How can digital mapping technology be used in eduation and research? Princeton Professor of History Emmanuel Kreike and his collagues showed different ways in which mapping augments education and research. Kreike and his colleagues showed class and research projects that leveraged GIS or utilized Google maps combined with historic map and student annotation overlays containing historic information, travel data, etc. An older presentation on Kreike’s work using Google Maps, Earth, and GIS can be found here.

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