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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