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Window on Cybergeography.

By Nelson, John C.
Publication: Focus
Date: Friday, March 22 2002

After co-teaching an undergraduate GIS seminar with the new editor of FOCUS on Geography, I was approached to put together short overviews of web sites that are of geographic value. During the seminar, we both became aware of how great an influence the Internet was on the material for the course and the students. After some in-depth discussions, we decided to give this new "Window on Cybergeography" column a try. It is our hope that this new column will become an important service and a reoccurring one in Focus on Geography.

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