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An Elephant Never Forgets: How GIS Helped Save a Playground Pachyderm

If there is one thing that elementary school students around the world can agree on, it’s the wonderful feeling of hearing the recess bell. After quietly sitting and learning in class, it signals freedom to run, laugh, and play with friends, usually outside in the fresh air.

But in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Baobab Primary School had a 10,000-pound problem that prevented students from leaving their classrooms in June 2018. It seemed…

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conservation, GIS, cognitive geography, visualization, wildlife, geospatial
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