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Newcastle Teams with OSGEO and other Education GIS News

We are pleased to announce the establishment of Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Laboratory at the University of Newcastle, United Kingdom. The laboratory is one of the members of a worldwide network developed under the auspices of the ICA-OSGeo...Read more

GIS and Geospatial Stories I’m Reading - 1/14/12

Geography key to making friends: (1) proximity; (2) repeated, unplanned interactions; (3) setting that lowers guard - New York Times Advertise your business on EveryBlock, Chicago only for now. @UrbanLaunchpad is putting riders with GPS on Dhaka busses...Read more

Arc2Earth Offers New Licenses and other Education GIS News

Arc2Earth is a tool to convert ArcGIS data into KML and provide other services related to Web mapping. It's well regarded and used in government, businesses and academia (see the existing long list of university users). The company feels it has a larger place in...Read more

Update: Student Refuses to Wear RFID Chip ID and other Education GIS News

On Jan 8, 2013 a judge ruled on the Texas case where a student protested wearing an RFID-enable school ID on religious grounds: A Texas school district can transfer a student who is citing religious reasons for her refusal to wear an identification card that...Read more

Esri Shares Content from Transform Your Organization ArcGIS 10.1 Roadshow

Esri has shared videos, handouts and demos from various locations from its 2012 ArcGIS 10.1 roadshow titled Transform Your Organization. You can even get a PDF of the certificate of attendence. Slide decks are provided in PDF, too. The one I downloaded was 34...Read more