Digital Earth _ Young generation's comprehension and ideas

8th International Symposium of the Digital Earth

地球科学;计算机科学

Bandrova, T.^1 ; Konecny, M.^2

Department of Photogrammetry and Cartography, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Chr. Smirnenski Blvd. 1, Sofia 1046, Bulgaria^1

Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic^2

关键词: Age groups;    Digital Earth;    Early warning;    Environmental issues;    Facebook;    Google earths;    LinkedIn;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012007/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012007

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The authors are experienced in working with children and students in the field of early warning and crises management and cartography. All these topics are closely connected to Digital Earth (DE) ideas. On the basis of a questionnaire, the young generation's comprehension of DE concept is clarified. Students from different age groups (from 19 to 36) from different countries and with different social, cultural, economical and political backgrounds are asked to provide definition of DE and describe their basic ideas about meaning, methodology and applications of the concept. The questions aim to discover the young generation's comprehension of DE ideas. They partially cover the newest trends of DE development like social, cultural and environmental issues as well as the styles of new communications (Google Earth, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.). In order to assure the future development of the DE science, it is important to take into account the young generation's expectations. Some aspects of DE development are considered in the Conclusions.