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Today the Institute is running complex system of geoinformatics education, which is composed of wide variety of different modules taught in different forms. The structure of complex system is as follows:

	pregraduate courses (without fees) bachelor in geoinformatics (full time and part time forms) master in geoinformatics - 2 years study following bachelor in geoinformatics (full time and part time forms) master in geoinformatics - 2 years study following any other bachelor studies (full time and part time forms) master in geoinformatics - 5 years study (full time only)
	postgraduate courses (without fees) PhD studies in geoinformatics
	lifelong education courses (with fees) short and long term courses in geoinformatics and geoinformation technologies.

Besides education our institute is focused to research and development on the sphere of geoinformatics, geoinformation technologies and in the fields of their applications, too. The most important projects have been:

	Regional Information System of North Moravia and Silesia (1995 until now) developed for Regional Development Agency, Ostrava and used by Regional government of Moravia-Silesia Region, too (Phare program partly)
	Metainformation system MIDAS (1998 until now) developed in close cooperation with Czech Association for Geoinformation for former Czech Office for Public Information Systems (today's Ministry for Informatics) and focused to metadata about geodatasets (it describes more then 3.200 geodatasets now)
	Spatial analysis of unemployment - project sponsored by Czech Grant Agency
	Implementation of spatial analysis tools to labour market for labour offices; this project have been developed in cooperation with Czech Association for Geoinformation for Czech Ministry of Work and Social Affairs

This year we are running (among others) these projects:

	Labour market modelling with geoinformation technology (2002-2004) - project sponsored by Czech Grant Agency
	Visual system of gathering and processing of metric 3D data in real time (2003-2006) - project sponsored by Czech Grant Agency

We participate in some international projects. This year it is for example:

	Integrated Water Management of Transboundary Catchments (TRANSCAT) (2002-2005) - in the framework of 5FP (coordinator and contractor ISQ, Porto Salvo, Portugal)
	Metrology in Support to Precautionary Sciences and Sustainable Development Policies (METROPOLIS) (2002-2004) - in the framework of 5FP (coordinator and contractor INERIS, Paris, France).

We have participated in other international projects as TEMPUS, WELL-GIS, PANEL-GI, Student placement projects in the framework of LEONARDO Program, etc. Our institute is member of Geographic Information Systems International Group (GISIG), Genoa, Italy.

Our institute is running large annual conference "GIS... Ostrava" from 1994 and annual student conference "GISacek" from 1998.

Institute of Geoinformatics develops some laboratories used both for education and research:

	Laboratory of geographic information systems
	Laboratory of geoinformation technologies
	Laboratory of mobile geoinformation technologies.

Laboratory of geographic information systems

This laboratory is used mainly for education. There are twelve workplaces equipped with PCs (Athlon 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB HDD, 17" display), Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Office, SW ARC/INFO, ArcView, Geomedia, MapInfo, Topol Remote Sensing, IDRISI for Windows, etc.

Laboratory of geoinformation technologies

This laboratory is used partly for education and partly for research. There are:

	workplace for digitising (PC with SW PC-ARC/INFO, A3 and A1 digitisers)
	workplace for remote sensing and digital photogrammetry (SW ERDAS)
	workplace for SW ARC/INFO (2 HP workstations and 2 X-terminals)
	workplace for SW GRASS (8 PCs with LINUX and server (2x PIworkplace for SW GRASS (8 PCs with LINUX and server (2x PIII Xeon 750 MHz, 96 GB RAID-5).

Laboratory of mobile geoinformation technologies

This laboratory is still under construction. The main purpose of this laboratory is research in the field of mobile GIT. There are these workplaces:

	workplace of mobile GIS (iPAQ computer with CompactGPS, Bloetooth, ArcPAD, LINUX, GRASS, etc., mobile phones with Bluetooth and GPRS, WLAN in the near future)
	workplace of GPS (single frequency Trimble GPS receivers + reference station)
	workplace of digital 3D sensors (development of visual system of gathering and processing of metric 3D data in real time)
	workplace of mobile digital imaging (high resolution digital cameras, RC model of helicopter equipped with digital camera and on-line transfer of video signal to a ground and with high resolution digital camera and GPS receiver in the near future).

The research activities of our institute are focused to:

	spatial data analysis in human geography
	metainformation systems
	mobile GIT in the sphere of emergency management and response
	3D models and 3D data gathering and processing
	GPS applications for mapping and mobile means tracking
	application of (mobile) GIT in intelligent transport systems (ITS).

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