期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2004
卷号：XXXV Part B6
页码：154-159
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：In recent years distributing knowledge via Internet and World Wide Web has become standard for universities, institutes and companies. Many of them offer E-Learning-Environments. The advantages seem to be obvious: easier distribution, independence of space and time, potentialities of hypertext and multimedia etc. In the field of Geoinformation and Earth Sciences a lot of projects have been carried out to use the potentials of the World Wide Web. This paper describes the current situation of E-Learning-tools in the field of Geoinformatics and Earth Sciences with some emphasis on German examples. One of them is the project "Virtual Landscape" of the "E-Learning-Academic Network" (ELAN) in Lower Saxony, Germany. The project aims to develop an E-Learning-Environment for students in Earth Sciences, such as Geodesy, Geoinformatics, Geography, Environmental Studies, Landscape Planning as well as students in Applied Computer Science. By supporting the action-oriented teaching concept the development of a "Virtual Landscape" will provide an interactive tool to explore and work with geodata. Special modules will guide students through the work with the data and give problems to solve. The main characteristics of this project is therefore – as opposed to projects providing only E-Learning material in terms of courseware – the explorative learning approach. Furthermore, the multidisciplinary focus is also unique. The article gives an overview on the concepts of that E-Learning-Environment as well as to the technical structure of web-based geodata visualization and interaction
关键词：Visualization; Virtual Reality; Internet/Web; Web based; Learning; Education; Teaching
