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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

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

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

Mapping Field Data and Hyperlinking Ground Images in ArcGIS Explorer

I recently conducted an inservice workshop for secondary-level instructors here at ESRI in Broomfield, Colorado. I find that including GIS and GPS technologies in the framework of inquiry-based lessons fits quite well with the goal of modeling how to Read More...
Posted Friday, October 10, 2008 2:47 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Teaching About Watersheds With Online and 3-D GIS, Part 2

Another excellent resource to teach about watersheds from a spatial perspective is the EPA’s Surf Your Watershed site ( http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm ). For each watershed, environmental threats, streamflow, citizen-based action groups, and Read More...
Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 1:18 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

Teaching About Watersheds With Online and 3-D GIS, Part 1

Why teach about watersheds? As the area of land that drains all of the water falling into it into a common waterway, watersheds are connected to a larger system. Furthermore, each is a part of a larger watershed. Thus, watersheds (or drainage basins or Read More...
Posted Friday, September 19, 2008 1:08 AM by tbaker | 0 Comments

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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