Use of the SPOT IMAGE in education of Remote Sensing, students of geology of the Central American school Geology, University of Costa Rica SPOT IMAGE: central Pacific and west Central Valley, Costa Rica Regional workshop on Evaluating the impact of 1990 - 2004 Series of the UN/Sweden International Training Course on Remote Sensing Education for Educators Authors: Luis Guillermo Salazar Mondragón * Elena Badilla Coto * Teacher in School of Geology, University of Costa Rica São José dos Campos, Brazil 21 - 25 February 2005 LOCATION OF THE SPOT IMAGE, COSTA RICA, MARCH, 1991 SPOT IMAGE, LEVEL 1B, CLASSIC COMPOSITION RESULTS FACES OF THE WORK SPOT IMAGE, SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION STUDENTS 2002 VISUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE PICTURE IMAGE Localization trainnig and special areas 2003 VISUAL INPECTION OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND AERIAL PHOTO INTERPRETATION Trace the route for field trip FIELD CHECK IN THE LAND TYPES OF ROCKS Roca Carballo and Aguacate formations INFRAESTRUCTURE ROADS AND PUNTARENAS PORT WORK IN SELECT SITES: Photography of the site “GPS” localization Samples of rocks and soils TWO BERMS OF SAND Geology CONTACTS BODY WATHER PACIFIC OCEAND AND RIVERS WORK IN THE LABORATORY Location of select sites in the digital SOPT IMAGE Histogram equalization Supervized classification with ILWISS” software Validation of the results in the field WAVES MARINE CURRENTS COVER OF THE GROUND GALLERY FLOREST AND COFFEE CLIFFTS and BEACHES GRASSLANDS AND SOIL FINAL REPORT OF RESULTS, PAPER, IMAGES, MAPS, ETC MARINE SEDIMENTS MANGROVES SUGGAR CANE AND FRUITS * GEOLOGY DIRECTION: Apdo 214-2060 Escuela de Geología Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica América Central E-mail: luis.salazarmondragon@ucr.ac.cr