Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:15:29 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <206323736.1464.1711671329978@wiki.ncsa.illinois.edu> Subject: Exported From Confluence MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_Part_1463_918716181.1711671329977" ------=_Part_1463_918716181.1711671329977 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: file:///C:/exported.html
The computational bottleneck in perfo= rming large-scale geospatial analyses with conventional GIS has created an = urgent need for GIS users and GI scientists to learn about what cyberGIS co= uld offer. The course intends to cover three major domains of competence: (= 1) fundamentals of cyberGIS, (2) cyberGIS platform and software, and (3) hi= gh-performance geospatial computing. Three course modules will be developed= ; each will be designed to be self-contained and easily incorporable into t= eaching already popular GIS courses as needed. The idea is to strategically= fit the most important cyberGIS topics into the current GIS curricula in a= relatively flexible yet pedagogically sound manner. Detailed lecture notes= and lab instructions will be developed in synergy to create an effective l= earning experience for students. Some of the real computation problems enco= untered by geospatial researchers at my institution (e.g., massive producti= on of vegetation index maps from global satellite imagery) will be included= as lab exercises to link teaching with research activities. The developed = course materials will be put on the open source learning platform Moodle fo= r easy sharing with other educators of the same teaching interest.= p>