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Investigating Current Hazard Events in ArcGIS Explorer: Landslides

One of the earliest topics that researchers and educators tackled with GIS was natural hazards, because of their multi-disciplinary nature, and because hazards data were readily available in formats easily ingested by GIS software. Fifteen years later, Read More...
Posted Friday, November 20, 2009 1:30 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

European Capital Cities and ArcGIS Explorer

In honor of Geography Awareness Week and its European theme, I built a small ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) project focused on European capital cities….and best of all it’s here for you to download . In a nutshell, I did the following: 1. A little Web research Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:06 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): Europe.nmf

ArcGIS Explorer Blog: Show us your geography and GIS!

Next week starts Geography Awareness Week . And next Wednesday, November 18, is GIS Day . So we'd like you to show us your geography and GIS! Learn more at the ArcGIS Explorer Blog . We're ready to highlight your geographic and GIS activities using ArcGIS Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:00 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

ArcGIS Explorer and Overlays and Craters…Oh My!

The ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) Resource Center is a great place to discover tips, tricks, and fun things you can do with AGX. I was touring the AGX blog and ran across a compelling post— Creating cool text and titles for your ArcGIS Explorer presentations Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:33 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and …….. Flickr? Oh My!

Among its many powerful features, ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) can display GeoRSS data – a data stream containing geography and attribute information. One of the most compelling features of GeoRSS is it’s ability to be readily created, allowing websites to display Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:18 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS #30: GIS = Powertool for STEM

I spent last week at the annual conference of the State Educational Technology Directors Association . Participants and speakers talked about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to the point that I wished I had a nickel for every Read More...
Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 9:06 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Corny Geography: Mapping Corn Mazes in ArcGIS Explorer

Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere means exploring mazes cut into fields of corn (maize) whose intricate patterns and shapes are created with GPS and a creative imagination. In a recent electronic newsletter from Point of Beginning , a resource dedicated Read More...
Posted Friday, November 06, 2009 12:11 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

My National Parks and ArcGIS Explorer (Part 10): What We Learned

Recently PBS aired The National Parks: America’s Best Idea . The series has inspired this sequence of blog postings about aspects of my personal park explorations over the years. I’m using ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) in the investigation. See other national Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:44 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): AGXparkssummary.xls

Mappy Halloween!

To get in the Halloween spirit, I created a layer package of data from the 2007 US Census of Agriculture about pumpkins, and shared it on ArcGIS Online [ view layer package here (181 KB) ]. You can explore where pumpkins are grown using this data and Read More...
Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 2:12 AM by tbaker | 1 Comments

My National Parks and ArcGIS Explorer (Part 9)

Recently PBS aired The National Parks: America’s Best Idea . The series has inspired this sequence of blog postings about aspects of my personal park explorations over the years. I’m using ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) in the investigation. See other national Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:51 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

My National Parks and ArcGIS Explorer (Part 8)

Recently PBS aired The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. The series has inspired this sequence of blog postings about aspects of my personal park explorations over the years via ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) . See other national park blog posts for more. We’re Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:49 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Have you checked out the ArcGIS Explorer Blog lately?

If you haven't visited the ArcGIS Explorer blog lately, take a little time and drop in! The AGX team has some great ideas and tools on the blog. Recently: * How to add locations from text files - and more * Text, photos, links, and HTML in popups * Adding Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:51 PM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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My National Parks and ArcGIS Explorer (Part 7)

Recently PBS aired The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. The series has inspired this sequence of blog postings about aspects of my personal park explorations over the years via ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) . See other national park blog posts for more. We’re Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:11 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Earth Science Week 2009

October 11-17 is Earth Science Week ("ESW"), organized by the American Geological Institute . The purpose is to encourage people to learn about the natural world and examine the geosciences. This year, particular attention is being given to climate. ESRI Read More...
Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 8:16 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

My National Parks and ArcGIS Explorer (Part 6)

Recently PBS aired The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. The series has inspired this sequence of blog postings about aspects of my personal park explorations over the years via ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) . See other national park blog posts for more. We’re Read More...
Posted Saturday, October 10, 2009 6:02 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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