Education

Educational Initiatives will be Jointly Developed to Increase Students' Appreciation of Geography TORONTO and OTTAWA – November 14, 2012 – In celebration of GIS Day, Esri Canada and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) today announced a collaborative agreement that will advance the...

Technology Helps Students Discover Our World & Develop Highly In-Demand Skills TORONTO – November 14, 2012 – Today marks GIS Day, which celebrates the many benefits of geographic information system (GIS) technology. This technology, which is used to integrate numerous layers of data and...

  WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2012 -- These facts about our interconnected world were brought to you by Geography Awareness Week 2012. To learn more, visit us at www.GAWeek.org! The United States imports one-third of the entire world's coffee production.[1] Hawaii and Puerto Rico are the only two...

WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2012)—Seventy-five percent of the farms that produce cocoa beans (the main ingredient in chocolate) are in West Africa; Cote d’Ivoire alone produces more than 30 percent of the world’s cocoa beans. However, Africa accounts for less than 3 percent of the world’s chocolate...

  – Most Major Industries and Economic Sectors Have Adopted GIS Technology to Create an Increased Demand for Professionals with GIS Skills and Knowledge –   AURORA, Colo. – November 1, 2012 – Location is a vital aspect in how people interact with the world. Understanding how to incorporate...

  – Maps Fanatic Loved GIS Even Before She Knew There was GIS –   AURORA, Colo. – October 18, 2012 – You never forget your first love. When Shaylene Caffey was a little girl, one of her favorite things to do was get out the atlas and plan out her family’s road trips.   “Most teenagers...

  Ordnance Survey, Great Britain’s national mapping agency, is reminding land and property professionals to ensure that they are not risking their professional reputation by using unlicensed mapping data. Over the last 10 years the use of digital location-based information has changed...

A world class researcher from the University of Sheffield has been honoured with an international award for his superior contribution to his academic field. Research Associate Dr Benjamin Hennig, 33, from the University's Department of Geography, will receive the prestigious German Study Award...

The Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics was set up in 2004 in Pune, with a vision to facilitate the learning of students aspiring to study the intricacies of the science of structure and character of spatial information. Today, SIG has completed more than five years of working towards...

25 scholarship recipients receive educational versions of geospatial software and training   HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 10, 2012 - Intergraph® Corporation has donated free educational software licenses of ERDAS IMAGINE and GeoMedia® to all 25 recipients of the 2012 United States Geospatial...