CSIS Discussion Paper No. 91

Mizuki Kawabata*, Rajesh Bahadur Thapa**, and Takashi Oguchi*
*Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
** Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan
September, 2008

Cooperation among different fields of study is important in developing a systematic method of GIS education. We examined inter-field cooperation, particularly that between geography-related and computer/information-related fields for education programs at US colleges and universities that award GIS-related degrees or certificates. Academic fields were classified using ten major classes of the Dewey Decimal Classification system. In the 2007-08 academic year, about 40% of GIS education programs were based on cooperation between two or more different fields, and about 20% involved cooperation among more than three fields. Approximately 10% of GIS education programs were based on cooperation between geography-related and computer/information-related fields, most of which also involved some other fields in various disciplines. Inter-field cooperation in GIS education in the US is considerably more advanced than that in Japan.

This article

recounts the development of radar signal processing at Lincoln Laboratory. The Laboratory’s significant efforts in this field were initially driven by the need to provide detected and processed signals for air and ballistic missile defense systems. The first processing work was on the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air-defense system, which led to algorithms and techniques for detection of aircraft in the presence of clutter.

ABSTRACT

Consequently, GS-25 N applications are critical for remediating thin wheat Studies have shown that winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) tiller density at growth stage 25 (GS 25) can be used to determine when a GS-25 N application is needed. However, determining GS-25 tiller is difficult and time consuming. Color infrared aerial photo- oped graphs have been successfully used to predict GS-25 tiller density. remote sensing technique to predict GS-25 tiller density based on nearinfrared (NIR) digital counts and within-field tiller density references across a wide range of environments. The NIR remote sensing tech- nique was evaluated through linear regression and quadrant plot analysis to determine the accuracy of GS-25 tiller density predictions and GS-25 N application decisions based on a critical GS-25 tiller density.

The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology

The Institute has changed considerably over the last few years and the past three Presidents have aptly captured the scenarios in their messages: ‘Gathering speed’, ‘Diligence, learning and patience’, and ‘Change, progress – the future’. So where are we today? Working alongside the new Board of Trustees (BoT) the President’s role has changed under our new governance structure. But before I give you a synopsis of my year, I do believe it worth revisiting history and I thought some of my own observations on the Institute in the ‘good old days’ of Mark Lane could be pertinent to the present.

Forschung in der Geodäsie und Geoinformatik

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Bill
Universität Rostock Agrar- und Umweltwissenschaftliche Fakultät Institut für Management ländlicher Räume Professur für Geodäsie und Geoinformatik

Snohomish County Focus on Farming Preserving Our Roots, Planting our Future

Q: What types of maps and GIS data are available?
A: Planning and Development Services has created a number of interactive maps (available on line) and printed maps that are available to the public. You may also find maps created by other departments to be helpful.