On the subject
Lecture Notes In Geoinformation and Cartography by Call Number: onlineISBN: 9783642123269Publication Date: 2010-01-01
You Are Here by Call Number: QP491 .E45 2009 - Olin Level BISBN: 9780385528061Publication Date: 2009-07-07
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Spatial thinking involves thoughtful study of our physical world. It considers location, orientation, dimensions and trajectory of attributes in an environment and their relative positions in space to others. Spatial thinking allows us to frame and examine research problems when aspects of location matter.
from Stephen Tan
Some more reading
- Bednarz, Sarah Witham, and Karen Kemp. 2011 Understanding and Nurturing Spatial Literacy. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 21: 18–23.
- Bodenhamer, David J. 2007 Creating a Landscape of Memory: The Potential of Humanities GIS. International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing 1(2): 97–110.
- Goodchild, Michael F., and Donald G. Janelle. 2010 Toward Critical Spatial Thinking in the Social Sciences and Humanities. GeoJournal 75(1): 3–13.
- Jessop, Martyn. 2008 The Inhibition of Geographical Information in Digital Humanities Scholarship. Literary and Linguistic Computing 23(1): 39–50.
- Lee, Jongwon, and Robert Bednarz. 2009 Effect of GIS Learning on Spatial Thinking. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 33(2): 183–198.
- Milson, Andrew J., Joseph J. Kerski, and Ali Demirci. 2012 The World at Their Fingertips: A New Age for Spatial Thinking. In International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS in Secondary Schools. Pp. 1–11.
- Yeager, Charles D., and Thomas Steiger. 2013 Applied Geography in a Digital Age: The Case for Mixed Methods. Applied Geography 39: 1–4.