Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education

In most developed countries, the major users of GIS are not restricted to planning authorities at local, regional, and central government agencies, but covered across other non-planning agencies like engineering firms, resource management firms, and increasingly, financial, real estate and marketi...

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Main Authors:	Ibrahim, Mansor, Abdullah, Muhammad Faris, Abdul Samad, Dazilah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2004
Subjects:	L Education (General) NA9080 Urban planners
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/33281/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/33281/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/33281/1/33281.pdf

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spelling	iium-332812015-09-15T08:39:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33281/ Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education Ibrahim, Mansor Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Abdul Samad, Dazilah L Education (General) NA9080 Urban planners In most developed countries, the major users of GIS are not restricted to planning authorities at local, regional, and central government agencies, but covered across other non-planning agencies like engineering firms, resource management firms, and increasingly, financial, real estate and marketing firms. In Malaysia, it is not an exception though the coverage is still not wide spread and some of them are in infant stages. Particularly in urban and regional planning, GIS is being used in all the development plan preparation but it is not being fully exploited. In many instances, this is being limited to mapping only, as if GIS software is just graphic software where its use is solely for the purpose of maps and plans production. It is not surprising as most of the planners are not well-versed in GIS and they are not properly trained in their planning education either locally or overseas. This paper specifically looks at GIS training in local planning schools. Content analysis of the syllabus, extent of GIS application and its importance, and issues pertaining to GIS education are discussed. 2004 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33281/1/33281.pdf Ibrahim, Mansor and Abdullah, Muhammad Faris and Abdul Samad, Dazilah (2004) Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education. In: 7th International Seminar on GIS for Developing Countries, 10th-12th May 2004, Skudai, Malaysia. http://gisdevelopment.net/proceedings/gisdeco/2004/paper/mansor.htm
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description	In most developed countries, the major users of GIS are not restricted to planning authorities at local, regional, and central government agencies, but covered across other non-planning agencies like engineering firms, resource management firms, and increasingly, financial, real estate and marketing firms. In Malaysia, it is not an exception though the coverage is still not wide spread and some of them are in infant stages. Particularly in urban and regional planning, GIS is being used in all the development plan preparation but it is not being fully exploited. In many instances, this is being limited to mapping only, as if GIS software is just graphic software where its use is solely for the purpose of maps and plans production. It is not surprising as most of the planners are not well-versed in GIS and they are not properly trained in their planning education either locally or overseas. This paper specifically looks at GIS training in local planning schools. Content analysis of the syllabus, extent of GIS application and its importance, and issues pertaining to GIS education are discussed.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ibrahim, Mansor Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Abdul Samad, Dazilah
author_facet	Ibrahim, Mansor Abdullah, Muhammad Faris Abdul Samad, Dazilah
author_sort	Ibrahim, Mansor
title	Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education
title_short	Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education
title_full	Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education
title_fullStr	Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education
title_full_unstemmed	Geographical information system (GIS) in Malaysian planning education
title_sort	geographical information system (gis) in malaysian planning education
publishDate	2004
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