JISC

This project addresses the Geospatial strand of the current JISC call in providing infrastructure for educating, knowledge transfer and training users and researchers on the effective use of open geospatial data and services. The proposed project will provide a set of methodologies, tools and materials to enable a range of e-learning courses. The courses target the researchers, non-geospatial experts and general public who want to use open data, standards and tools. It will have a particular focus on the increasing range of open data sources released by the UK Government (e.g. Government data in data.gov.uk portal). The aim is to increase the public awareness of using that information and filling the knowledge gap between geospatial and other disciplines’ communities. The Landmap Service is strategically placed to deliver and disseminate the new materials through the Learning Zone area of their website. Hosting the new materials at Landmap will build on previous JISC investment in e-learning at the service and centralise resources to achieve effective sustainability and maintenance of project outputs.

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