Mapeamento de ambientes WebMaps e possíveis contribuições para o ensino de Geografia

Abstract

The emergence of the Internet and the World Wide Web have revolutionized the way we communicate. To access it, it is simply required to have a device capable of connecting to the Internet. With the high capacity for dissemination and consultation of data and information on the Internet, many government agencies that generate spatial information have built applications called WebMap. These applications designate the junction between Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Internet. The main purpose of these applications is to display, query and disseminate these data. By making spatial information available through interactive cartography via Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), these applications can become educational resources of the Geography teacher, since WebMap applications cover a vast number of physical and socioeconomic topics, Thus, through these environments students can interact with the maps in a dynamic and fully interactive way. In this work, some SIGWEB environments were mapped and the INDE’s Viewer was chosen because it is the portal that presents big number data from various organs and entities of the direct, autarchic, and foundational federal public administration. It was also verified the type of license that the data have – open data, provided the source is cited – as well as which INDE’s Viewer data illustrate the Geography content present in Elementary Education - 3rd Cycle - Theme 4. The composition and analysis of subheadings, scale, geographic coordinates, thematic map analysis in the INDE’s viewer are some examples of resources that can be explored in the teaching and learning process of the contents of axis 4 of the 3rd Cycle of Elementary Education.