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2010 Census: How Changes Affect Data Users

2010 Census: How Changes Affect Data Users (Directions Magazine) —Lynn Wombold, Chief demographer and Data Development Team Manager Listen or download: MP3 [15:03 | 6.96 MB] Lynn Wombold, chief Demographer and manager of ESRI’s data development team, Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:43 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

The World’s Most Remote Island Group: Hawaii?

In a separate blog post at the ESRI Education Community , I investigated a claim that Bouvet Island is the world’s most remote uninhabited island using ArcGIS . At the same time, I mentioned that the definition of “remoteness” is subjective and therefore Read More...
Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 6:01 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Mapping a better world

Software: Interest groups around the world are using mapping tools and internet-based information sources to campaign for change. "For most people it is merely a handy tool to find a nearby pizzeria or get directions to a meeting. But mapping technology Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:31 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Fun with GIS Using AGX#20: Watching Weather

It's springtime in the center of the US, so I thought it would be a good time to check in with the National Weather Service. I found some cool capacities, so this blog uses ArcGIS Explorer (or "AGX," ESRI's free, downloadable, 3-D geo-exploration tool) Read More...
Posted Monday, April 06, 2009 3:17 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Map Use book released Feb. 14th

At long last, a book that I had the good fortune to help author is now available! Here is the press release for Map Use: Reading and Analysis, Sixth Edition , which ESRI Press released on Feb. 14th: Redlands, California—February 12, 2009 —To unlock the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:59 AM by tbaker | 1 Comments

Shred! Investigating Ski Areas With GIS, Part 1

GIS is an excellent tool for teaching spatial concepts while focusing on interesting topics in real places. There are plenty of interesting topics in real places. One example is to investigate the spatial pattern of ski areas. Ski areas, by their very Read More...
Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 2:41 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

Updated ESRI Data & Maps 2008 Available

Updated versions of more than 80 datasets, including U.S. streets, Census, and landmark data and European basemap data are available on the ESRI Data & Maps 2008 DVD. It is available to all ArcGIS 9.3 users current on maintenance, and updates many Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:08 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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ESRI's US Community Atlas

Since the 1999-2000 school year, ESRI has hosted the U.S. Community Atlas as a place for schools and youth groups to post a profile about their community. Groups that complete the project successfully are rewarded with a grant of software and public display Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:44 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Demonstrating Spatial Analysis Functions Online

How many times teaching GIS have you wanted to quickly illustrate a function such as geocoding or viewsheds but you didn’t have GIS software or spatial data loaded on the instructor’s computer? Many key GIS functions are available on the ESRI Resources Read More...
Posted Friday, October 03, 2008 2:55 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Discovering the ArcGIS Desktop Resource Center

The new ESRI Resource Centers provide content, web help, and support for users of serveral ESRI tools, including ArcGIS Desktop. Content for ArcGIS includes maps, layers, globes, and globe layers. Much of this content is provided by ArcGIS Online as free Read More...
Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 2:04 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Slimming Down a Really Big Point Data Set in AEJEE

ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) , ESRI's free, downloadable, dual platform (Win/MacOSX), lightweight GIS tool, comes with a series of built-in projects that allow users to explore a number of interesting topics. One of the projects is "worldtectonic_hd.axl", Read More...
Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 4:32 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Creating Spatially Enabled PDFs in ArcGIS 9.3, Part I

With the new ArcGIS 9.3 , you can create some fantastic spatially-enabled PDFs for use in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 family . Depending upon how you export your map documents in ArcGIS and the version of the Acrobat 9 you use, a variety of geospatial tools Read More...
Posted Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:37 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Where’s Geo? UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the UK.

See also Where’s Geo? Londinium!, Where’s Geo? London Map Fair and Beyond , and Where’s Geo? Canterbury, Dover, and… Wandering around London and environs, one is quick to stumble into UNESCO World Heritage sites . What are these? Basically, they are historical Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:06 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): geo_UK_WHS.txt

MapTEACH: AEJEE in Alaska

Last week, I visited educators in Alaska who have a nifty project underway engaging ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) , ESRI's free, downloadable, dual platform (Win/MacOSX), lightweight GIS tool. They have built a program called "MapTEACH", Read More...
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 1:48 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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