Education
May 1, 2009UCLA's Certificate in Geospatial Information Systems and TechnologyEducationMy alma mater, the University of California at Los Angeles, has officially launched their new Certificate in Geospatial Information Systems and Technology program. Visit their web site to find information about the structure and content the program, as well as registration materials. Registration starts May 19th. U C L A – Certificate in Geospatial Information ... read more UCLA’s Certificate in Geospatial Information Systems and TechnologyEducationMy alma mater, the University of California at Los Angeles, has officially launched their new Certificate in Geospatial Information Systems and Technology program. Visit their web site to find information about the structure and content the program, as well as registration materials. Registration starts May 19th. U C L A – Certificate in Geospatial Information ... read more July 27, 2008Mashup Training from ESRIEducationESRI will be presenting a free seminar on July 31st to teach ArcGIS users “how to use the new ArcGIS JavaScript APIs to build high-performance, easy-to-use online mapping applications.“ The seminar will air at 9am, 11am and 3pm Pacific Standard time. The topics covered in the seminar are: The concept of a mashup The ArcGIS ... read more October 23, 2007Educational GIS SurveyEducationAn invitation to participate in a survey on the establishment of a new GIS related Distance Learning degree program: California University of Pennsylvania is developing an online Master’s of Geography and Regional Planning degree. As we consider how best to structure the program, we believe feedback from professionals in the field will prove valuable in ... read more June 15, 2007Service at SeaEducationService at Sea, a non-profit that provides geo-technology to support habitat assessments and global warming monitoring, launches a four year journey to deliver mapping technology to conservation groups and K-12 teachers World-Wide. Service at Sea read more...May 16, 2007Maps: Tools for AdventureEducationIf you can’t take your children in person to see the new exhibit in Washington D.C., you can still engage them online with the companion web site produced by the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The web sit has several mapping and GIS themed games as well as introductory text about maps. The site is a ... read more July 31, 2005One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing EnvironmentEducationIn celebration of World Environment Day on June 3, 2005 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in cooperation with NASA, United States Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Maryland launched One Planet, Many People: Atlas of our Changing Environment–a publication that provides visual evidence of environmental change using satellite images, graphics and text. The focus ... read more December 6, 2004My World GISEducation, SoftwareMy World GIS is a full-featured GIS designed for educational use. My World provides a carefully selected subset of the features of a professional GIS environment. These features include multiple geographic projections, table and map views of data, distance-measurement tools, buffering and query operations, customizable map display. They have been selected to provide the greatest ... read more October 7, 2002Undergraduate Research Guide in GISEducation, Features, Learning GISSsh! Quiet in the library! As the academic year progresses, many GIS students will find themselves tasked with research projects. Frequently, pleas for help in selecting a hypothesis or for assistance in finding research on the chosen topic populate the GIS related discussion forums and email listservs. In response, ESRI’s Virtual Campus has created the ... read more |
