Expected Results Students who studied web-based maps should show the greatest improvement in score. The hands-on interactivity should make memorizing easier. The web map would be more exciting and would hold the students' attentions longer. The zoom in feature is easier and more effective than having to shuffle through piles of paper to find a larger scale map. Maps are used to show distributions and locations of phenomena.
People sometimes fail to realize that there are research opportunities within cartography itself.
It is important to continue to research how to best display our earth in the abstract form of maps. Cartography has experienced many different research directions throughout its history. Some of the initial research directions are still considered valid, while others are not considered as important. Cartographic visualization, communication, and web-based mapping seem to be the most relevant and popular current research direction. Kimerling, A. Cartography in Geography in America.