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Esri Canada and RCGS Unite for Geoliteracy and other Education GIS News

Tuesday, November 20th 2012

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...

Update: The Economist Honors Dangermond and Hanke for Contributions to Geospatial

Saturday, November 17th 2012

The Economist, which apparently turned on the article below early, made the awards announcement on Nov 16. Also honored: Garmin. - press release --- original post 11/5/12 --- Jack Dangermond, founder of Esri and John Hanke, co-founder of Keyhole (whose technology became Google Earth) are...

Undergrad GeoDesign Degree at USC and other Education GIS News

Thursday, November 15th 2012

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...

Tech Savvy Citizen GIS Users and other Government GIS News

Monday, November 12th 2012

Scotts Bluff County [NE] Surveyor Duane Stott said the county has received calls from many residents who did not know where they needed to go to vote. He said the online map is a new way for residents to pinpoint poll places within their individual precincts. “We’ve had a lot of interest,”...

Esri Offers Embed Tool for Nor’easter Information Map

Wednesday, November 7th 2012

The lastet map from Esri, the Nor'easter Information Map includes tools to easily embed it. From the e-mail sent to the media: You can customize the map by zooming or panning and changing the keywords or date ranges to localize geo-tagged social content. Both the default map or your...

Esri “Accredited” Training and other Education GIS News

Tuesday, November 6th 2012

Apparently, some government folks in Bahrain took GIS training. The training programme was executed by experts from (Tech Me GIS), which is a pioneering American institution accredited by the World ESRI Foundation and the training programme will consist of two training sessions ,...

Is GIS Education Bait and Switch?

Tuesday, November 6th 2012

Last week a discussion of Spatial Information Technology (SpatialIT) came to a bit of a head. The conversation, led by OpenGeo’s Paul Ramsey, may have unearthed a truth many would rather not hear: “... as we know, GIS courses are just the bait in the trap, to suck naïve students into a career where...

Esri Impact Map for Superstorm Sandy

Thursday, November 1st 2012

I asked how to embed it and the reply was to use an iframe. Here's some sample code:  That looks like this when embedded: --- original post 11/1/12 ---- Esri wants you to know: The Esri Impact Map for Superstorm Sandy is available to media to embed or share as part of ongoing storm...

Esri Technical Certifcation Exams Now Covered Under GI Bill and other Education GIS News

Wednesday, October 31st 2012

This new information is on the Technical Certification Registration page: GI Bill Reimbursement Esri Technical Certification exams are also covered under the GI Bill. Qualified candidates will need to purchase their exam with Pearson VUE via credit card and then submit a form for...

Geography Matters in College Readiness and other Education GIS News

Tuesday, October 30th 2012

The Annenburg Institute for School Refortm confirms that where you live in New York City helps determine your college readiness. The institute today released a 10-page report arguing that demography is still destiny for New York City schoolchildren, at least in terms of whether they are...

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