Subject: ‘essay’
March 6, 2010 Why Geography?GeographyThe citizens of many of the world’s countries still don’t realize that ignorance of geography can affect their political stability, economic success, and environmental health. Sure, it’s important to know where things are located. But even more important is learning in what ways those places are affected by their environments and their population. That, too, ... read more November 29, 2009 Essay on Why We Need to Improve Geographic LiteracyGeographyOne of the top blogs out there focusing on geography as a discipline is Geographic Travels with Catholicgauze. Patrick Abbott,who runs that blog, has an essay on KansasCity.com in their “As I see it” section entitled “Why we need to improve geographic literacy“. In the essay, Abbott argues that the media’s portrayal of geography has ... read more October 8, 2009Fixing the GIS Data MessData, Issues in GISJonathan Feldman of InformationWeek weighs in the on the debate about opening up GIS data and creating a uniform standard for data sharing and access in his article “How to Fix the GIS Data Mess“. In it, Feldman lays blame with the federal government, writing, “According to an article by Dr. Christopher Tucker of the ... read more |
