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Abstract
Web mapping involves publishing and using maps via the Internet, and can range from presenting static maps to offering dynamic data querying and spatial analysis. Web mapping is seen as a promising way to support development of spatial thinking in the classroom but there are unanswered questions about how this promise plays out in reality. This article examines the resource demands and pedagogical value of Web mapping for geographical education for the case of an undergraduate introductory geography course designed to develop spatial thinking in students. Web mapping can be effective but is subject to a range of pedagogical, institutional, and technological caveats and corollaries.
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Steven Manson
Steven Manson is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, where he directs the Human-Environment Geographic Information Science lab. He combines environmental research, social science, and geographic information science to understand complex human-environment systems. Dr. Manson teaches in the areas of geographic information science and spatial analysis of human-environment systems.
The coauthors were teaching assistants and instructors for the Mapping Our World course; they helped develop the course and write this article.
