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Schools

Where in the world to go next?

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 18, 2007


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Austin Merlin, above, a ninth-grader at Tampa's H.B. Plant High, uses a compass in a treasure hunt Wednesday at the Environmental Science, Policy and Geography Program GIS Olympiad at USF St. Petersburg. Rosie Chittick, right, a fourth-grader at Perkins Elementary in St. Petersburg, assembles an African map. The Olympiad marks National GIS Day, which promotes geographic information systems technology.

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