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GILA Geographic Information in Latin America

GILA Geographic Information in Latin America. http://www.gilanet.org. Origin. eduGI.LA - Network for GI Science Education - Latin-America (2003-2004)

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GILA Geographic Information in Latin America

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  1. GILAGeographic Information in Latin America http://www.gilanet.org

  2. Origin • eduGI.LA - Network for GI Science Education - Latin-America (2003-2004) • Partners: INPE, Brazil; IT Toluca, Mexico; U Concepción, Chile ; U Jaume I, Spain; UN Lisbon, Portugal; U Münster, Germany (coordinator); U Pernambuco, Brazil • Idea of creating GILA: First Network Meeting of the Kick-off project (Mexico, October of 2003) • Second cooperation project eduGI.LA 2 (2005-2007) • Promote a sustainable Latin-American - Europe cooperation in GI Science for more efficient use of resources, extended mobility measures, quality assurance in education, and improved qualifications of university graduates.

  3. GILA Statement • GILA is a non-profit organization of research groups and laboratories involved in Geographic Information Research. • GILA is associated with CRECTEALC (Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean) • CRECTEALC is a United Nations regional center with main offices in Brazil and Mexico

  4. GILA Mission To improve the quality of geoinformation research in Latin America focusing on international-quality postgraduate education.

  5. Improving research by graduate education • Improving quality of research is achieved by good graduate education • Graduate education in GI science needs good quality teaching material • Teaching material should provide the means of apprehension of the state-of-the-art • GILA’s Focus: Education, not training

  6. GILA Main Objective Promote research cooperation of Latin-American GI research institutions, universities and laboratories through production and sharing of on-line and e-learning teaching material.

  7. GILA Members • Latin American Research Groups and Laboratories, from public and private sectors, working with Geographic Information are welcome to become members of GILA. GILA is an association of groups rather than individuals and each group must have a contact person. • The Institutions associated to GILA have the right to use the course material prepared by the society, including the right to create derivative work and make commercial use (Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial-NoDerivs License)

  8. How to Join GILA • You do NOT need to pay anything to join GILA! • Members are expected to contribute with LEARNING MATERIAL. • To join, please visit our website at www.gilanet.org

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