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

Changing the face of GIS education with communities of practice

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Pages 327-340 | Received 01 Mar 2016, Accepted 28 Mar 2017, Published online: 14 Jul 2017

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