Professional Governance Takes Root: ARDS Holds Disaster Prevention Information Competition and Training
The Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (ARDS) is holding a disaster prevention information competition and teacher training to promote the 'BigGIS Geospatial Information System,' a platform for slope disaster prevention and spatial information integration, aiming to embed professional governance in school education.
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Shu-fen, Taipei, 13th) The 'BigGIS Geospatial Information System' is a slope disaster prevention and spatial information integration platform built by the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (ARDS) of the Ministry of Agriculture. ARDS also organizes related competitions and training, hoping to embed professional governance in school education.
ARDS announced today in a press release that the 'BigGIS Geospatial Information System' integrates aerial remote sensing images, terrain data, and diverse thematic layers, providing functions such as 2D/3D display, spatial measurement, and disaster information integration. In slope disaster prevention and disaster response operations, BigGIS can assist in observing environmental changes before a disaster, integrating and reviewing spatial data during a disaster, and interpreting disaster damage and tracking recovery after a disaster, making it an important auxiliary tool for slope soil and water conservation and disaster response.
To promote geographic information education and cultivate high school students' ability to analyze public issues using spatial data, ARDS held the first 'BigGIS Spatial Information Innovation Application Competition' last year. This year's competition will accept submissions in July, with the finals in September.
ARDS pointed out that this year's competition focuses on 'cross-domain integration, spatial data application, and innovative practical work,' encouraging students to conduct thematic research on issues such as disaster risk, rural development, environmental protection, and land use change.
ARDS stated that the competition offers special excellence, excellence, and honorable mention awards. There are two special excellence groups, each with a prize of NT$25,000; two excellence groups, each with a prize of NT$15,000; and five honorable mention groups, each with a prize of NT$8,000. Related information can be found on the official website (https://gis.ardswc.gov.tw/competition/).
ARDS also held the 'BigGIS System Application and Innovative Geography Teaching Teacher Training Workshop' last year, inviting high school teachers and students to learn about BigGIS together, discover problems from maps, images, and diverse spatial data, analyze issues, and propose creative and practical solutions.
ARDS pointed out that this year's teacher training workshop will be held on the 20th at the Gongguan Campus of National Taiwan Normal University, targeting high school teachers. Registration closes on the 17th (https://gov.tw/f5S). (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150513
(Central News Agency reporter Wang Shu-fen, Taipei, 13th) The 'BigGIS Geospatial Information System' is a slope disaster prevention and spatial information integration platform built by the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency (ARDS) of the Ministry of Agriculture. ARDS also organizes related competitions and training, hoping to embed professional governance in school education.
ARDS announced today in a press release that the 'BigGIS Geospatial Information System' integrates aerial remote sensing images, terrain data, and diverse thematic layers, providing functions such as 2D/3D display, spatial measurement, and disaster information integration. In slope disaster prevention and disaster response operations, BigGIS can assist in observing environmental changes before a disaster, integrating and reviewing spatial data during a disaster, and interpreting disaster damage and tracking recovery after a disaster, making it an important auxiliary tool for slope soil and water conservation and disaster response.
To promote geographic information education and cultivate high school students' ability to analyze public issues using spatial data, ARDS held the first 'BigGIS Spatial Information Innovation Application Competition' last year. This year's competition will accept submissions in July, with the finals in September.
ARDS pointed out that this year's competition focuses on 'cross-domain integration, spatial data application, and innovative practical work,' encouraging students to conduct thematic research on issues such as disaster risk, rural development, environmental protection, and land use change.
ARDS stated that the competition offers special excellence, excellence, and honorable mention awards. There are two special excellence groups, each with a prize of NT$25,000; two excellence groups, each with a prize of NT$15,000; and five honorable mention groups, each with a prize of NT$8,000. Related information can be found on the official website (https://gis.ardswc.gov.tw/competition/).
ARDS also held the 'BigGIS System Application and Innovative Geography Teaching Teacher Training Workshop' last year, inviting high school teachers and students to learn about BigGIS together, discover problems from maps, images, and diverse spatial data, analyze issues, and propose creative and practical solutions.
ARDS pointed out that this year's teacher training workshop will be held on the 20th at the Gongguan Campus of National Taiwan Normal University, targeting high school teachers. Registration closes on the 17th (https://gov.tw/f5S). (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150513