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Exploring Data Using Cartograms within ArcGIS Desktop at the County and State Scale

In a recent ESRI EdCommunity blog, I described how to download and use a script to create cartograms in ArcMap . While I examined total CO2 emissions by country, the same tool can be applied to any data at any scale. Because I consider cartograms to be Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:38 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Creating Customized Maps for Classroom Use Using GIS

We tend to focus on the analytical capabilities of GIS, and rightly so, as that is its major strength. However, GIS can also be used to quickly create customized maps. These maps can be used by the instructor to support a lesson, or by the student to Read More...
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 8:21 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS #29: The Joy of Joining, or "I Wanna Be a Map!"

At my first ever geography teacher institute, at Macalester College in 1986, one of the leaders held up a data table and said "Look at this table! Just look at it! You can just … just … put your ear up close, like this, y'see … and hear it crying out Read More...
Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 7:33 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Exploring Data Using Cartograms within ArcGIS Desktop

Cartograms, because they distort our normal view of things, are wonderfully rich research and teaching tools. A distance cartogram shows relative travel times and directions within a network. An area cartogram is a map in which some variable is used instead Read More...
Posted Friday, October 16, 2009 2:42 AM by tbaker | 2 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

Free PBS Webinar on US National Parks

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/webinar/ Wednesday, October 7, 8-9 p.m. EDT As part of this webinar, two GIS educators (Kathryn Keranen and Lyn Malone) will look at two National Parks (Yosemite and Shenandoah) using ArcGIS Explorer. Their mission is to help Read More...
Posted Monday, October 05, 2009 1:14 PM by tbaker | 0 Comments

GIS, Geography Education, and the NCGE

Teaching with GIS fits well in many disciplines, but one of its “homes” is in geography education. One might argue that for a geography educator not to use maps is like a chemistry teacher not using the periodic table. And the spatial analysis possible Read More...
Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 2:02 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Alaska School District Implements ESRI GIS Site License

Plans Include Geomentoring by Local Agencies and Visiting Scientists Redlands, California—The North Slope Borough (NSB) in Alaska has used ESRI's geographic information system (GIS) software for more than 30 years. Recognizing the potential of the technology Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 3:52 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

Mapping Life In The Fast Lane: By Country

One of the most written-about phenomena in modern society is our fast-paced world. How can one measure the “pace of life,” and does this pace vary in different places around the world? In his very interesting book, A Geography of Tim e, social psychologist Read More...
Posted Friday, August 21, 2009 7:00 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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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

Investigating Water Use Patterns in the USA With GIS

Name at least 10 ways in which you use water. What factors influence the amount of water that you use? In what ways do you try to conserve water? Do you use the same amount of water as your neighbor? Why or why not? How does the per capita use of water Read More...
Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 2:51 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

GeoMentoring Project Maps “Gunpowder Point” in San Diego

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Host Youth Service Projects to Develop Historic Records In July, the National 4-H GIS Leadership Team and EquipoGIS, an international youth group, were invited by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to conduct geographic Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 04, 2009 2:04 AM by tbaker | 0 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

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
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