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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.esri.com/Info/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Spatial “Habits of Mind” In Practice, Part I:  A Day in the Life of A Spatial Thinker</title><link>http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/gisedcom/archive/2008/07/16/spatial-habits-of-mind-in-practice-part-i-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-spatial-thinker.aspx</link><description>Denver International Airport terminal, photograph by Joseph Kerski. In previous blog entries, I considered the importance of spatial thinking in education and in society, reasons for the recent increase in attention to it, and how we might conceptualize</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>re: Spatial “Habits of Mind” In Practice, Part I:  A Day in the Life of A Spatial Thinker</title><link>http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/gisedcom/archive/2008/07/16/spatial-habits-of-mind-in-practice-part-i-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-spatial-thinker.aspx#2300</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:17:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8296249d-4d69-4913-b1e7-14b85fcd9fb0:2300</guid><dc:creator>mmarkel</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Wow!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I call that spatial planning. &amp;nbsp;You anticipate certain needs based on prior patterns and experiences; hence, Tetris in a suitcase with the needed items organized and within easy reach.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You constantly wonder how patterns fit into every aspect of the people, places, and things. &amp;nbsp;It is no longer people, places, and things, but how each people and their things relate to the place. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;M Markel&lt;/p&gt;
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