So, the day has finally arrived. We have begun the process of moving WVU’s Dept of Geology and Geography, including the GIS labs where we work, to our newly-renovated building which the university spent something like $28 million dollars on. It is a little bittersweet to leave White Hall, and a lot of great pioneering
Service at Sea – taking GIS around the world
While we were at the ESRI UC, we had a chance to talk with Drew Stephens, who is the founder of a great program called Service at Sea. The idea is to sail around the world with a group of GIS technology professionals, teachers and students, making various stops along the way to provide GIS
ESRI GIS Education Community
While we weren’t there for the announcement today, we have had a few minutes to leaf through the announced ESRI GIS Education Community site that: is a living environment for the exchange of ideas and experiences, curriculum, software, and data among GIS educators around the globe Most of the content has existed in different places
ISDE5 – Education session 1
The education session at 2:00, focusing on spatial thinking, was interesting with an array of topics starting with ones that were very school focused and moving into areas where Digital Earth concepts can support education. I am going to save the other presentations for the audio, but I do want to point out that the
The future of GIS technology
Inspired by an old Numb3rs episode on schools and rfid, I started to see what GIS related technologies are being used in schools. According to the BBC, a U.K. based company, Edexcel, has created technology to rfid tag exam papers. U.S. company, aptly named Graffiti Tracker inc. has created technology to track, analyze, and reduce
Caitlin Snaring wins National Geographic Bee
I meant to post this a couple of days ago, but we wanted to give a VerySpatial congratulations to Caitlin Snaring, the winner of the 2007 National Geographic Bee. Caitlin hails from Redmond, Washington, and is only the second girl to win the Bee in its 19-year history. She has won a $25,000 college scholarship
Second Intro to ArcGIS Server class at the ESRI UC
For those of you attending the ESRI User Conference… apparently the Introduction to ArcGIS Server class has already filled, and there is the possibility that a second class will be offered if enough people are interested (they need at least 10 people to sign up). Also, the class will also be offered at a significantly
Microsoft announces Virtual Earth and SensorMap grant competition winners
Microsoft has awarded over $1.1 million in grants to winners in their Virtual Earth and SensorMap grant competitions. The SensorMap project include work on Harvard’s CitySense project, which will utilize a network of 100 sensors aroudn Cambridge, Mass. that record various types of data related to local conditions, such as current weather and traffic levels.
Gnooks and Maps
More of a book mind map like you did in grade school, “Gnooks is a self-adapting community system based on the gnod engine. Discover new writers you will like, travel the map. of literature and discuss your favorite books and authors.” You can type in the name of an author and it will tell map
GeoToys, for the girls and boys
I came across GeoToys (at geotoystore.com through a Google ad (yeah, sometimes I actually look at them). They seem to focus on map based puzzles for kids, but they also carry a few other games and toys…in fact Postcards from America piqued my interest. And who wouldn’t want to hug the planet. Overall, an interesting
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