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GEsource Supporting Further Education forGeography & the Environment

Dr Alison Chilvers

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Outline of Presentation

• What is GEsource?

• Core features

• Additional services

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What is GEsource?

• A geography and environment information gateway

• Free at point of use

• Aimed at staff, students and researchers in the Higher and Further Education community in the UK

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GEsource

• Launched at the Royal Geographical Society with IBG in September 2003

• Currently points to 7600 resources and growing

• Contains specialist search options and additional features

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Main areas of GEsource

• Environment

• General Geography & Environmental Science

• Human Geography

• Physical Geography

• Techniques & Approaches

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Main areas of GEsource

Environment

Includes: pollution, recycling,

waste management, renewable energy …

Currently over 2900 resources

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Main areas of GEsource

General Geography & Environmental Science

Includes: reference sources, area studies, explorers …

Currently over 3400 resources

This image appears courtesy of CIA, 2004

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Main areas of GEsource

Human Geography

Includes: development studies, globalisation, population, cities …

Currently over 2400 resources

The images appear courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.

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Main areas of GEsource

Physical Geography

Includes: climate change, natural hazards, soils, rivers, coasts …

Currently over 2800 resources

Image Courtesy NASA Earth Observatory

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Main areas of GEsource

Techniques and Approaches

Includes: fieldwork techniques, theories, GIS

Currently over 960 resources

The images appear courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team.

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GEsource Home Page

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Search Options …

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Spatial Search Options

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Additional Features

• Subject Packs

• World Guide

• Natural hazards sub-site

• News services, Virtual Training Suites & reference pages

• Timelines and Hot Topics

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FE Subject Packs

• Set of ten chosen resources per pack

• Can be freely downloaded for use by teachers and

students

• Topics selected appropriate to AS/A2 syllabus

requirements

• Resources can include lecture notes, animations, data

sources, case studies

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FE Subject Packs

Agriculture

Geomorphological hazards

Settlement patterns & processes

Cities Coasts

Leisure & TourismEnvironmental hazards

Tools & Techniques

Soils

Rivers

Population

Industry

Glacial & periglacial environments

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World Guide

• Guides for over 270 countries and territories

• Interactive world map

• 2,000 plus satellite images covering world regions; images e.g. wildfires, coastal

waters, mountain ranges, rivers, landmarks, cities

• Data comparison tool - select of up to four world countries or regions to compare

demographic, geographic and economic data

• European GIS – GIS Application (2004 European Country Data) - interface to CIA

World Factbook data using CommonGIS software[1]

• IMF WEO 2004 - GIS Application (IMF World Economic Outlook 2004) - interface to

IMF World Economic Outlook data 2004 using CommonGIS software [1]

[1] supplied to and used with permission by ESDS International, a specialist data service of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS).

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World Guide

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World Guide

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World Guide

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World Guide

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Natural hazards sub-site

• Satellite images• Maps• Articles• Links to data• Information on current and past events• Links from the GEsource Internet Resource Catalogue

Droughts Earthquakes Flooding Mass Movements

Storms Tsunamis Volcanoes Wildfires

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News services, Virtual Training Suites and reference pages

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Thematic Timelines

Each themed timeline covers a topic from

the beginning of time to the present day with

clickable links to the relevant resources in

GEsource.

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Thematic Timelines

Topics include:• Cities• Exploration• Population and demographics• Oil• Agriculture• Maps• Climatology• Natural disasters• Remote sensing and aerial photography• Satellites

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Hot Topics

Recent topics include:

• Acid rain• GIS• Floods• Tsunamis

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Geography,Earth andEnvironmentalSciences (GEES)

Work with the following Higher Education Academy Subject Centres…

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Working with the following key professional bodies ...

- Promotion

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Future Developments

Please let us know if you have suggestions for features you would like to see

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