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JGHE Symposium: Innovations in and the Changing Landscape of Geography Education with Geographic Information Systems

The changing nature of GIS and the provision of formal GIS education in the UK: a case study

Pages 310-326 | Received 13 Oct 2015, Accepted 29 Mar 2017, Published online: 10 Apr 2017

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