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Geografiniai duomenys ir informacija apie mokymąsi
Geographic Data and Information for Teaching and Learning

Author(s): Linas Bevainis, Andrius Balčiūnas
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Lietuvos geografų draugija
Keywords: geoportal.lt; GIS for teaching (learning); spatial data sets;

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the authors present Lithuanian spatial information portal, its services and the availability to use in education process. Lithuanian spatial information portal created in 2008 year developing the project "Lithuanian infrastructure for geographical information, which was financed by the Republic of Lithuania and the European Union.The project is performed by the National Land Service under the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Enterprise Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics "GIS-Center".This article provides information about the LEI portal where you can find methodical and educational material, maps, spatial data sets, documents, help texts, geographic information terms, so teachers and students can use real data and create maps, or properly use geoportal.lt provided tools to deal with tasks.

  • Issue Year: 4/2016
  • Issue No: -
  • Page Range: 112-119
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Lithuanian
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