Call for Papers: GIScience Research Track ESRI International User Conference 12-16 July, 2010 San Diego, California ESRI invites you to present a peer-reviewed paper in a GIScience Research Track for the 2010 ESRI International User Conference and Educational User Conference. Papers in this special track must focus on cutting-edge ...

Students currently enrolled at US community colleges are eligible to apply for an Award consisting of: 1) AAG Conference Registration to AAG meeting in Washington, DC 2) One year AAG membership 3) Travel expenses stipend to help cover costs - up to $500 Applications due by November 1, 2009. See ...

Tuesday, we will be holding 3 session on Advances in GI Science (all 9 papers published in Transactions in GIS; we will distribute copies). Starting at 8:30 am. Room 29C in SDCC.

ESRI EdUC-UC Panel: GeoCareers, Education, and the Future Geospatial technologies and their uses in everyday life are more pervasive than ever. Are there enough geoworkers to handle the present and future needs? What kinds of educational skill sets do young people need to step into these and yet-to-be imagined geocareers? Join us for ...

These past days (June 2-5) ESRI supported and attended the 12th annual AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science, held at Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. The conference was held in conjunction with an ISPRS workshop on high-resolution Earth imaging, making for even larger group of GI experts than usual. In addition to ...

The ESRI GIS Education Community unveiled the Case Studies collection this week. These case studies are rich, real-world stories of GIS in education – across several educational categories. These stories represent best practices of GIS planning, implementation or evaluation in education. To find stories most relevant to your needs, search ...

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.

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 GIS, geography, and geosciences. Download the booklet. [PDF-4.99 MB]

Educators and graduate students involved in cutting-edge research in GIScience are invited to present a peer-reviewed paper in a special GIScience Research Track within the 2009 ESRI Educational User and International User Conferences. These papers will be published in a special issue of the journal Transactions in GIS. For more ...

Deadline: December 31, annually The Association of American Geographers is pleased to announce a national scholarship program for community college students. Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to students from community colleges, junior colleges, city colleges, or similar two-year educational institutions who will be transferring as ...