New UK Movie on GIS in Education
Some of our excellent UK colleagues have created a wonderful 15 minute video about GIS in the classroom made for Teachers TV. It features Digital Worlds GIS in a secondary school with kids of around 13 years old: http://www.teachers.tv/subjectBlockVideo.do?transmissionBlockId=315524&zoneId=2&transmissionProgrammeId=315546
The opening scene is one of the funniest and yet most captivating that I have ever seen in a GIS-related video - a classic moment!If you register with the Teachers TV site, you can even download the video for use in your own training events. We received permission from the creator of the video to do this. It ends up at just over 38 MB in size. Enjoy!
Canadian Cartography Blog
I recommend spending some time on the Canadian Cartographic Association Blog:http://ccablog.blogspot.com/ Perusing this blog, you can find out about the openstreetmap.org, urban sprawl from space maps, global-i for socioeconomic data, a public project to map Manchester, England this month, Canadian GIS data, mapping ship locations around the world, mapping cab locations in San Francisco, reviews of map services such as Windows Live Local-MapQuest-Yahoo Maps, the UNOSAT initiative to provide satellite imagery and maps to the humanitarian community, Green Maps, and much, much more. A wonderful source of data and ideas.
ArcWeb Explorer Beta from ESRI
Another wonderful resource is the Beta version of ArcWeb Explorer from ESRI, through which you can examine street maps, satellite imagery, and hybrids on: http://www1.arcwebservices.com/explorer/index.jsp
Some of our excellent UK colleagues have created a wonderful 15 minute video about GIS in the classroom made for Teachers TV. It features Digital Worlds GIS in a secondary school with kids of around 13 years old: http://www.teachers.tv/subjectBlockVideo.do?transmissionBlockId=315524&zoneId=2&transmissionProgrammeId=315546
The opening scene is one of the funniest and yet most captivating that I have ever seen in a GIS-related video - a classic moment!If you register with the Teachers TV site, you can even download the video for use in your own training events. We received permission from the creator of the video to do this. It ends up at just over 38 MB in size. Enjoy!
Canadian Cartography Blog
I recommend spending some time on the Canadian Cartographic Association Blog:http://ccablog.blogspot.com/ Perusing this blog, you can find out about the openstreetmap.org, urban sprawl from space maps, global-i for socioeconomic data, a public project to map Manchester, England this month, Canadian GIS data, mapping ship locations around the world, mapping cab locations in San Francisco, reviews of map services such as Windows Live Local-MapQuest-Yahoo Maps, the UNOSAT initiative to provide satellite imagery and maps to the humanitarian community, Green Maps, and much, much more. A wonderful source of data and ideas.
ArcWeb Explorer Beta from ESRI
Another wonderful resource is the Beta version of ArcWeb Explorer from ESRI, through which you can examine street maps, satellite imagery, and hybrids on: http://www1.arcwebservices.com/explorer/index.jsp
posted by Joseph Kerski | 5:23 AM
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There are some free websites with very helpful information for students applying to college. These sites have advice on
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