Transcript Slides for VC presentation March 2010

GIS - stepping stones for learning
Draped 3D
maps
Conventional
2D maps
• modernising maps
• 3D visual skills
GIS - visualisations
3D models
• basic concepts
• virtual landscapes
• supporting fieldwork
4D - movies
GIS
GIS -- online
online modes
modes
Google Earth/Google Maps
• Published, online content
• User-generated content
Mashups
• Multimedia
• Online activities
OU GIS server
• Customised datasets
• Research data
• Student input:
(to populate, manipulate
and analyse datasets)
• Group projects
e.g. NSIDC Arctic Ice cover over time