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Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, seventh edition, is a comprehensive, foundational textbook designed for the college curriculum. Now updated with a new section on map interpretation, Map Use provides students with the knowledge and skills to read and understand maps, and offers professional cartographers a thorough reference resource. Nearly 600 full-colour maps, photographs, and graphs illustrate the concepts behind communicating with maps, while an extensive glossary and resource DVD for instructors (lecture slides, lab exercises, and answer keys) further support use of the text in the classroom. The book renders basic cartographic principles accessible to all, from students of cartography and map design to those without a formal education in geography. Accommodating new developments in GPS and geographic information system technology (GIS), this newest edition could serve as an introductory GIS text as well.

Understanding Place is a reference for teachers who wish to deepen student involvement by using GIS technology to analyse, and visualise information. Using interactive maps, students in all disciplines have the opportunity to go beyond words to develop the skills and habits of seeing, thinking, and communicating with information-rich images. When students use GIS and mapping as tools to practice inquiry in their fields, they see more, understand more, and engage in a meaningful way with their subjects. Contributors candidly describe GIS-based teaching, learning, and research across the range of a liberal arts and sciences curriculum.

Over the past decade, historical GIS has emerged as a promising new methodology for studying history. In this companion piece to Past Time, Past Place, editor Anne Kelly Knowles presents a collection of case studies that illustrate how GIS technology can be utilised to reorganise and reevaluate historical data. Complete with a digital supplement, edited by Amy Hillier, Placing History is the perfect tool for engaging a classroom of young historians by demonstrating how GIS can be used to awaken the past.

Children Map the World, Volume 2, showcases one hundred favorite world map drawings submitted to the Barbara Petchenik Children's World Map Competition 2005-2007. The map competition, sponsored by The International Cartographic Association, was created as a memorial to Barbara Petchenik, a cartographer who studied how children comprehend maps. The vibrant collection of maps in this volume presents varying perspectives on the theme "Many Nations-One World" from young artists, ranging in age from four to fifteen and representing 37 countries. Cartographers, geographers, educators, and children will take interest in the colorful maps presented in this book.

This vibrant collection of children's work from the Barbara Petchenik Children?s World Map Competition presents a retrospective selection of 100 maps submitted over the first decade of the competition. Children Map the World includes award-winning entries, runners-up, and additional maps that reflect core values in surprisingly subtle and complex expressions. The messages embedded in these maps and the vulnerability of these children?s creations make them not only accessible but inspirational.

Analyzing Our World Using GIS, level 3 of the Our World GIS Education series, is geared to high school students and others who want to extend their basic GIS skills. The ten lessons combine step-by-step instruction with the critical thinking and open-minded exploration inherent in GIS. Building on students? fluency with tabular and raster GIS data, the curriculum enhances the topics covered in level 2 of the series (Mapping Our World Using GIS) and includes political and economic geography, geology, climate, population patterns, and current issues. The lessons are aligned to the National Geography Standards for grades 9-12, and a chart included in this media package aligns the modules to the National Science Education, Mathematics, and Technology curriculum standards.