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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

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

Fun with GIS#28: Visualization AND Analysis

Seeing is believing. Recent innovations in visualizing basic information through maps has made more of the public aware of the power of geography. Seeing spatial patterns is still truly eye-opening for many, which is at the same time exciting to see and Read More...
Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 2:17 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS #27: Exploring Climate Change

One cool thing about being an educator is that there's no end of subjects that matter. One cool thing about being a geographer is seeing the ways in which all things are related. And one cool thing about being a techie in the 21st century is that there Read More...
Posted Monday, September 14, 2009 4:20 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Technology Trends in GIS—Climate

GIS technology supports many crucial aspects of scientific research and analysis. While many GIS applications have traditionally focused on creating inventories of the natural and cultural environment, GIS is increasingly being used to create new knowledge Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:39 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Investigating the Earth Using Current Weather

One might think about using GIS in three powerful ways. First, running GIS software on a local computer with local data dominated much of the first 30 years of GIS through the late 1990s. While some of the “local” data and even software may have been Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:49 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

The First Global Land Cover Map and Data Set

The POSTEL Service Centre / MEDIAS-France have made the first global land cover data at 300 meters resolution freely downloadable. This land cover map discriminates continental ecosystems according to 22 classes validated by independent experts at the Read More...
Posted Friday, December 05, 2008 2:39 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Mapping Hurricanes with AEJEE

It's Labor Day weekend, the third anniversary of a most terrible storm and an American tragedy. As I write, forecasters show Hurricane Gustav growing toward a Category 5 storm. Along the Gulf coast, residents are preparing for a nightmare. It is incomparably Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:20 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Mapping Climate Data in AEJEE

Watching the terrible weather events in Iowa and surrounding regions, I wondered if there was a way to map some "more typical" conditions using ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE), ESRI's free, downloadable, dual platform (Win/MacOSX), lightweight Read More...
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 1:49 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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