GIS&T Body of Knowledge
The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (BoK) is available via two new platforms to support more extensive data exploration, search, discovery, and visualization.
Visualization & Search platform
Use this Vis & Search platform to explore the content, gain rapid access to the full collection to search and explore, and locate a permalink for very Topic which connects directly to the GIS&T BoK Living Textbook platform (described in more detail below).
Living Textbook platform
Use this Living Textbook platform to review the content, explore connections across Knowledge Areas, print individual Topics, or locate the persistent identifiers (DOIs) for every Topic.
Visualization and Search Tool
From the GIS&T BoK Visualization platform, the full collection of 350+ Topics appears in its hierarchical structure. Topics are nested within Thematic Units which belong within Knowledge Areas (KA). Only the Domain Applications KA has its Topics as stand-alone content.
Each Topic is available as an easy-to-read version of its description, learning objectives, and other elements.
This brief guide (pdf) to the Vis & Search platform will assist in navigating the interface.
This video (~ 6 minutes) explains how to navigate platform.
Looking for a quick summary overview of the full collection? Here's a color-coded 2-page overview (pdf) (last updated July 1, 2024).
Living Textbook Platform
From the GIS&T BoK Living Textbook platform, all Topics can be accessed directly through robust search functionality, or accessed via an animated knowledge graph that depicts connections across the BoK content.
Each Topic is available as an easy-to-read version of its description, learning objectives, and other elements.
This brief guide (pdf) to the Living Textbook platform will assist in navigating the interface.
This video (~ 10 minutes) explains how to take advantage of this platform.
Sponsors and Partners
This project is an enormous undertaking, made possible by countless volunteer hours, and the generous support of our sponsors.