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ABSTRACT: Five converging global trends are shaping the advancement of GIS. These trends—geoawareness, geoenablement, geotechnologies, storytelling, and citizen science--represent a window of opportunity to foster and advance geoliteracy throughout education and society. Join Joseph Kerski as we discuss how GIS and spatial thinking at all levels of education is critical to reaching this goal and how you as a GIS professional are key to its success. Five converging global trends are shaping the advancement of GIS. These trends—geoawareness, geoenablement, geotechnologies, storytelling, and citizen science--represent a window of opportunity to foster and advance geoliteracythroughout education and society. Join Joseph Kerski as we discuss how GIS and spatial thinking at all levels of education is critical to reaching this goal and how you as a GIS professional are key to its success.
