Why?
Nowdays, the term "G.I.S." (Geographical Information
System), although very fashionable, is used often mistakenly and
in a superficial manner. From a theoretical poin of view, G.I.S.
is not pr0oblematic: you simply access on the Internet, via Satellite,
the area of world you are interested in and, with consecutive
clicks, you may enlarge it untill you are able to locate the subject
you are looking for together with all the informations you need.
For example, a student who wants to enroll himself at a school,
could access, on his own computer the school's home page and "visit"
it virtually, becoming fully aware of "what" the school
offers and "how" they operate. On the web there is very
little information. In the example of schools there is no more
information available on the net than that existing within written
documents, disguising the potential advantages of multimedia communication.
Aim of the exhibition-meeting is to analyse this situation step
by step.
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