Del Mar College

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Project Goal

The Geographic Information Systems Technology Implementation Project (GIS-TECH) proposed by Del Mar College (DMC) will train advanced technicians in the areas of building and converting large relational databases, installing GIS data servers and effectively using GIS for domain-specific applications. DMC, Corpus Christi, Texas is the 12th largest Hispanic serving institution in the nation, enrolling over 25,000 students, 57% Hispanic, 60% female, and predominately first generation college.

The DMC project, unique in its approach, focuses on the inclusion of currently available computer technology skills needed to implement and effectively use GIS. These skills are missing from current GIS technicians since existing GIS training programs do not include or effectively incorporate them in their curriculum. The GIS-TECH model will provide a curriculum and training model replicable across the nation in colleges and secondary-schools.

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Business Problem Solved

This proposal will provide critical linkage between GIS research and the instructional technology for providing a rapidly deployable technician program. The DMC project, unique in its approach, focuses on the inclusion of currently available computer technology skills needed to implement and effectively use GIS. These skills are missing from current GIS technicians since existing GIS training programs do not include or effectively incorporate them in their curriculum.

Technology Implemented

ArcGIS 9.2, ArcIMS, ArcSDE.

Development Team Biography

1. Dr. Phillip Davis, Professor, Department of Computer Science, DMC, will serve as PI and Project Director.
2. Ann Johnson, Higher Education Manager, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), will serve as Co-PI.
3. Barbara Dufrain, Professor, Department of Computer Science and GIS at DMC, will serve as Co-PI.
4. Miguel Pavon, Administrator with the Borderlands Information Center at the Texas Natural Resources Information Center.
5. Mike Price, President Entrada/San Juan is senior researcher.
6. Dr. Gary Jeffress, Director Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi.
7. Dr. Kit Price Blount, Chair of the National Visiting Committee
8. Dr. Joseph J. Kerski, member of the National Visiting Committee
9. Sushil Pallemoni, Website developer.
10. Bev Poplin, Project Assistant