Summer time is a great time for students of all ages to learn about GIS and geospatial technologies because it is a very hands-on technology. There are often GIS summer camps being offered at local colleges or incorporated into the general activities of 4-H and other camps. Some examples of upcoming summer camps by age group
Looking for a few good interviews at the AAG in NY
The VerySpatial crew will be at the AAG in New York from Friday, 24 February to Tuesday, 28 February. We have a handful of conversations lined up, but if you would like to sit down with us at the conference to talk about your project, class, product, etc. contact us via email (or twitter or
American Education Week 2011
We are on the heels of not only Geography Awareness Week but American Education Week as well (the 90th in fact). Take some time to thank the educators you may bump into during the week and head over to the National Education Association’s website to find out what the daily themes will be during the
Geography Education Specialty Group of the AAG
As some of you may know, I took up the mantle of Treasurer of the GESG this year. Since I have an audience to reach out to through the blog, I thought I would take some time to evangelize the GESG and encourage folks to keep it in mind as they renew their AAG membership
A VerySpatial Podcast – Special Episode 60
Max Baber of the USGIF talks about the upcoming imprint series, GeoInt 2011, and the annual GeoInt Scholarship. Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC
AVSP Roadshow – Community Maps @ EsriUC 2011
Esri’s Community Maps effort is creating a shared base map of the world. We talk a member of the Community Maps team about the goals and direction of the program. Click here to download the episode in MP3 format
Conference recovery
Completely off topic filler to follow: One of the great things about the Esri UC is that it ends on Friday giving you a weekend to recover. I know this is fairly common for conferences that cater to companies or government agencies, but my many years of conference attendance have been heavily academic oriented leaning
Live Show today
If you are at the Esri UC in San Diego, swing by Room 30E of the SDCC at 5:30PDT for our 6th anniversary celebration. Elvin Slavik of the ArcPad Team will once again join us at the mics to share wisdom on geospatial in general. I forgot the webcam, so we probably won’t be able
ESRI UC 2011 – Jeff’s First Exposition Hall Tour
On Tuesday at the ESRI UC I spent the majority of my day wandering through the many tables and displays set up in the exposition hall. At first I was overwhelmed by the size of the exhibition hall and the number of exhibitors but as I walked through the displays I became impressed with
ESRI 2011 UC Live Blog
Esri UC 2011 Live Blog We’re about to get underway at the 2011 ESRI UC. We’re getting the opening Rocky-esque montage of GIS in action. Jack takes the stage and here we go! Jack starts with a big thank you and appreciation to us all and why we’re all here. Jack’s a big fan of
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