Education

Geography has $0 of funding but is one of the nine subjects in "No Child Left Behind." All the other subjects are funded - to some degree. You might know that if you keep up with geography education, but I'm sure most U.S. citizens do not. That point is made not once, but twice in the video...

The University of Southern Canlifornia USC Map Data API: The University of Southern California’s Map Data API provides a RESTful interface for retrieving content from the University’s online map. The API supports JSON and JSONP formats. Users can search for locations, building codes and...

Colorado State University Extension is offering a four day summer camp called GEAR-Tech-21, which will introduce youth to robotics and GPS/GIS technologies. Youth 10 to 14 years of age may attend the day camps at five sites in northeast Colorado: Sterling, Akron, Brush, Holyoke and...

UC Berkeley researchers tapped satellite imagery to locate warmer communities. They then used U.S. Census figures to determined who lived in those areas. The conclusion, published this week in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives: Heat-prone neighborhoods were disproportionately...

An opinion piece by Jerome E. Dobson, Stephanie L. Kozak and Joseph S. Wood appeared in The Trenton News on May 4. It's based in part of the NSF funding survey the American Geographical Society published earlier this year (APB coverage) that suggests American want more, not less geography...

Of the 41 percent of Republicans who consider Benghazi to be the worst political scandal in American history, 39 percent are unaware that Benghazi is located in Libya. 10 percent said it's in Egypt, 9 percent in Iran, 6 percent in Cuba, 5 percent in Syria, 4 percent in Iraq, and 1 percent each in...

Rutgers students not ony built an app to track Sandy debris in Toms River, New Jersey, they went into the field to use it. It was aimed at determing households eligible for the township's demolition and debris removal program.  They created a smart phone app in their Community Mapping class...

The Penn State Department of Geography shares: Professor Emeritus Wilbur Zelinsky passed peacefully at home on Saturday, May 4, 2013, surrounded by his family after a short illness. Information will be updated at http://www.geog.psu.edu/zelinsky-memorial Zelinsky's writing were among...

Wright joined Esri nearly two years ago as Chief Scientist. She took a leave of absense from her position as professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State for two years (press release).  Earlier this week she announced her plan to resign from the University but maintain affiliate role...

Esri held its Northeast Education GIS Users Group Meeting on May 2 at the Esri Boston office. About 16 representatives from educational institutions attended. They were mostly from area colleges, though I saw at least one group from a high school. Most were educators though I met a few facilities...