Some strategic national initiatives for the Swedish education in the geodata field

Lars Harrie, Karin Larsson, David Tenenbaum, Hanna Ridefeldt, Gunnar Lysell, Göran Adelsköld, M Högström, Jakob Lagerstedt, Milan Horemuz, Anders Brandt, Eva Sahlin

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Abstract

This paper describes national cooperation in Sweden launched by its universities and authorities, aimed at improving geodata education. These initiatives have been focused upon providing common access to geodata, the production of teaching materials in Swedish and organizing annual meetings for teachers. We argue that this type of cooperation is vital to providing high quality education for a poorly recognized subject in a country with a relatively small population.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the AGILE'2014 International Conference on Geographic Information Science
EditorsJoaquín Huerta, Sven Schade, Carlos Granell
PublisherAssociation of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print) 9789081696043
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event17th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, 2014 - Castellon, Spain
Duration: 2014 Jun 22014 Jun 6

Conference

Conference17th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CityCastellon
Period2014/06/022014/06/06

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Physical Geography

Free keywords

  • GIS
  • geodata
  • education
  • teaching material
  • spatial data infrastructure

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