Rethinking laboratory education for an introductory course on geographic information

Cartographica

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 61-71

  Dibiase, David ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b George F Deasy GeoGraphics Lab

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GEOGRAPHY CURRICULUM; GIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0030317364     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/0137-7r27-1701-5417     Document Type: Article

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