GeographyAwareness
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general, GeographyAwareness, GIS_Software
Directions Mag Podcast
Joe and Adena from Directions Magazine have posted what I believe is their first podcast. I agree with Glenn on the humor of discussing a webcast in a podcast, but […]
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Skills USA – and the winners are
As we have already mentioned Suzanne Rousie of SUNY Buffalo took home the gold in this years Skills USA Geospatial Technology Challenge, but what we haven’t been able to share […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, GIS_Software
Skills USA Champion ‘announced’
The Amherst Bee yesterday announced that Sue Rousie of Amherst, NY is the champion of this years Geospatial Technology Skills USA challenge. This has not been posted on the Skills […]
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Education, Events, general, GeographyAwareness, GIS_Software
Penn State Geospatial Technology Summer Camp
Penn State is offering a summer camp for 12-18 year-olds to give kids hands-on experience with GIS, GPS, and other geospatial technologies. The camp will be held from July 31st-August […]
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Education, general, GeographyAwareness
Maps101 – The problem with commercial education websites
I was looking up some domain names to register (I always look, but only own 2 domains) and thought of geography101.com. When I found it was taken I had to […]
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URISA’s response to Geospatial LOB RFI
URISA has posted their reponse to the Geospatial LOB RFI that was announced last month. Import Cartography links to the URISA pdf and talks a little about. In my distoriented […]
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Education, general, GeographyAwareness
Yet Another Study Demonstrates young Americans’ Geography Illiteracy
The National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs 2006 Geographic Literacy Study was just released, with more sad news about young Americans’ (aged 18-24) lack of even basic geography skills like reading a […]
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general, GeographyAwareness, Navigation
Getting there is half the fun
The New Yorker recently ran an interesting article entitled Annals of the Road: Getting There that looks at maps and mapping technologies from a few angles including riding in a […]
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Associations/Groups – American Congress on Survey and Mapping
The American Congress on Survey and Mapping is made up of four member organizations, which serve as special interests groups including: The American Association for Geodetic Surveying – AAGS The […]
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General, GeographyAwareness, Human Geography
Trying to Stop Extinction Before It Happens
The BBC has an interesting article about a group trying to pinpoint speicies that might soon be candidates for extinction. The idea is that if you can identify a speicies […]
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