Education and Necessity of (Geographical Information System) GIS in the Departments of Geography

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Thanks to the emergence of GIS geography and geographers have restructured. Performing in the process of planning, the geographical information system contributes geographers to bring new employment opportunities out. In particular geographers from European and North American countries are working intensively in relevant institutions and organizations (associations) with GIS. Unfortunately, the rate of geographers who are employing this industry in our country is less than those of western countries. Hence this employment in this industry is stuffed with more people who graduated from the department of geodesy and computer-engineering. In the course of time GIS lectures have increased in the department of geography of our country. This increasement is going to contribute to employment of geographers in several ways in this industry but what to do is of course more than these. In this project GIS s significance is defined in department of geography all around the world and in private sector. Moreover, the lectures of GIS that included in our country’s education program of geography departments between years 2003-2010 are evaluated.

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GIS , Geography , Geography Departments and The education of GIS

International Journal of Geography and Geography Education

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International Journal of Geography and Geography Education