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GIS: Why It's "Geography In Action"

ESRI president Jack Dangermond explains how GIS is fulfilling a vision of geography as an integrative science and how ArcGIS 9.3 software advances both the company's GIS technology and the underlying geographic science. Read his article . Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 03, 2009 2:48 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Geographic Resources Publication Listing

The James and Marilyn Lovell Center for Environmental Geography and Hazards Research , housed in the Department of Geography at Texas State University, announced this week the availability of a "Geographic Resources: Publication Listing" of over 200 geography, Read More...
Posted Friday, February 27, 2009 2:14 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Essays on Geography and GIS (reprise)

Looking for a document that can help people understand spatial thinking and why geotechnologies are so valuable? In this new GIS Best Practices booklet [PDF-4.99 MB], you can read essays from a number of thought leaders and academics from the world of Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 29, 2009 2:40 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

Essays on Geography and GIS

Essays on Geography and GIS is a compilation of best practices in a free electronic book (in PDF) from ESRI. Articles include: What Is GIS? What Holds Us Together Exploration in the Age of Digital Earth Dynamics GIS: Recognizing the Dynamic Nature of Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 2:29 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

GIS is Integrative and Interdisciplinary

At conferences and exhibits, we regularly have educators come by and ask “where does GIS fit in the curriculum?” Once getting beyond the moment of having that deer in the headlights look on my face and the thought “it fits everywhere,” I get into a rhythm Read More...
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008 2:52 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): GIS is interdisciplinary.pdf

Tough Choices or Tough Times

I sense a strong desire that most people in the field of educational GIS want to change the educational system. While some seek to include more fieldwork or inquiry-based learning, others want nothing less than grand reform. Each year, most of us read Read More...
Posted Friday, November 16, 2007 2:18 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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