Education

A partnership between Esri and Eastern Michigan University (EMU) means access to ArcGIS for K-12 students, teachers and school administrators in the State of Michigan for free. The article in the local paper says those beneficiaries can "join the geospatial revolution today!" The partnership...

Did you know that Pitney Bowes (EMEA) puts out a monthly, Web-based journal about MapInfo? I didn't. It launched, quietly, back in April via the MapInfo Google Group (announcement posted to that group). I can find no archive (there should be one, folks!) but here's the December issue which...

Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) sent word the day after Christmas (odd timing?) announcing the renaming of the free membership to basic, and fee based premiere ($25/yer) and professional memberships ($75/yr for  limited time, then $100/yr) in the organizations. The latter two have more...

The program, although frustrating to learn, provided the students with an increased self confidence. To see them go from frustrated to their professional final product – I think it gives them a sense of achievement. That's how Dr. Abigail Domagall describes her students' experience with...

Public transit is the ultimate place location-based ads. People are in the city and clearly have access to transportation to other parts of the city. I study the ads on the MBTA with care. Here's the headline of one I saw today: You expect more. You can find it here. (paraphrased, I...

Delta College, a community college in Michigan will be offering a new GIS course winter semester 2013 and perhaps a follow up if there is interest. Wendy Baker, associate professor of biology at Delta, was granted a sabbatical to take the lead in developing the two new classes but she won't be...

The Pronounce Wisconsin map is on both the Misspronouncer.com website (simpler version) and on the State Cartographers website (more interactive, GIS geek verson). You mouse over a place and the map speaks its name. Under the covers is the Google Maps API and a list of open source...

This is just cool: Thomas Nicoski of St. Charles, IL, 63, graduated Saturday with a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Judson University in Elgin. He received the Ames leadership award. He's the chief of GIS technology for Kane County and got his bachelor’s degree at the same...

An Austin Peay State University geosciences student determined his mobile phone located some geological features on a highway. That prompted further explorations into the accuracy of GPS chips in phones, tablets and actual dedicated GPS receivers. That in turn lead to a formal study where no cell...

The July report commissioned by the New Zealand Geospatial Office and SIBA NZ (Spatial Industries Business Association) is titled: The Geospatial Skills Shortage in New Zealand. The report addresses three main questions: 1. What evidence is there of a shortage in the workforce for people...