Editorial

Abstract

This paper describes the development of cybercartography since the introduction of the term in 1997. Although the origins of cybercartography were largely conceptual in nature, the evolution of cybercartography to date has been an iterative process reflecting the creative interplay between theory and practice. A major step forward was made in 2002 when the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre at Carleton University received a $2.5 million grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to explore the utility of cybercartography to what was described as the New Economy. By 2006, the interaction between theory and practice had led to considerable advances in cybercartography as a holistic, location-based concept and two new cybercartographic products, the Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica and the Cybercartographic Atlas of Canada's Trade with the World, were produced. Between 2006 and 2009, cybercartography was further developed as a result of interaction with indigenous communities, especially in Canada's north and new interactive atlases such as the Kitikmeot Place Names Atlas and the Community Atlas of Arctic Bay were created in cooperation with the communities involved. The Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework, built using open source software and open specifications and standards, was developed to facilitate direct input to these atlases. Cybercartography is now entering a new phase in both theory and practice building on a recently completed prototype atlas of Indigenous Perspectives and Knowledge.     

在“GPS原理与应用”课程中实践研究型教学探讨

通过多年的“GPS原理与应用”课程教学实践,总结出面向研究型教学的几点体会：一是从大量知识的陈述到3个重要原理的凝练;二是从复杂数学模型的推演到简单框图原理的表达;三是从晦涩的学术讲解到与有趣的仪器操作结合;四是从简单的校园实习到野外的实战测网。通过研究型的教学方法使学生们增加学习本课程的兴趣,提高学生理解原理、掌握应用的能力,为以后的工作打下良好的基础。     

The Practices and Process of Neighborhood: the (Re)Production of Riverwest,Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This article examines the practices and process that (re)produce neighborhoods. I argue that the practices producing neighborhoods in the 1970s inform the practices (re)producing neighborhoods today. Drawing upon Lefebvre's concepts of social space and spatial practice, Bourdieu's concepts of practice and habitus, and Pred's concept of place as a historically contingent process, I examine the (re)production of Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood as a process. Practices of institution building and protest were central to the production of this relatively socially inclusive and activist neighborhood. Over the past 30 years, through what could be defined as the habitus of place, the process of neighborhood (re)production continued many of the practices first established in the 1970s, as new practices addressed social and cultural changes. A focus on practices and process draws our attention to the (re)production of a relatively stable, consistent, long-term neighborhood identity.     

误差理论与测量平差基础精品课程的建设与实践

从测量平差的发展历史,测绘科技的发展对课程的要求,体现课程改革的重要性.根据在创建国家精品课程中的教学和科研成果,对学科体系的建设、课程内容的改革、教学方法的创新等方面的研究进行论述,有利于更好地利用国家精品课程建设中的研究成果,进一步深化教学改革.     

高师院校GIS课程教学与实践改革的探索

通过分析目前国内高师院校GIS课程的特点、教学现状及存在的主要问题,以及多年从事GIS教学实践;从GIS理论与实践的教学角度,研究探讨了高师院校GIS课程理论与实践教学改革的思路,以期交流和对GIS教育有所促进作用.     

抓好实验环节促进理论学习和动手能力的提高——计算机图形学课程教学体会

计算机图形学和VC编程是测绘专业学生必备的专业基础,在实习中将二者有机地结合起来对于学生牢固掌握有关知识、提升专业技能很有好处。介绍了在计算机图形学实习过程中采取的一些措施、取得的成果,谈论了一些个人的体会。     

江苏城市水文的实践与思考

江苏是全国经济发展最快省份之一,城市化率已达55.6%。随着城市化进展的加快,水文面临许多新问题。简要回顾了江苏城市水文的发展进程,总结了水文在城市防洪排涝、城市供水、水环境和水生态保护方面所发挥的作用,从江苏城市水文实践中得到了一些启示,并提出了加快城市水文发展的几点建议。     

关于进一步完善注册测绘师资格考试的几点建议

完善注册测绘师资格考试是推进注册测绘师制度有效实施的关键环节。本文分析了当前我国注册测绘师资格考试现状,主要针对当前注册测绘师考试中存在的不分专业统一进行考试,以及通过考试者应当具备执业能力这两个关键问题进行了调查研究,提出了继续严把考试关、按技术相关性分类设置考题以及在分类的基础上适当增加考题灵活性等建议。     

测绘工程领域专业学位硕士研究生实践能力培养

在分析测绘工程领域专业学位研究生应具备的实践能力的基础上,提出了实践能力培养应与卓越工程师教育培养计划同步推进,与注册测绘师执业资格兼容,秉承"CDIO"工程教育理念设计教学环节与教学内容。结合全日制专业学位研究生的特点,提出了培养实践能力的实践教学方法和教学内容,可供专业学位研究生培养借鉴。