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The Urban Tree Project

Classroom science teachers - be sure to catch "The Urban Tree Project" in the February issue of The Science Teacher by Michael Barnett, Meredith Houle, Elizabeth Hufnagel, Alexander Pancic, Mike Lehman, and Emily Hoffman. "Geospatial technologies have Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 18, 2010 7:40 PM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Lessons Learned In Bringing GPS Coordinates and Field Data to GIS

I just wrote a new lesson to bring field data along with their latitude and longitude coordinates from a GPS into a GIS environment by creating a spreadsheet. The lesson also shows how video, photographs, websites, text, and other objects can be hyperlinked Read More...
Posted Friday, February 26, 2010 4:00 AM by rburright | 1 Comments

Putting Interpretation on the Map

The early 21st Century is an age of contrasts. Opportunities for recreation have never been more numerous. During my childhood in western Colorado, not one person went mountain biking or jet-skiing, and yet those activities are enjoyed by the thousands Read More...
Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:00 AM by rburright | 0 Comments

Planning a Scenic Byway With GIS

All of us have probably enjoyed traveling on a scenic byway at one time in our lives. Think for a moment about your favorite road. What made that road especially scenic? My favorite might be the road that hugs the south side of Haleakala Volcano, high Read More...
Posted Friday, January 15, 2010 6:56 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Investigating the Geology of the United Kingdom Using GIS

One of my favorite stories is that of William Smith, whose 20 years of labor resulted in the world’s first geologic map in 1815, chronicled in Winchester’s wonderful book The Map That Changed The World . After seeing his map of England and Wales while Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:13 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

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

National Science Teachers Association - Fast Approaching!

Join ESRI and its educational partners in a "Geospatial Zone" of 6 exhibits at the NSTA convention! We will also host two workshops on how to integrate GIS into Earth Science, and two workshops on how to integrate GIS into Environmental Science. Learn Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:32 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Shred! Investigating Ski Areas With GIS, Part 3

We have been discussing how to analyze ski areas in Colorado using ArcGIS ( Part I , Part 2 ). Because ski areas are 3-D phenomena, taking advantage of the 3-D capabilities of ArcGIS Explorer is another excellent tool to analyze them spatially. Opening Read More...
Posted Friday, January 30, 2009 2:39 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

AGX Blog: Live GPS task now available from ArcScripts

From the ArcGIS Explorer Team blog : A Live GPS task, written by Edan Cain of the ArcGIS Explorer team, has recently been posted on ArcScripts. You can download it directly from the ArcGIS Explorer section of ArcScripts , or by choosing ArcScripts from Read More...
Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 7:07 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Shred! Investigating Ski Areas With GIS, Part 2

We have been exploring ski areas in Colorado with GIS ( Part I ). Use the measurement tool to determine the closest ski area to metro Denver. Buffer Denver by 100 miles. How many ski areas are within this buffer? How many ski areas are within 100 miles Read More...
Posted Friday, January 23, 2009 2:11 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Traveling to Antarctica with ArcGIS Explorer, Part 3

Robyn Johnson's adventure continues. For approximately a week, she and others on a National Geographic expedition have meandered through the geography of the Antarctic Peninsula—on board ship, in Zodiacs and kayaks, and on foot. She has been documenting Read More...
Posted Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:45 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Traveling to Antarctica with ArcGIS Explorer, Part 2

We’re tracking the experiences of our friend Robyn Johnson on a trip to Antarctica. This is the second post in what might turn into a broader series. As I was working on the first entry , a quick glance at the sweeping eastward arc of the tip of South Read More...
Posted Friday, January 16, 2009 2:10 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): AntarcticpeninGNIS_summit.csv

Earth Changes with Historical and Current Imagery, Part 2

In an earlier blog entry, we discussed how to access TerraLook ( http://terralook.cr.usgs.gov ) for imagery from about 1975, 1990, 2000, and up to the present to examine changes on the Earth’s surface over time. Now let’s discuss using the data in detail. Read More...
Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 2:13 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

GIS application to Gulf of Aden sea piracy

If you are looking for a current, relevant, in-the-news (if a bit creepy) application of GIS to show your students, this video snippet of a podcast shows how GIS and maps are being applied to address the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z4pmMyDOn Read More...
Posted Monday, November 03, 2008 2:52 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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Fun With GIS, Using AEJEE: #5, Tracking Invasive Species

In our increasingly interconnected world, invasive species can be a huge issue. With proper data, you can map these species easily using ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) , ESRI's free, downloadable, dual platform (Win/Mac), lightweight GIS Read More...
Posted Monday, October 20, 2008 2:37 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments
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