Publication details
Спутниковые атласы и их использование в ходе географического образования
| Title in English | Satellite atlases and their application in geographical education |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Regionaľnaja sistema ekologičeskogo obrazovanija i prosveščenija v interesach ustojčivogo razvitija |
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| Field | Earth magnetism, geography |
| Keywords | satellite atlas - image reading - information output - image understanding |
| Description | Satellite atlases are valuable books and digital publications, carrying a lot of information about the Earth that cannot be found in the classical maps and atlases. They offer innovative and interesting views of the Earth. The question is how to present them to the public to make their rich informational and educational quality readable and usable outside the scientific community. One way is to use them in the geography education, especially in the detection and evaluation of spatio-temporal contexts. The conducted survey among pupils and students of elementary and high schools, and an university in the City of Brno, Czech Republic, emerged, although large interest in them, but for the practical use rather distrust. Concerns arise from the fact that in remotely sensed imagery as compared with the map, the orientation is much worse and reading in them is also difficult. Especially the reading of images with a predominance of false colours and of images without explanatory description makes troubles to readers. Correct reading ability depends on the educational level of readers commonly. |