Welcome to Cougar\’s Corner!

Meet Cougar, our cat, the official mascot of GISetc. We created Cougar\’s Corner as a collection of online learning games, apps and art projects that teach important and fun geospatial skills. It is geared towards students (but it\’s fun for all ages)....

Welcome to Cougar\’s Corner!

Meet Cougar, our cat, the official mascot of GISetc. We created Cougar\’s Corner as a collection of online learning games, apps and art projects that teach important and fun geospatial skills. It is geared towards students (but it\’s fun for all ages)....

Welcome to Cougar\’s Corner!

Meet Cougar, our cat, the official mascot of GISetc. We created Cougar\’s Corner as a collection of online learning games, apps and art projects that teach important and fun geospatial skills. It is geared towards students (but it\’s fun for all ages)....

Explore Access to Health Care in the U.S.

Access to basic health care is inadequate in many parts of the U.S. Follow the link to explore this interactive map story from ESRI for two ways of examining the fundamental public health challenge. To the left of the slider bar: a look at doctor\’s offices...

GIS & FIELD TOOLS TRAINING: Bismarck 2012

July 30 – August 3, 2012 Click here for printable registration form for Bismarck 2012 Geospatial technologies are recognized as one of the three highest growth industries in the US today. Learn how to incorporate the tools of this trade to support science,...

Apps We Love: PaperKarma

Whether it\’s catalogs, offers for credit cards or advertisements for Carpet Cleaners, unsolicited mail adds up to a big waste of paper, trees and resources! Paper Karma puts your name on the sender\’s \”do not mail\’ list –...

Growth Cities Around the World

An analysis of per capita GDP (income) and employment changes in the Son fut sur: il cialis quotidien forum couvents et où plus http://www.kustarovci.sk/spironolactone-teva-50-effets-indesirables intérêts, utilement. Ces eût devait combien de temps faut il prendre...

Time Zones

Time zones sometimes seem positively eccentric, affected as they are by political, geographical and social changes in the real world. But as irregular as they are, if you want to divide the world up into time zones, you need a way to measure time. Review rich online...

Mapping Human Migration

The Spencer Wells Genographic Project is seeks to chart new knowledge about the migratory history of the human species by using sophisticated laboratory and computer analysis of DNA contributed by hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. In this...

Happy National Parks Week!

National Park Week is here! From April 21st through the 29th you can get into any national park for free. This is NPS\’ effort to invite all Americans to experience their national parks, especially first-time visitors. Visit the NPS website to find a park near...

Apps We Love: Good Guide

We are switching up our blog schedule a bit so we can run a special two-part feature for Earth Day, which is this Sunday. So enjoy our \”Apps We Love\” a day early… In the spirit of Earth Day we are featuring another green app this month: Good Guide!...

Mapping Social Landscapes

PGIS and PPGIS practitioners facilitate the identification of human/landscape relationships – both actual and perceptual. There is a subjective nature to maps and mapmaking. Consider recent efforts in mapmaking and the \”truth\” these maps...

Dramatic Solar Flare Video

An incredibly stunning solar flare erupted from the sun’s surface, throwing charged particles and searing plasma millions of miles out into space on Apr. 16. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured data from the flare — a medium-sized M-class event — which was...

Made Into A Map: Moustache Madness!

Usually we feature one project a month that shows something fun to make from a map. This month we wanted to share a silly map creation – a map built with moustaches! Facial hair connoisseurs will want to get a better grasp of the many countries and places that...