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An exploratory assessment of spatial thinking among geospatial professionals in South Africa | SA News

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Spatial thinking is the cognitive skill of combining concepts of space, representation tools, and reasoning processes to solve complex spatial problems. Despite significant advances in geospatial technologies, individuals still lack this important skill, especially when working with maps and geospatial data. Spatial thinking abilities have been assessed for school learners and university students, but to our knowledge, not yet for those with work experience. A better understanding of the level of spatial thinking abilities in the geospatial industry can help us to understand whether experience and daily work with maps and geospatial data improve spatial thinking abilities. In…

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