Project GeoSim

Project GeoSim is a joint research project of the Departments of Computer Science and Geography at Virginia Tech. We are creating education modules for introductory geography courses. These modules typically have two parts:

• A tutorial program to introduce terms and concepts of the module.
• A simulation program with which to carry out lab exercises.

Project GeoSim Modules Available

The following GeoSim modules are currently available:

Human Population (HumPop) and International Population (IntlPop)

HumPop is a multimedia tutorial program. IntlPop is a population simulation program.

Migration Modeling (MigModel)

MigModel is a migration modeling and simulation program.

Mental Maps (MMap)

MMap is a geography quiz program.

Congressional Apportionment (MigPol)

MigPol simulates the effects of population shifts on the U.S. House of Representatives.

Sense of Place (SnsPlace)

SnsPlace focuses on the characteristics of U.S. counties and states.

Project GeoSim software will run on the following systems:

1. Macintosh (executable distributions)
2. X Windows (source distributions)
3. MS Windows (32-bit executable distributions)

All Project GeoSim software is available via anonymous FTP to geosim.cs.vt.edu.

Project GeoSim simulations were developed with the GeoSim Interface Library (GIL).

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