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European Capital Cities and ArcGIS Explorer

In honor of Geography Awareness Week and its European theme, I built a small ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) project focused on European capital cities….and best of all it’s here for you to download . In a nutshell, I did the following: 1. A little Web research Read More...
Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:06 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Geography Awareness Week 2009!

Since 1888, the National Geographic Society has worked to build and spread geographic knowledge. Geography Awareness Week began in 1987 as a celebration of the importance of geography in our lives. Every year, National Geographic creates a set of activities Read More...
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 12:33 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

ArcGIS Explorer Blog: Show us your geography and GIS!

Next week starts Geography Awareness Week . And next Wednesday, November 18, is GIS Day . So we'd like you to show us your geography and GIS! Learn more at the ArcGIS Explorer Blog . We're ready to highlight your geographic and GIS activities using ArcGIS Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:00 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

ArcGIS Explorer and Overlays and Craters…Oh My!

The ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) Resource Center is a great place to discover tips, tricks, and fun things you can do with AGX. I was touring the AGX blog and ran across a compelling post— Creating cool text and titles for your ArcGIS Explorer presentations Read More...
Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:33 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

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

My National Parks and ArcGIS Explorer (Part 5)

Recently PBS aired The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. The series has inspired this sequence of blog postings about aspects of my personal park explorations over the years via ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) . See other national park blog posts for more. We’re Read More...
Posted Friday, October 09, 2009 7:00 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

NCGE 2009 National Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award, Stuart Ritchie

Congratulations to the National Council of Geographic Education Winner of the 2009 National Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award, Stuart Ritchie of Denver Public Schools Denver Public School’s Montbello High School Geography teacher Stuart Ritchie Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:11 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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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

Essays on Geography and GIS, Vol. 2, E-book Published by ESRI

Free E-book Showcases Essays by Well-Known Academics, Thought Leaders Essays on Geography and GIS, Vol. 2, the latest offering from the Best Practices series published by geographic information system (GIS) software developer ESRI, is a collection of Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:50 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

National Council for Geographic Education Wins Special Achievement Award in GIS

The National Council for Geographic Education received a Special Achievement in GIS Award on 15 July 2009 at the annual ESRI International User Conference in San Diego, California. The NCGE received this honor for its vision, leadership, and innovative Read More...
Posted Friday, August 07, 2009 2:45 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Students compete at tech-geography crossroad

MACHIAS, Maine — More than 20 students from middle and high schools throughout the state participated in the first Maine State Geographic Information Systems Championship Finals at the University of Maine at Machias on Saturday, June 13. The students, Read More...
Posted Monday, June 22, 2009 6:02 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Geography for Life, 2nd Edition Public Review and Comment

Since the fall of 2007, the Geography Education National Implementation Project (GENIP) Standards Content Committee has been reviewing and preparing the second edition of Geography for Life: National Geography Standards. The second edition work is focused Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 6:23 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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ESRI Community Atlas

The bulk of the 2008-2009 entries to the Community Atlas have been checked and posted. Remember that this project challenges schools and youth groups to put together a profile of their community, with 10-20 maps and 1000-2500 words. Groups that complete Read More...
Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 4:38 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Geographic Literacy in U.S. by 2025

For more than a decade, the National Geographic Society and ESRI have worked together to advance the cause of geographic literacy in the United States. This new ArcNews column represents the next step in that collaboration. We are reaching out to the Read More...
Posted Monday, March 23, 2009 6:07 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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