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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

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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Yes, you can create mashups using ESRI software!

Have a look at this cool demo, presented by Jack Dangermond and Jeremy Bartley, at the recent Where 2.0 conference in San Jose. The video resolution is rather poor, however you’ll get the idea. http://en.oreilly.com/where2009/public/schedule/detail/9102 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:28 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Geocoding Using ArcGIS Online

Since 2008, ArcGIS Online maps have been helping educators and others with free, ready-made maps that can be used directly in ArcGIS Desktop . Did you know that tasks have recently joined these ArcGIS Online maps? For example, free online geocoding tools Read More...
Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 6:09 AM by tbaker | 2 Comments

Layer Packages, ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Explorer 900

A key new capacity in ArcGIS Desktop 9.3.1 is the ability to generate "layer packages." These are sets of data plus the classification and symbolization scheme, exported out from ArcMap, and able to be drawn as the creator saved them. Instead of a folder Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:41 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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