Thinking about Spatial Computing

We propose to include the perspective of spatial computing in interdisciplinary courses on spatial thinking. Specifically, we recommend developing and applying a set of spatial lenses through which learners of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) get to see geographic space and choose spatial computations. These lenses are based on the core concepts of spatial information proposed by the authors. While there is intentionally nothing new about the concepts per se, their explicit use as lenses through which to see geographic information and select GIS operations is innovative. Thus, we propose a lightning talk on core concepts of spatial information as a form of spatial thinking to support learning

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