Communities, Cartography and GIS: Enhancing undergraduate Geographic Education with Service Learning

International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research (IJAGR)

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Hawthorne, Timothy L ^a  

^a University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Learning; Applied Geography; Cartography; GIS; Ohio; Service Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001831582     PISSN: 19479654     EISSN: 19479662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijagr.2011040101     Document Type: Article

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