EDUCAUSE ELI (Education and Learning Initiative) publishes a very useful series of short (two-page) summaries on educational technology topics; several of these relate to the topic of mapping. Here’s a collection of some 7-Things mapping-related offerings, ordered by date:
7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Data Visualization II – August 2009 (PDF)
- Mapping is only one of the facets of data visualization, but an important one, supported by many free on-line tools
7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Location-Aware Applications – March 2009 (PDF)
- Your phone knows where you are; that might be a valuable thing for research and at the same time a nightmare for privacy
7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Geolocation – August 2008 (PDF)
- Applications which can geotag their data, automatically or with minimal effort, offer interesting opportunities for data collection and mashup applications
7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Google Earth – October 2006 (PDF)
- A powerful, quirky, and free tool to visualize and tour the Earth, including ocean depths, the Moon, and Mars