GISetc and Geological Society of America Education have joined together to offer the GPS Loaner Program. Class sets of Garmin eTrex GPS units are available for a two week loan to educators who would like to introduce GPS technology to their students, but who are not in a position to invest in units. Schools who are interested would need to pay for shipping to and from their school, a small administrative fee and sign an agreement to return the units in a timely manner. Our units are limited, so please be sure ...
Going Places with GPS: Easy GPS Activities for Clubs, Classroom and Beyond is the first GPS book with fun and exciting lessons and activities that you can do with your GPS. This book eases the beginning user into using a GPS with straight forward, simple exercises and then gradually adds to the level of difficulty. This book is a must for any educator or club advisor who uses or wants to use GPS technologies in their courses. Families will thoroughly enjoy this book too!
Eat
Today was less for the gourmand but we did find a nice little Thai restaurant in Flagstaff called Dara Thai. Anita had a stir fry vegetable plate with mung bean thread that was light and flavorful. Rog had spicy rice with shrimp and chicken. It’s great to spend time in the college district of a [...]
Eat
At every opportunity, we ask locals about food. Today was no exception. At the Sunrise Crater National Park Headquarters, the park rangers surely did not disappoint us for our fare today. We were directed to the Trading Post in Cameron, Arizona. Cameron is approximately 35 miles east of the entrance to the south rim of [...]
To continue day one, we drove north out of Albuquerque and witnessed some of the most amazing geography! There were mesas and buttes and the Sandia Mountains. Majestic and a must see for anybody.
Before our trek into the desert, we did a bit of study on some typical New Mexico desert [...]
Welcome to our “Eat, Play, Map” Series of posts. Believe it or not, GISetc is on vacation! (Never fear, it’s a “working vacation”, we’re checking emails and keeping you posted during our journey. Be sure to follow our posts as we take to the rails and tour our great country by train!
Not only are we [...]
3D Printer widget progression from beginning to end. Stay tuned and watch a 3 dimensional object created in front of your eyes!
GISetc is providing annual GIS training for educators in Bismarck, ND at Bismarck State College GIS lab. Angie Milakovic and her past student Nathan demonstrate the use of 3D printer. Fascinating! Sports shoe companies [...]
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Jen Shoemaker
Two NASA satellites are capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which began April 20, 2010, with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This series of images reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig and the ensuing oil spill, through May 24. The imagery comes [...]
Geospatial News from Boston.com
As ash from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans. Some restricted airspace is now beginning to open up and some limited flights are being allowed now as airlines [...]
Eyes In The Sky II is a NASA grant assisted program awarded to the Technical Educational Research Center (TERC) to lead a cohort of 100 science teachers to leverage NASA imagery to teach high school science. The course consists of two segments. The first, a 12 week online portion and a summer 7 day experience face [...]
by Joseph Kerski
A frequent listserv topic amongst GIS professionals is “best strategies for making a presentation in a local school.” While at the USGS, I visited over 300 schools over 15 years, and still visit occasionally as part of my position at ESRI. I realize that this does not qualify me as [...]
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? Currently, the EDC Youth Commission is utilizing this map to take the “next steps” and bridge those “barriers” to empower youth to take social action. Youth Coming Together, a 4-H project, and the Community Mapping Committee recently began working cooperatively with GPS units. The goal of this coalition is [...]
