The making of the GIS teaching materials which utilized Google Earth,MANDARA GIS practical use in the secondary education by the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism country policy office

Takashi Tanaka

doi:10.14866/ajg.2012s.0_100078

Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers, Spring 2012

Session ID : 202

DOI https://doi.org/10.14866/ajg.2012s.0_100078

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The making of the GIS teaching materials which utilized Google Earth,MANDARA

GIS practical use in the secondary education by the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism country policy office

*Takashi Tanaka

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Keywords: Geography education, GIS, Google Earth, MANDARA

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In the GIS working group of the Geography Association of Gunma prefectural High Schools,we examined the GIS practical use in the senior high school geography class as the part of the GIS practical use program in the secondary education implemented by the MLITT for three years from 2009.This is a report of the examples of the practical use of the GIS tool such as Google Earth and MANDARA and a report of the problems to be solved for the GIS practical use,which we examined through the activity.

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