Teaching Gis With Intergraph's Geomedia In A Civil Engineering Technology Program
- Conference
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Chicago, Illinois
- Publication Date
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June 18, 2006
- Start Date
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June 18, 2006
- End Date
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June 21, 2006
- ISSN
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2153-5965
- Conference Session
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Engineering Technology
- Page Count
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21
- Page Numbers
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11.1210.1 - 11.1210.21
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--153
- Permanent URL
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https://peer.asee.org/153
- Download Count
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506
Paper Authors
William Sprinsky Pennsylvania College of Technology
Biography:
Dr Sprinsky is an Associate Professor at Penn College. His M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are from The Ohio State University in Geodetic Science. He has a B.S. in Physics from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Polytechnic Institute of New York). He has over twenty years of experience in civil engineering and mapping with the Army Corps of Engineers. His major research interests are in surveying and geodesy.
Abstract
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Teaching GIS with Intergraph GeoMedia In a Civil Engineering Technology
Program.
Author: Dr William H. Sprinsky
Affiliation: Pennsylvania College of Technology
Address: 1 College Avenue, Williamsport, Pa, 17701
Email: wsprinsk@pct.edu
Telephone: (570) 326-3761, Extension 7365
Abstract
At the Pennsylvania College of Technology, we feel that the tools of project design and
management, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), should be taught along with the
more usual subjects in a Civil Engineering Technology curriculum. With an NSF(ILI) grant,
Pennsylvania College of Technology purchased the Intergraph MGE software suite for use in
studying and teaching the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Civil
Engineering and Surveying students in our ABET(TAC) accredited Associate’s and Bachelor’s
programs. After a number of years of MGE use, we decided to upgrade to GeoMedia without
changing the problems to which it will be applied by Civil and Surveying students. Our first use
in instruction is in our Bachelor’s program senior (fourth year) course [4]. Most students in that
program have been exposed to Intergraph’s MGE through an already constructed GIS using
elements of the Knoxville, TN municipal database. We had previously used those data with
MGE [4] for all civil engineering and surveying students’ education [2 and 3].
Sprinsky, W. (2006, June), Teaching Gis With Intergraph's Geomedia In A Civil Engineering Technology Program Paper presented at 2006 Annual Conference & Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. 10.18260/1-2--153
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