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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

Fun with GIS #31: GIS = Analyzing STEM

My blog last week was about GIS as a " powertool for STEM education ." In preparing for GIS Day , Geography Awareness Week , and the Virginia STEM Education Conference , and bearing in mind the recently released federal funds for education known as " Read More...
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 10:00 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Mapping the Distribution of Golf Courses in ArcMap

My dad golfed over 200 different courses over a 30 year span. Sadly, his skills did not transfer to me, though I acknowledge in a movie I filmed on the driving range [TouTube video] that golfing is a spatial sport. Class discussions about golf courses Read More...
Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 3:30 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

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

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

Get Some Hands-on Training at the GIS Workshop at the October 2009 Geological Society of America Conference

Come explore how GIS can serve as a powerful toolkit in research, applications, and instruction in geosciences and environmental sciences at the upcoming annual conference of the Geological Society of America. My colleagues and I are teaching this workshop Read More...
Posted Friday, September 04, 2009 8:51 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS #26: Eyes on the Sky

It's summer in southern California. It's hot, and dry, and downright scary. (Contrary to the title of this column, wicked heat is no fun at all.) Though this summer has been generally mild, the last few weeks have seen temperatures in the 90's and 100's, Read More...
Posted Monday, August 31, 2009 5:32 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS #25: Top Ten Features of the New ArcGIS Explorer

The long-awaited update of ArcGIS Explorer has arrived! And what a slick tool it is! It has so many great features that it's hard even just to list them all, much less experience everything quickly. (Caution: It has become my favorite new way of losing Read More...
Posted Monday, August 24, 2009 3:33 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Join the ESRI Education Community Group on ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online Sharing is a new Web-based repository through which ArcGIS users can easily search and share GIS data, maps, layers, and tools. ArcGIS Online Sharing is currently in public beta and available to anyone with an ESRI Global Account . You can Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:13 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun With GIS #24: Geotagged Photos in ArcGIS Explorer 900

ArcGIS Explorer "900" -- the "coming soon" version of AGX -- is looking better and better! I took a pre-release version for another test drive today. Many youth and educators ask about "geotagged photos". Yes, I was able to display these! I'm a recent Read More...
Posted Monday, August 10, 2009 5:17 AM by tbaker | 1 Comments

Routing Using ArcGIS Online: Truckin’ at the Regional Scale

I have discussed how ArcGIS Online’s routing service supports optimized routing for North America and Europe, and investigated a classroom example at the city level. Now let’s investigate an example at a regional scale. Present the following scenario Read More...
Posted Friday, July 10, 2009 6:10 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Find Your Latitude-Longitude

If you are looking for a fast, easy way to find a latitude-longitude, visit the ESRI GIS Education Community's Latitude-Longitude Finder in the new Community Web Mapping Tools area. This geocoder uses ArcGIS Online to find latitude-longitude from street Read More...
Posted Monday, July 06, 2009 5:30 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Mapping Independence Day Place Names in the USA

This being the time for Independence Day in the USA, wouldn’t it be interesting to use GIS to investigate if place names having “Independence Day” origins have a spatial pattern? Ask your students what names come to mind when they think of Independence Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:09 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS #23, Using the Web: Sketch-A-Map

The ESRI EdCommunity is now hosting another cool tool for educators using GIS! This one is based on the power and speed of high-performing base maps from ArcGIS Online. On the Community Web Mapping Tools page, webmeister Tom Baker has built some nifty Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:52 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Routing Using ArcGIS Online

ArcGIS Online now includes collection of tasks, including geocoding , and a routing service that supports point-to-point and optimized routing for North America and Europe. It is available as a standard, no-cost service with a limit of 5,000 routes per Read More...
Posted Friday, June 26, 2009 2:05 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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