by Emily Adams | Jan 9, 2014 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Are you on Pinterest? Do you LOVE maps? Follow all of our boards on Pinterest for teachers, students and geography and GIS professionals. Click here to explore our links! At GISetc.com we curate and bring you the best geography and science resources from the web. We...
by Emily Adams | Jan 6, 2014 | Free Resources, Our Blog
We\’re having a COLD week here in Texas, but we\’re downright warm compared to what\’s happening across the rest of the country! \”Wind chill watches and warnings were issued for 25 states Monday. Wind and other atmospheric conditions will...
by Barbaree | Dec 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our year in review: Migrated to a new and more \”with it\” website format Changed our eShopping cart (yet again) Blogged and curated some of the best geospatial content on the internet Inaugurated a great new sticker series Did trainings in Texas,...
by Emily Adams | Dec 20, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
We searched the web for fun holiday maps and in our browsing stumbled upon the Christmas stream of infographics from Visual.ly. Full of data visualizations, these maps in particular caught our eye: O Christmas Tree: How Wacky Are Your Taxes (photo above), How to Say...
by Emily Adams | Dec 17, 2013 | Apps We Love, Free Resources, Our Blog
Looking for more ways to incorporate your iPad into your classroom? We found link that is FULL of apps and ideas to help you incorporate technology into your teaching. Visit curated feed on ScoopIt: iPadsInEducation for a treasure trove of free resources. At...
by Emily Adams | Dec 13, 2013 | Free Resources, Geoporter Report, Our Blog
Geoporter has uploaded a map gallery, where you can explore the projects they are involved in. After you explore the maps, read more about their participatory whale monitoring program and their clean streets/clean water trash mapping movement....
by Emily Adams | Dec 11, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
If you\’re like us, you tuned in to watch the big Bonnie & Clyde mini series across multiple cable channels last weekend (or it\’s sitting on your DVR waiting for your \”free time\”). Even Project Runway jumped on the Bonnie & Clyde...
by Barbaree | Dec 9, 2013 | Featured Content, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Have a little fun with all your spatial friends this season! We have limited quantities of these geospatial postcards. It\’s a great way to say hello this season with a little less in postage!...
by Emily Adams | Dec 6, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Here is an amazing free resource for you teachers out there: Esri Atlas! Not only can you explore other\’s atlas creations, you can make your own to accompany your lessons. Here is a little of what Esri said about their new tool: \”The Esri Thematic Atlas...
by Barbaree | Dec 4, 2013 | Featured Content, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Did you know that you can make your own Geo-Bargain Bundle in our store?! All our Esri Press books are 40% off regularly. If you want a stack of GIS tutorial related books, you can bundle 3 or more titles for an additional percentage off. Just add the books you...
by Emily Adams | Dec 3, 2013 | Geoporter Report, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
As you know Geoporter has been active in Bahia Ballena for over a year now teaching community members to use GIS and GPS to investigate the whales in Marino Ballena National Park, map and take action against trash in the streets, and works with teachers in the local...
by Emily Adams | Nov 25, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
We have turkey on the brain – and stuffing, and gravy, and cranberries…you get the picture. As you prepare for Thanksgiving this week, check out some of these wonderful maps and visualizations exploring Thanksgiving. Our first holiday map study (pictured...
by Emily Adams | Nov 20, 2013 | Free Resources, GIS Day, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
GIS Day was created as an initiative for people around the world to learn more about GIS. The Wednesday of every Geography Awareness Week is GIS Day and is dedicated to demonstrating how GIS impacts our lives. To learn more about the history of GIS Day, you can visit...
by Emily Adams | Nov 19, 2013 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Every third week in November is Geography Awareness week! It was originally created in 1987 by Ronald Reagan to promote geographic education across America – in schools and in the private sector. Our colleague, Allen Carrol from Esri, sent us links to two new...
by Barbaree | Oct 22, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
In the 21st Century we must embrace the notion of cloud-computing and all that comes with it. (Not that we really had a choice.) My iPhone has a fresh new face, my Gmail is always changing…and so is my favorite online mapping application, ArcGIS Online. Realize...
by Emily Adams | Oct 11, 2013 | Conferences, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
We are delighted to be presenters at the UK\’s first national GIS in schools conference! We\’re counting down the days to travel across the pond for this exciting educational experience. Here\’s the description of their event: GIS is an innovative...
by Barbaree | Aug 8, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
With heat (hopefully) comes air conditioning! To keep you cool this week we’re exploring electricity usage through maps. Explore estimated energy consumption block by block in NYC. Click through to interact with this stunning map! At GISetc.com we curate and bring you...
by Barbaree | Aug 6, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
With heat (hopefully) comes air conditioning! To keep you cool this week we’re exploring electricity usage through maps. \”The United States covers 3.79 million square miles and contains 316 million people, making it one of the largest and most populated...
by Barbaree | Aug 2, 2013 | Free Resources, Our Blog
It’s heating up! As we roll into August, let’s take a look at temperature maps from around the globe… \”What happens when a changing climate exceeds the operating parameters of the stuff we own? While we in the northern hemisphere make jokes...
by Barbaree | Jul 31, 2013 | Free Resources, GEOplaylist, Our Blog
Welcome to our GEOplaylist! All of us here at GISetc love music. We listen while working, traveling, relaxing…basically all the time. We decided to compile a list of our favorite songs regarding geography, travel, direction & destinations and were surprised...
