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Map Literacy

Map Literacy is the cognitive ability to interpret, analyze, and communicate spatial information through maps, distinguished from general literacy by its specific focus on understanding cartographic symbols, conventions, projections, and spatial representations within diverse geographic contexts.

231

Publications

7.6K

Citations

405

Authors

197

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

39

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Publications

231

The 2016 International Charter on Geographical Education

Joseph P. Stoltman, John Lidstone, Gillian Kidman · International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education · 2016 · 281 citations · Full text

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STUDIES OF GEOGRAPHIC LEARNING

J. M. Blaut, David Stea · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 1971 · 128 citations

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Research in Geographic Education

Journal of Geography · 1940 · 120 citations

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Early map use as an unlearned ability

Barbara Landau · Cognition · 1986 · 116 citations

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MapSense

Émeline Brulé, Gilles Bailly, Anke Brock et al. · 2016 · 115 citations · Full text

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Authors

405

  1. MH
    Martin Hanuš

    Charles University, Czechia

    5 publications · 94 citations

    5

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  2. MB
    Mark Blades

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 144 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. LS
    Lynn S. Liben

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    4 publications · 249 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. CS
    Christopher Spencer

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 144 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. MS
    Michael Solem

    American Association of Geographers, United States

    3 publications · 66 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 405

Institutions

197

  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    833 citations

  2. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    595 citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    92 citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    205 citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    269 citations

  6. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    142 citations

  7. Western Michigan University

    Kalamazoo, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    375 citations

  8. Palacký University Olomouc

    Olomouc, Czechia

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    176 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geography

    32 publications · 1K citations

    20

    h-index

  2. 12

    h-index

  3. The Cartographic Journal

    12 publications · 305 citations

    10

    h-index

  4. 8

    h-index

  5. The American Cartographer

    8 publications · 216 citations

    8

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