TY - JOUR
T1 - GIS education and training
T2 - An Australian perspective
AU - Garner, Barry J
AU - Zhou, Qiming
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This paper reports on recent initiatives in GIS education and training at universities in Australia. Although Australia lags behind some other countries in the extent to which GIS technology has been embraced, considerable effort has been placed now on the development of undergraduate courses as well as the introduction of graduate programs in LIS/GIS. Developments in LIS/GIS in Australia are briefly reviewed as background for understanding the way in which the higher education sector has responded to the various disciplinary needs for GIS education and training during the past five years. Emphasis is placed on the different role played by the discipline of geography in GIS education in Australia compared to other English-speaking countries.
AB - This paper reports on recent initiatives in GIS education and training at universities in Australia. Although Australia lags behind some other countries in the extent to which GIS technology has been embraced, considerable effort has been placed now on the development of undergraduate courses as well as the introduction of graduate programs in LIS/GIS. Developments in LIS/GIS in Australia are briefly reviewed as background for understanding the way in which the higher education sector has responded to the various disciplinary needs for GIS education and training during the past five years. Emphasis is placed on the different role played by the discipline of geography in GIS education in Australia compared to other English-speaking countries.
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U2 - 10.1016/0198-9715(93)90007-R
DO - 10.1016/0198-9715(93)90007-R
M3 - Article
SN - 0198-9715
VL - 17
SP - 61
EP - 71
JO - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
JF - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
IS - 1
ER -