Fifty Years of Cartography at the University of Glasgow

Abstract

This paper documents ongoing glacier retreat in the eastern part of the Granatspitz Mountains (Hohe Tauern Range, Austrian Alps) for the time period 2003–2009 using aerial photogrammetry. Aerial photographs of 2003, 2006, and 2009 were made available by the Hydrological Service of the Regional Government of Salzburg, the Federal Office of Metrology, Surveying and Mapping, Vienna, and the Regional Government of the Tyrol, respectively. High resolution multi-temporal digital elevation models and digital orthophotos of the area of interest were derived using digital photogrammetric methods to provide a sound basis for glaciological research. Glacier outlines of the three glacial stages were mapped interactively. Temporal change in area and surface height of the glaciers mapped clearly document glacier retreat. Glacier mass balance based on the geodetic method was calculated for Stubacher Sonnblickkees (Glacier). Mean annual specific net balance amounts to ?656 mm w.e. for the time period 2003–2009, with a mass balance gradient of 324 mm w.e. (100 m)^?1 and an equilibrium-line altitude of 2995 m a.s.l. Digital orthophoto maps and other thematic maps, e.g. showing surface height change, were prepared to support further data interpretation. Both the study area and its spatio-temporal change were visualized with special emphasis on the glaciers in a computer generated video film. Another film (exposure 29 August 2011) shows the lower part of Stubacher Sonnblickkees and its surroundings for reasons of comparison.     

Geoinformatics education in China

The paper gives an overview of the current status of education in geoinformatics in China. First, the paper provides a brief introduction to the history of geoinformatics education in China and a general review of the scientific and technological development. It then presents how the development affects the education and training in China. In the paper, universities and institutes in China that can award academic degrees related to geoinformatics are summarized, and undergraduate majors are briefly introduced. Next, the paper reports the work having been done by the national expert group on Surveying and Mapping, including the revision of discipline catalog and guide for graduate education and requirements. A list of typical curricula in geoinformatics education is suggested. Activities on promoting the graduate student exchange platform are presented. Finally, a case study of geoinformatics education in Wuhan University is discussed.     

翻转课堂在地理信息系统课程教学中的实践与思考

针对教师主导的传统教学模式在地理信息系统课程教学中存在的不足,提出了将翻转课堂这一新的混合学习教学模式引入教学的想法。首先分析了地理信息系统课程实施翻转课堂的必要性和可行性,然后在综合考虑地理信息系统课程特点与中外教育文化差异的基础上进行了课程设计和组织实施。实践结果表明,实施翻转课堂确实能够提高学生学习主动性和教学质量,同时也对教师的专业水平和教学能力提出了更高的要求。     

提高思想政治教育工作水平,确保测绘高等函授教育质量

函授教育是我国高等教育体系的重要组成部分,是提高整个中华民族科学文化水平的途径之一,培养目标仍然是培养德、智、体全面发展的高级工程技术人才。如何使函授教育能够主动地适应国民经济和社会发展的需要,更好地为社会主义建设服务是新的历史时期发展函授教育的任务。因此根据函授教育自身的规律,努力提高函授教育中的思想政治教育工作水平,对于高等函授教育事业的健康发展有着十分重要的意义。     

Photogrammetry Education for Multidisciplinary Geomatics in China

IntroductionThe word photogrammetry comes from Greekwords photos ( meaning “light”) , gramma( meaning that which is drawn or written) andmetron ( meaning“to measure”) . It originallysignifies measuring graphically by means oflight[1].The development o…     

基于e-Learning的测绘专业教学训练系统的设计与实现

介绍了e-Learning的概念及体系结构,结合测绘专业教育的实际需求,在e-Learning三层体系结构的基础上,给出e-Learning环境下测绘专业教学训练的系统设计及实现方案。     

航海人才培养模式的改革与探索

依据航海类毕业生质量和工作情况调查资料以及国际航运发展对航海人才的素质要求,从构建人才培养方案必须考虑航海教育特殊性、优化课程内容和课程体系、改善教学方式和教学手段和提高教师教学科研水平等方面,探讨了航海人才培养模式的改革。     

面向市场需求的GIS专业本科教学探讨

在分析目前我国GIS专业人才就业前景和就业现状的基础上,指出高校GIS教学存在的突出问题,并从专业培养目标、课程设置、教师队伍建设和开放性实验建设等方面提出GIS专业本科教学改革的方向。     

理工类高校GIS教育的课程设置研究

通过对部分理工院校GIS专业或方向课程设置的对比,对理工类高校GIS教育的课程设置现状进行分析,并根据理工类高校GIS专业课程设置的特点,提出安徽理工大学GIS专业课程设置的构想,并进一步讨论了理工类高校课程设置的方向。     

Participation in higher education: A geodemographic perspective on the potential for further expansion in student numbers

Higher education in England has expanded rapidly in the last ten years with the result that currently more than 30% of young people go on to university. Expansion is likely to continue following the recommendations of a national committee of inquiry (the Dearing Committee). The participation rate is known to vary substantially among social groups and between geographical areas. In this paper the participation rate is calculated using a new measure, the Young Entrants Index (YEI), and the extent of variation by region, gender and residential neighbourhood type established. The Super Profiles geodemographic system is used to facilitate the latter. This is shown to be a powerful discriminator and to offer great potential as an alternative analytical approach to the conventional social class categories, based on parental occupation, that have formed the basis of most participation studies to date. Received: 20 October 1998/Accepted: 5 May 1999