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Mapping the Names of American Businesses: A Teaching and Software Aid.

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Alderman, Derek H.; Good, Daniel B. – Journal of Geography, 1996

Reviews two software programs, "PhoneDisc Business95" and "BusinessMAP LTF," that offer user-friendly, low-cost, and quick methods of identifying and mapping patterns of the names of U.S. businesses. This software can be used to help students understand how populations see and define themselves regionally and visualize the demographic spread of…

Descriptors: Built Environment, Business, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation