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Save the date: 25th May Young Professionals Forum GWF Rotterdam

UNIGIS is a partner in the Young Professionals Forum at Geospatial World Forum Conference in Rotterdam. The Young Professional Forum aims to provide a platform for students and industry to share the same stage and discuss how the next generation geospatialists can make a difference in our ever-changing industry.

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Webinar 6 Jan 2016 | GI Capacity Building in Schools

Willemijn Simon van Leeuwen – Director Geo Science Center GeoFort Mark Opmeer – Researcher Digital Humanities (recording) Is Minecraft a useful teaching tool? Researchers at SPINlab (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) are trying to find the answer to this question. Their focus group are teachers who use Minecraft in the classroom in three Dutch schools in Lelystad, Zaandam and Amsterdam. These teachers can provide valuable feedback about whether Minecraft is an effective teaching tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=277979Wq0u4 Parallel to this, the project GeoCraft NL is developed: a Minecraft world with the whole of the Netherlands on a scale 1:1. The project, initiated by the …

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