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Author and Citation Info:
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Geography as a foundation for GIS. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).
Learning Objectives:
Define the properties that make a phenomenon geographic
Explore the history of geography including (but not limited to) Greek and Roman contributions to geography (Eratosthenes, Strabo, Ptolemy), geography and cartography in the age of discovery, military geography, and geography since the Quantitative Revolution
Justify or refute whether geography (as a discipline) should have a central role in GIS&T
Discuss the differing denotations and connotations of the terms spatial, geographic, and geospatial
Justify a chosen position on which disciplines should have as important a role in GIS&T as geography
Describe some insights that a spatial perspective can contribute to a given topic
This Topic has been deleted in future versions of the GIS&T Body of Knowledge
DiBiase, D., DeMers, M., Johnson, A., Kemp, K., Luck, A. T., Plewe, B., and Wentz, E. (2006). Geography as a foundation for GIS. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers. (2nd Quarter 2016, first digital).