Continuing education and competency programmes in GIS

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 491-507

  Wikle, Thomas A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GIS; INFORMATION SYSTEM;

EID: 0031725392     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136588198241770     Document Type: Article

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