I had one of my readers send me a link to a blog post on Google Earth for Educators. There is some great information here for those who may be seeking to use Google Earth in the classroom. The blog post has compiled a variety of links on various ways to use Google Earth. The [...]
In my efforts to push GIS and Geospatial Technology, I jump on ever opportunity to tell other about my passion for GIS. In correlation with the 2009 Geography Awareness Week, I participated in my local GIS Day event and also presented at a high school. At the GIS Day event I worked a booth at [...]
With the GeoMentor Program being introduced at the 2009 ESRI International User Confernence many people are seeing this as a new idea. Although to most it seem like new, it has been around for some time at the micro level. ESRI and National Geographic are bringing it to the international level. This [...]
Amanda (@amandahstaub) put together a great list here. Just wanted to pass it on to others.
Greetings, everyone!
I am following the buzz at this year’s ESRI User Conference in San Diego going on this week. I thought that I would take a few minutes to share with you all some of the most interesting news and [...]
Several weeks back I wrote the post Insight from Inaugural SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Winner. In addition to Sue, I was also able to contact another winner, June Garneau. June provided some more valuable information as well. Although older than most of the contestants, she is an example for all of us. Here are some of her [...]
Although I am in the midst of raising funds to attend the SkillsUSA Geospatial Technology Competition, I am looking for support in a more important way. It is a shame that it took me being in the GIS industry 2 1/2 years while attending a geospatial technology college program before I heard anything about the [...]
I just can across this awesome YouTube video that I found on http://gistom.com. It’s a song called “It’s a Map of the World as We Know It (And I see Signs)”. This is adapted from the song “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” by R.E.M. It is perfect for any GIS [...]
I was just scanning the web and came across a couple of good resources. On the Mobilizing Youth website I found the Nonprofit GIS post. This post mentions an article from a while back that has a list of interesting uses of mapping by nonprofits and political campaigns. A recent comment on the nonprofit page [...]
I just came across a blog post by VerySpatial informing that the K-12 schools in West Virginia are getting a 3 year license for ESRI software. Since this is unoffical news, the extent of the software availability is unknown.
I personally think this is an awesome opportunity. GIS has great potential as a learning tool in the [...]
I just came across this awesome presentation mentioned on GeoMusings. The GeoWeb Community Development presentation was presented at the 2009 ESRI Developer Summit in Palm Springs, CA. The presentation by Alan Laframboise is very professionally done. Although it is ESRI focused, it has some great points about Web 2.0 and social media.
Alan sums up the [...]
