GIS Specialist
Tara Anthony
she/her/hers
Contact:
1A Central Pattee Library
814-863-5753
Subjects: Campus: University Park, Maps
Donald W. Hamer Center for Maps and Geospatial Information
Related Guides
Introduction
This guide provides an introduction to resources on maps and geospatial topics for the liberal arts. These tabs highlight Penn State maps and geospatial resources, relevant literature, a selection of projects located on websites, discipline-specific examples, additional resources, and factors to consider when implementing maps and geospatial information into projects and curriculum.
Thinking Spatially
These resources are helpful starting points for applying spatial thinking and topics into projects.
- Learning to think spatially: GIS as a support system in the K-12 curriculumThis e-book focuses on spatial thinking and how it is relevant across domains.
- GIS Research Methods: Incorporating Spatial Perspectives, Chapter 1, Why think spatially?This chapter provides examples of geospatial information, geographic information systems (GIS), web-basd applications, and examples of geospatial projects.
- ArcNews, A Spatial Literacy Initiative in Higher Education, The University of Redlands integrates spatial thinking and GIS campus-wideThis article highlights an example of the integration of spatial thinking in an university setting.
- Understanding and nurturing spatial literacyThis article focuses on spatial literacy with emphasis on spatial concepts, spatial representation, and spatial reasoning.
- Resource Needs and Pedagogical Value of Web mapping for Spatial ThinkingThis article focuses on the incorporation of web mapping in an undergraduate course in geography.