Education

OSGeo announces the establishment of the Open Source Geospatial Research and Education (OSGeoREL) Laboratory in the Czech Republic at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague. The laboratory is one of the members of a worldwide network developed under the auspices of...

Chatham Borough, NJ does not participate in its county's (Morris) GIS program. This week the county showed what participation might have meant for residents after superstorm Sandy. No word on if the the borough is in, but it sounds like a compelling argument. No word in the article about the cost...

In a new set of way-finding maps, planters at the University of Colorado Boulder are more than decorative containers. The concrete vessels serve as directional prompts for people to navigate central campus. New, detailed and universally designed routing directions are now available for 74...

The winners of the first annual Geographic Travels Geo-Literacy Outreach Awards Winners are: First Place - the Alexander Von Humboldt Prize :  Geo-literacy Project on Meghalaya, India Second Place - the Isiah Bowman Prize:  Geo-Literacy Teacher Training Plan - Geographic Travels Canadian...

Piers Higgs of Gaia Resources shares the news: I spent all of last week on the road in Canberra, for a few different reasons, but the one that took up most of the week was the Spatial@gov conference – and it turns out, this is the last time we’ll see that conference.  Instead, a range of...

In celebration of GIS Day, Esri Canada and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) today announced a collaborative agreement that will advance the organizations' common goal of promoting geographical literacy.  How? Working together will allow the organizations to plan, produce...

GISCI held its 2nd Annual Poster Contest over the past many months. The challenge: map the GISPs! Here are the winners. 1st Place – Brian Greer (http://www.gisci.org/Contest2012/Finalists/pdfstorage/14-GISP_Poster.pdf) 2nd Place – Kyle Schaper...

I know that we set aside Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day to put a special emphasis on the perspective and technology respectively. My GIS Day, however, reminded me that in fact, both are perspectives and technologies that pop up everyday. My friends Facebook posts on GIS Day provided many...

USC approves Bachelor of Science in GeoDesign degree, begins Spring 2013. Spatial Sciences Inst, Architecture, Public Policy involved #esri - via @daviddibiase The Bucks University Technical College (UK) specialises in ICT and construction studies for 14 to 18 year olds and will...

I love the idea of Geography Awareness Week (GAWeek) and GIS Day. Over the years, the energy behind the two events has changed.  I asked my lunch table mates at an event on Sunday for geography educators who was doing something for GAWeek or GIS Day. No one was. Were they aware of National...