Gallup…

In a recent informal poll, 82% of respondents said they [AGREE] or [STRONGLY AGREE] with the statement “Antarctica is located somewhere near Siberia.”  In a related story, most people cannot read a compass, and grade school “geography” has turned into a “social studies” curriculum that does not include map studies.  Will mapping tools like GoogleEarth reverse this trend?

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