地理情報科学の教育と地理学

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This paper shows a recent trend in the development of geographic information science education, together with referring to recent issues on geography related to geographic information science. Section 1 introduces recent topics on geography. Section 2 explains what geographic information science is by asking whether or not GIS is a science. Section 3 discusses relationship between geography and geographic information science, and shows that the latter corresponds to general geography. Section 4 describes the present status of the curricula development. Section 5 shows the first draft of geographic information science curricula mentioned in Section 4. Section 6 shows that the curriculum of geographic information science in the first draft is now being revised in view of geographic information science and technology. Section 7 discusses how to gain the fundamental power of geography, considering the experiences in the curricula development of geographic information science and technology.