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Subject: Re: : tough without a map - Youtube video
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:31:02 -0400
From: Marcel Fortin <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Let's face it, we can't all be Mr. Geography (Toronto cabbie who
challenges his fares to a geography duel for a free ride). Quoting a web
page dedicated to him:
"He believes with all his heart that humanity in our ever-increasing
global society can and will start to get along if we all obtain a better
understanding of each other, and he feels the first step in this process
of acceptance is geography! "
http://www.geographyolympics.com/mrgeo/
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Marcel Fortin, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
and Map Librarian
University of Toronto 5038 Robarts Library
130 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
CANADA
fax: 416-946-0522 email: [log in to unmask]
Maps-L wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: : tough without a map - Youtube video
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:19:57 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Hey, give her credit, she was right. "US Americans" don't have maps,
> cannot
> read maps, are not taught about maps, don't understand maps as research
> tools, and as one blogger says think they are going uphill when they
> follow
> the north arrow. The map librarians have their work cut out for
> themselves.
> We can always hope the Geography Alliances in each state will make a
> difference in teaching school geography, and hopefully that includes
> maps..., but who knows?
>
>
> Alice C. Hudson
> Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division
> The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
> The New York Public Library
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