Maps for the Future: Children, Education and Internet

Description

The joint symposium of ICA commissions is always one of the most important event for cartographers. This joint seminar in Orleans was connected to 25th International Cartographic Conference, Paris. Works were presented by members of the commissions on: Cartography and Children, Cartographic Education and Training, Maps and the Internet, Planetary Cartography, Early Warning and Disaster Management. Front Matter....Pages i-vii International Associations and the Provision of Outreach Programmes for Education and Training....Pages 1-13 Exercises in Cartography....Pages 15-26 The Role of Output Devices in the Higher Education Courses of Cartography....Pages 27-42 Teaching Cartographical Skills in Different Educational Systems of EU....Pages 43-57 Cartography at Elementary School Level: Continuing Education of Teachers and Experiences in the Classroom....Pages 59-73 Cartography in Textbooks Published Between 1824 and 2002 in Brazil....Pages 75-84 The Transition from the Analytic to Synthesis Reasoning in the Maps of Geographic School Atlases for Children....Pages 85-92 How School Trips Modify the Pupils’ Representation of Space....Pages 93-102 Interpretation of Surface Features of Mars as a Function of Its Verbal—Toponymic—and Visual Representation....Pages 103-116 Internet Mapping Education: Curriculum Technology and Creativity....Pages 117-125 Spatial Knowledge Acquisition in the Context of GPS-Based Pedestrian Navigation....Pages 127-137 Developing Map Databases: Problems and Solutions....Pages 139-149 The Tile-Based Mapping Transition in Cartography....Pages 151-163 Visualisation of Geological Observations on Web 2.0 Based Maps....Pages 165-178 Updating a Hungarian Website About Maps for Children....Pages 179-193 Teaching Cartography to Children Through Interactive Media....Pages 195-202 Cartographic Response to Changes in Teaching Geography and History....Pages 203-217 Research on Cartography for School Children....Pages 219-227 The World in Their Minds: A Multi-scale Approach of Children’s Representations of Geographical Space....Pages 229-241 The Spatial Notions of the Cultural Universe of Childhood....Pages 243-254 Map Drawing Competition for Children in Indonesia....Pages 255-267 Cartography in Studying the Environment: Bilingual Practice Aiming at the Inclusion of Deaf Pupils....Pages 269-288 Study on the Acquisition of the Concept of Spatial Representation by Visually Impaired People....Pages 289-303 Tactile Cartography and Geography Teaching: LEMADI’s Contributions....Pages 305-316