Author/Authors
DEMİRCİ, Ali wuhan university - renmin hospital - department of ophthalmology, China , DEMİRCİ, Ali Fatih Üniversitesi - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - Coğrafya Bölümü, Turkey , Karaburun, Ahmet Fatih Üniversitesi - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - Coğrafya Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article
Using GIS, GPS, and Google Earth Technologies in Geography
شماره ركورد
43466
Abstract
This study aimed at testing the applicability of an activity organized by using GIS, GPS, and Google Earth technologies together in secondary school geography lessons. The study was carried out during a GIS course which was organized for geography teachers working in Istanbul in cooperation with Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education and Fatih University. Twenty-five geography teachers participated in the study from 25 public high schools located in 19 different districts of Istanbul. In the study, teachers first measured air temperatures, soil temperatures and relative humidity along with GPS data from 18 different locations in the Istanbul campus of Fatih University. The teachers then transferred data into GIS environment, produced digital map of each value on GIS, and showed the maps on Google Earth. In the end of the study, a survey was conducted on the teachers to evaluate the activity. Frequency analyses were mainly applied on the survey results by using SPSS. As the study revealed, the activity which was organized by using GIS, GPS, and Google Earth can be a useful teaching method for geography lessons.
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99
NaturalLanguageKeyword
GIS , GPS , Google Earth , Geography lessons , secondary education
JournalTitle
International Journal of Geography and Geography Education
To Page
123
JournalTitle
International Journal of Geography and Geography Education
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