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Analyzing State Population Change Across the USA with GIS: 1790-2005

A new lesson on the ArcLessons ( http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons ) library invites investigation into how and why state populations have changed from 1790 to the present. The 67 questions in the lesson include work with maps, graphs, and geodatabases Read More...
Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 2:33 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Digging Deeper: History of the 10 Most Populous Cities

A new lesson and data set in the ArcLessons library ( http://edcommunity.esri.com/arclessons/lesson.cfm?id=411 ) invites investigation of the 10 most populous cities in the world for the past 2000 years using GIS as the primary investigative tool. This Read More...
Posted Friday, March 13, 2009 3:58 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Studying Turkey Using GIS

In an earlier blog, I invited the reader to study the history, famous sites, and physical geography of Istanbul, one of the world’s great crossroads, through ArcGIS Explorer. I now turn to ArcGIS in order to dig deeper into the region’s cultural geography. Read More...
Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 2:22 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Digging Deeper Into Population Change By County Using ArcGlobe

Recently, we have been examining different GIS tools useful for studying population change over time. We began with two-dimensional analysis using ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE), followed by 3D analysis using ArcScene. Let’s turn our attention Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:42 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Digging Deeper Into Population Change By County Using the 3D Analyst Extension

We have recently been examining a simple yet powerful topic that can easily be studied with a GIS—population change over time. We have been asking why population change in US counties has occurred, if current trends are radically different than past trends, Read More...
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008 3:18 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Investigating Historic and Current Population in Utah and Beyond

How can GIS help students and researchers to visualize population change? In 32 pages containing 100 questions, a new lesson in the ESRI ArcLessons library ( http://edcommunity.esri.com/ ) provides examples of this visualization by inviting inquiry into Read More...
Posted Friday, March 07, 2008 2:24 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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