{"id":4237,"date":"2017-04-12T18:14:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2017-04-12T18:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:14:53","slug":"maps-and-the-geospatial-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/04\/maps-and-the-geospatial-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps and the Geospatial Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

In late 2010 and early 2011, the Geospatial Revolution Project<\/a>\u00a0explored the use and impact of digital mapping through multimedia educational materials and a series of web videos.\u00a0An associated online course, “Maps and the Geospatial Revolution,” launched in 2013 as a MOOC (massive open online course) via Coursera; more than 100,000 students signed up for it. Now,\u00a0with changes to Coursera’s model, the instructor, Anthony C. Robinson,\u00a0has made the course materials freely available<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0self-directed study. [GIS Lounge<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In late 2010 and early 2011, the Geospatial Revolution Project\u00a0explored the use and impact of digital mapping through multimedia educational materials and a series of web videos.\u00a0An associated online course, “Maps and the Geospatial Revolution,”… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[812,813],"class_list":["post-4237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-education","tag-geospatial-revolution","tag-online-instruction","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791428,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/07\/the-geospatial-revolution-project-mapping-the-pandemic\/","url_meta":{"origin":4237,"position":0},"title":"The Geospatial Revolution Project: Mapping the Pandemic","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"16 July 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CjAuDfnVKi4 A decade after the Geospatial Revolution Project, which explored the use and impact of digital mapping technologies, released its fourth and (apparently) final episode, there\u2019s a new episode focusing on how digital mapping tools were conscripted into the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. 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