Transcript GEsource Supporting Further Education for Geography & the Environment Dr Alison Chilvers www.gesource.ac.uk GA Conference 2005

GEsource
Supporting Further Education for
Geography & the Environment
Dr Alison Chilvers
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Outline of Presentation
• What is GEsource?
• Core features
• Additional services
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What is GEsource?
• A geography and environment information
gateway
• Free at point of use
• Aimed at staff, students and researchers
in the Higher and Further Education
community in the UK
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GEsource
• Launched at the Royal Geographical
Society with IBG in September 2003
• Currently points to 7600 resources and
growing
• Contains specialist search options and
additional features
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Main areas of GEsource
• Environment
• General Geography & Environmental
Science
• Human Geography
• Physical Geography
• Techniques & Approaches
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Main areas of GEsource
Environment
Includes: pollution, recycling,
waste management, renewable energy …
Currently over 2900 resources
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Main areas of GEsource
General Geography &
Environmental
Science
Includes: reference
sources, area studies,
explorers …
Currently over 3400
resources
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Main areas of GEsource
Human Geography
Includes: development
studies, globalisation,
population, cities …
Currently over 2400
resources
The images appear courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS,
and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
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Main areas of GEsource
Physical Geography
Includes: climate change,
natural hazards, soils,
rivers, coasts …
Currently over 2800
resources
Image Courtesy NASA Earth Observatory
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Main areas of GEsource
Techniques and
Approaches
Includes: fieldwork
techniques, theories, GIS
Currently over 960
resources
The images appear courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and
U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.
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GEsource Home Page
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Search Options …
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Spatial Search Options
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Additional Features
• Subject Packs
• World Guide
• Natural hazards sub-site
• News services, Virtual Training
Suites & reference pages
• Timelines and Hot Topics
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FE Subject Packs
• Set of ten chosen resources per pack
• Can be freely downloaded for use by teachers and
students
• Topics selected appropriate to AS/A2 syllabus
requirements
• Resources can include lecture notes, animations, data
sources, case studies
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FE Subject Packs
Cities
Industry
Coasts
Agriculture
Geomorphological
hazards
Leisure & Tourism
Environmental
hazards
Glacial &
periglacial
environments
Population
Tools &
Techniques
Rivers
Settlement patterns &
processes
Soils
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World Guide
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Guides for over 270 countries and territories
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Interactive world map
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2,000 plus satellite images covering world regions; images e.g. wildfires, coastal
waters, mountain ranges, rivers, landmarks, cities
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Data comparison tool - select of up to four world countries or regions to compare
demographic, geographic and economic data
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European GIS – GIS Application (2004 European Country Data) - interface to CIA
World Factbook data using CommonGIS software[1]
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IMF WEO 2004 - GIS Application (IMF World Economic Outlook 2004) - interface to
IMF World Economic Outlook data 2004 using CommonGIS software [1]
[1] supplied to and used with permission by ESDS International, a specialist data service of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS).
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World Guide
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World Guide
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World Guide
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World Guide
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Natural hazards sub-site
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Satellite images
Maps
Articles
Links to data
Information on current and past events
Links from the GEsource Internet Resource Catalogue
Droughts
Earthquakes
Flooding
Mass Movements
Storms
Tsunamis
Volcanoes
Wildfires
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News services, Virtual Training Suites and
reference pages
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Thematic Timelines
Each themed timeline covers a topic from
the beginning of time to the present day with
clickable links to the relevant resources in
GEsource.
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Thematic Timelines
Topics include:
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Cities
Exploration
Population and demographics
Oil
Agriculture
Maps
Climatology
Natural disasters
Remote sensing and aerial photography
Satellites
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Hot Topics
Recent topics include:
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Acid rain
GIS
Floods
Tsunamis
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Work with the following Higher Education
Academy Subject Centres…
Geography,
Earth and
Environmental
Sciences (GEES)
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- Promotion
Working with the following key professional bodies ...
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Future Developments
Please let us know if you have suggestions
for features you would like to see
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