Matching geospatial concepts with geographic educational needs

Geographical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-98

  Golledge, Reginsldo G ^a   Marsh, Meredith ^a   Battersby, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept lexicon; Geographic education; Geospatial; Geospatial ontology

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; LEARNING; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949119535     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00494.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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