Celebrate Geography Awareness Week
“Get Lost in Mapping: Find Your Place in the World
“Maps are all around us. New technologies like sophisticated satellite imagery and geographic information systems (GIS) have taken maps out of atlases and into the palm of your hand. Discover maps where you never expected to find them—GPS devices, online sites, news broadcasts, social networking, and maybe even your own phone.
“Geography Awareness Week 2009 explores the world through mapping. Find your continent in giant tile maps, find your country in political outline maps, find your local area through community mapping tools like FieldScope and find your place in the world!
“Teachers, take advantage of National Geographic’s Geography Action! program. This year, your students can build a free wall-sized map of Europe or America right in their own classroom.
“At home, get in the sprit of adventure and discovery by tuning into National Geographic Channel’s Expedition Week, starting November 15.”
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