55:01 PM |
| From: |
Steven M. Robertson |
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Rick,
A common exercise/project for beginning GPS students at college institutions
is to map the trees on campus, or a section of campus. The students can go a
short distance from their building and record the location of each tree
within a defined area. The instructor can require the students record the
attributes of each tree such as species, designation, diameter, height, for
example, Oak, White Oak, 15", 30'. Once completed, not only the student, but
the school benefits as well, because some companies charge big bucks to map
arboretums.
This doesn't apply to surveying as much as it does the data collection end
of the GIS user's profession, but if you want the student's experience to
apply to surveying maybe you could have them map the corners of those plots
you mentioned then bring it into AV 3.3 and create a database inventorying
the content and purpose etc. of the plots thereby creating a spatial record
of the various agricultural experiments. In the future, you could add to it
by mapping soil types, aspect, elevation and apply that to growth rate etc.
hope this helps a little,
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "RICK GRAY" <RGRAY@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca>
To: <gislist@geocomm.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 3:55 PM
Subject: RE: GISList: advice needed: GPS for teaching GIS
> Great thought. I have considered it and suspect that time constraints
> (i.e. 2 hr lab slot) would not give students the time to go to a
> location and actually accomplish something then return to the school in
> time for their next class. However, we are located on an agriculture
> research campus. Perhaps I will send out an email to all the research
> faculty to see if anyone needs GPS readings of their plots.
>
> >>> "Gillespie,Ian [Burlington]" <Ian.Gillespie@ec.gc.ca> 8/20/2003
> 4:35:00 PM >>>
> Hi Rick,
>
> Just as an aside, have you thought about approaching companies, local
> governments (Fed/Prov/Muni), non gov't agencies (ie. Conservation
> Authorities) or other academic deptartments using this as a
> collaborative
> opportunity to collect data?
> Market this as a win-win so you can have students learn how to use
> current
> technologies utilizing existing GPS tools/resources/standards while
> simultaneously collecting data for an agency that was going to be doing
> this
> anyway?
>
> Just a thought.
>
> ______________________________________
> Ian Gillespie
> Geographic Information Officer
> Integrated Environmental Applications Branch
> Knowledge Integration Directorate
> Environment Canada
> 867 Lakeshore Road
> Burlington, Ontario
> L7R 4A6
> Ph: (905) 336-4527/Fax: (905) 336-4906/Cell: (289) 259-3244
> Email: Ian.Gillespie@ec.gc.ca
> www.ec.gc.ca/cise
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RICK GRAY [mailto:RGRAY@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 4:09 PM
> To: gislist@geocomm.com
> Subject: GISList: advice needed: GPS for teaching GIS
>
>
> Hello listers,
>
> For a brand new course I will have to teach this fall, we have 13
> weeks
> to teach students how to collect data and do some GIS analysis. These
> are 1st semester students in a community college Environmental
> Management Diploma. They are not GIS students. The first few weeks
> will
> be teaching them survey techniques using the level and total station.
> I
> also want them to collect data using GPS. I am looking for advice on
> what kind of GPS unit would work best.
>
> I would like something that is no worse than about 5m accuracy, of
> course the more accurate the better.
>
> I need about 6-10 units (class size is currently 38) and I believe
> (but
> don't know for sure, yet) that I may have about $500-1000 CDN to spend
> per unit.
>
> I will be using ArcView 3.3. I need something that will be fairly
> straight-forward to use. Rugged would be nice. (a handheld with arcpad
> and GPS antenna would be the most fun, but I suspect outside of my
> budget)
>
> I am turning to the list because I have contacted 3 different
> suppliers, 2 of which have said they will send me information and
> prices, but after a week of waiting I have heard nothing. And school
> starts in 2 weeks.
>
> If you have done such a course, or are a supplier interested in making
> a sale, or just have some friendly advice, I'd love to hear from you.
>
> Thanks,
> rg
>
> Rick Gray
> GIS Specialist, Ontario Weather Network
> http://www.ownweb.ca
> Ridgetown College, University of Guelph
> http://www.ridgetowncollege.com/
>
> Tel. 519-674-1554
> E-mail: rgray@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca
>
> Ridgetown: -81.883 W, 42.450
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