It is almost impossible for students to understand issues facing a shrinking globe without a geographical context.
Maps are among the most compelling and practical reasons to log on.
Beyond its obvious appeal to the terminally lost and folding-impaired, digital cartography represents a breakthrough to us all. On the low-tech end, libraries have been scanning their collections of rare cartographic treasures. The Web has made GIS software universally available to city planners, marketers, scientists, environmentalists and students, all of whom can now create tools for thoughtful analysis. It is almost impossible for students to understand the environmental, political and cultural issues facing our shrinking world without a geographical context. Allow me to help you create an online atlas.