GIS as tool

GIS is fun when the tools are easy, interesting data is available and the case study is
exciting.

Analysing spatial data using GIS gives insight.

Space and location make spatial thinking a distinct, basic and essential skill that can and should be
learned in school education, alongside other skills like language, mathematics and science.

Spatial thinking is a distinct form of thinking, which helps people to visualize relationships between and among
spatial phenomena (Stoltman & De Chano, 2003).