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Celebrate Arbor Day With GIS: Friday, April 24, 2009

Arbor Day is a nationally-celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and care. Did you know that GIS technology is used as a tool to manage data about trees? Here's how a few organizations around the world have employed GIS to do just that: GIS Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:47 PM by GIS-Day-Team | 0 Comments
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Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Watch PBS series Independent Lens on Tuesday April 14 and see how the simple act of planting trees lead to political change and a Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai was the keynote speaker at the ESRI International User Conference in 2007. Check for local broadcasting Read More...
Posted Monday, April 13, 2009 11:42 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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GIS Used to Manage and Access the Largest Earthquake Drill in U.S. History

At 10:00 a.m. on November 13, 2008, millions of people throughout Southern California participated in The Great Southern California ShakeOut Drill, the largest earthquake preparedness exercise in U.S. history. The ShakeOut was organized by the Earthquake Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:17 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments

Geography Awareness Week

Held the third week of November every year since 1987, Geography Awareness Week is a global celebration supported by the National Geographic Society and other organizations. This year, there is a geography-related theme for each day of the week. Monday—Human Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:36 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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New “What is GIS?” PowerPoint

A new " What is GIS? " PowerPoint presentation is available to help you educate participants at your GIS Day event. The presentation starts with definitions of geography and the origin of cartography, then describes applications of GIS technology in today's Read More...
Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 9:18 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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The NGS Continues to Present the Wonders of the World Through its Maps and Stories

There are few that can easily put down a National Geographic magazine once they have opened it. The maps, stories, and photos of distant places are captivating; bringing a sense of adventure and wonder to both young and old. The National Geographic Society Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 2:22 PM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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ESRI President Jack Dangermond Talks about the Future of GIS

Recently, Jack Dangermond, ESRI president, talked with Government Technology on what lies ahead for GIS and how the Web plays a crucial role. "My forecast is that as society becomes familiar with looking at things through geospatial visualization, they Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 5:18 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments

High School Atlas Project Charts Success

A group of Turners Falls [Massachusetts] High School students used GIS to map and describe various aspects of their community such as population, industries, and environmental changes. It gave them an opportunity to see and appreciate where they live Read More...
Posted Friday, January 11, 2008 6:04 AM by GeographyMatters | 1 Comments
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Spatial Thinking: Habits of Mind

Spatially literate people should have an understanding of spatial concepts and have spatial skills attached to their tool belts. However, there is more to a spatially literate person. According to the National Academy of Sciences report Learning To Think Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 8:37 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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Teacher Recognized for Incorporating GIS in the Classroom

Kathleen Galau teaches middle school at Floyd Dryden MS in Juneau, Alaska . This month, she was honored as a Featured Teacher by WIRED Science Education for using GIS as part of her curriculum. Recently, she took her students into the field to track a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:40 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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GIS Researchers See Pollution Come to Light

Artificial light is not conventionally thought of as a source of contamination, but its disruption of habitats and behaviors of plants and wildlife have brought it into the spotlight as a threat to the environment. Excess light can affect nocturnal predators Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:37 AM by GeographyMatters | 1 Comments
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AN INVITATION TO CONTRIBUTE TO A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE JOURNAL OF MAPS STUDENT EDITION

I received this from Mike Smith, editor of Journal of Maps. We are currently inviting contributions for a special issue of the Journal of Maps Student Edition devoted to the production of university campus maps. The aims are to develop excellence in the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 4:45 PM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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University of Alabama Associate Professor to Create Digital Map of Dhaka

University of Alabama, Birmingham, U.S.A. (UAB) Associate Professor Akhlaque Haque, Ph.D., is returning to his native country of Bangladesh to begin a four-month adventure to create Bangladesh's first comprehensive digital maps using Geographic Information Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:26 PM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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Teaching Geography is Fundamental

If you're reading the Geography Matters blog, chances are you know the importance of geography in education and the roll geography plays in understanding today's interconnected world. My Wonderful World , a National Geographic-led campaign, is supporting Read More...
Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 9:03 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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The Ship that Will Launch a Thousand Opportunities

Founder of the GIS Institute and the nonprofit organization Service at Sea , Drew Stephens works hard to maintain a certain way of life: "Service, work, learning. This is my life. This is fun." The members of Service at Sea will execute this motto by Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 28, 2007 8:59 AM by GeographyMatters | 0 Comments
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