A cloud-based Giscience learning approach to spanish national parks

Álvarez Otero, JavierLázaro Torres, María Luisa deGonzález González, María Jesús2025-08-082025-08-082018-06-01Álvarez-Otero, J., Lázaro y Torres, M.L.& González González, M.J. (2018). A Cloud-Based GIScience Learning Approach to Spanish National Parks. European Journal of Geography, 9 (2), 6-20. https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/1331792-1341; e-ISSN: 2410-7433https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/133https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/29868La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en European Journal of Geography, 9 (2), 6-20, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/133. The registered version of this article, first published in European Journal of Geography, 9 (2), 6-20, is available online from the publisher's website: https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/133.GIScience learning is the main aim of the GI Learner project, which can be easily achieved using the cloud: open data online from Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI of Spain). School on the Cloud network has promoted a cloud-based learning approach by dealing with access, sharing and reusability of cloud resources. Thus, based on the results of two European projects, the objective of the article is to focus on improving awareness of sustainability by building itineraries based on places of interest within the best protected areas in Spain, the National Parks, using SDI geoinformation. The methodology of (re)using open data online from SDI by linking cloud knowledge with real Earth and the three selected Parks for a better spatial understanding has been shown to be a very useful way to understand territory. Thus, to improve the learning of sustainable management of National Parks by using cloud computing and SDI it may well prove to be an essential part of environmental education and social responsibility.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess54 GeografíaA cloud-based Giscience learning approach to spanish national parksjournal articleSpanish National Parksopen dataMaps-based learningcloud-based GIScience learningArcGIS OnlineWebGIS