On most campuses of higher education, there are relatively few people who know about GIS, but sometimes those others are exactly the people that ought to know, or need to know, or might enjoy knowing.  Here are some approaches, strategies, and stories for talking to higher education administrators about GIS.  We know these ideas are very US-centered.  SHARE with us your approaches, strategies, and stories from elsewhere!

TeachGIS_WhitePaper2_TalkingToAdminAboutGIS (pdf)

Update: this 4/24/13 version has been updated to include the names of contributors.

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These topics form some of the basic building blocks of map knowledge, and there are whole texts devoted to them. Here is a brief introduction that may answer some of your early questions.  WhitePaper1_Geog_Coordinates