Thinking Spatially

Joseph Kerski

Spatial Thinking in Education

  1. 1 MAR

    Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, Geographic Oddity: March 2026 Thinking Spatially Podcast

    In the March 2026 Thinking Spatially podcast, again focusing on a Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, and Geographic Oddity, we will focus on:  Two famous and beautiful trails (Cinque Terra Italy and Saxer Lucke Switzerland), scientific and geographic pioneer Gladys West, GPS, The Rights of Nature movement, and national and state borders along latitude and longitude lines. Gladys West Gladys West, science and geographic pioneer.

    20 min

  2. 1 FEB

    The Thinking Spatially podcast February 2026

    In the February 2026 Thinking Spatially podcast, we will again highlight a Place, Thought Leader, Tool, Event, Geographic Oddity:  This month we will focus on the distinction between Place vs Space in geography, Dr Yi-Fu Tuan and the concept of Topophilia, Remote Sensing, Mapping Cholera in 1854, and the concept of and importance of Null Island. Landsat Imagery

    22 min

  3. 1 JAN

    A place, thought leader, tool, event, and geographic oddity: January 2026 Thinking Spatially podcast

    A place, thought leader, tool, event, and geographic oddity: January 2026 podcast in the Thinking Spatially series. This month I feature:  The shortness of the Alabama coastline, Eratosthenes' Earth Measurement, GIS as a tool, the Earthrise 1968 photo, and the northernmost, easternmost, southernmost, and westernmost points of land in the USA.  Enjoy! Joseph Kerski at GIS lighted sign

    25 min

  4. 01/12/2025

    Vesuvius: Natural Hazards Analysis, past and present, and its impact on geographic studies

    This episode investigates Mt Vesuvius: Natural Hazards Analysis, past and present, and its impact on geographic studies. Mt Vesuvius:  Public Domain

    12 min

  5. 01/11/2025

    Defining Geography: Traditions, Themes, and Standards

    This episode discusses how geography is defined, exploring its traditions, themes, and standards. Defining Geography

    15 min

  6. 01/10/2025

    Photography: Documenting the Landscape

    This episode investigates how photography impacted the study of the Earth and how geographers in turn impacted and used photography.   Photography: Photograph by Joseph Kerski, Idaho-Washington USA border.

    16 min

  7. 01/09/2025

    Bernhardus Varenius: The first modern geography textbook

    This episode discusses Bernhardus Varenius and the impact that the first modern geography textbook had on the past and present.  Varenius: Geographia generalis, 1715

    13 min

  8. 01/08/2025

    Sebastian Munster: Describing the Heavens and Earth in Cosmographia. 

    This episode discusses Sebastian Munster's contribution to geography:  Describing the Heavens and Earth in Cosmographia.  Munster mapTabula Novarum Insularum, 1540: Public Domain.

    11 min
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About

Spatial Thinking in Education

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  • Creator
    Joseph Kerski
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Thinking Spatially

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