GIS Education Weekly: Cutting a Globe to Teach About Projections

Resources

Andy Woodruff suggests this is the best of the recent articles (from Vox) aimed at the public about map projections. h/t @m0gould

In the U.S. cutting a globe is protected speech.

Academia.edu (open access): Concept Maps as a Tool to Analyse College Students' Knowledge of Geospatial Concepts. The study looked at the changes in student's concept maps after a  introductory-level GIS course.

arXiv: The Effect of Pokemon Go on The Pulse of the City: A Natural Experiment (pdf): "We found a significant effect of Pokemon Go on the floating population of Santiago: up to 13.8% more people being outside at certain times, even 
if they do not seem to go out of their usual way."