Category Archives: education

The Geo for Higher Ed Summit 2013 from Google – Apply Now

Posted on April 19, 2013 by glenn

Something quite awesome from Google on the horizon, in particular, a great opportunity for educators and those involved in Geo at the higher education level – enter Geo for Higher Education Summit. Taking place July at the Googleplex in MountainView, … Continue reading →

Posted in education, events, google, google earth |

Learn how Juniper Aspect can increase efficiency in field data collection

Posted on April 17, 2013 by glenn

Here’s an opportunity for you to learn about the easy-to-use mapping software designed with field crews in mind thanks to Juniper Systems. Juniper Aspect is a mapping software specifically designed with field crews in mind, allowing you to: Cut costs … Continue reading →

Posted in education, events |

Tips For Ocean and Climate Literacy

Posted on April 11, 2013 by glenn

Some fun, and educational resources from NOAA as Ocean Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts, and Climate Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts present a vision of an ocean and climate-literate society.  A practical resource for educators, these guides outline the knowledge … Continue reading →

Posted in education, environment, noaa |

Take Me Out To The Ball Park at ESRIUC!

Posted on April 9, 2013 by glenn

A tip here for those of you heading to San Diego CA this July for ESRIUC. We luck out this year as the Padres have a home stand the week of UC and that means loads of opportunities to get … Continue reading →

Posted in education, ESRI, esri uc, sports |

Webinar Tip – Serving Geospatial Imagery Doesn’t Have to be so Hard

Posted on March 29, 2013 by glenn

Here’s details of another webinar coming from the Seattle-based crew at LizardTech – “Effortless: Serving Geospatial Imagery Doesn’t Have to be so Hard”. This free event is scheduled to run live online Tuesday April 2 starting at 11 AM PDF … Continue reading →

Posted in education, events, imagery, webinar |

Make Good Maps not Apple maps with Penn State on Coursera

Posted on March 21, 2013 by glenn

LOL, make good maps, not Apple maps!! Open learning is HUGE, plain and simple and there’s a number of fine, open learning resources available to the public including Coursera. And so it’s great to see that the Geo EDU leaders … Continue reading →

Posted in education, video |

Ranking of Top Earth Science Schools & Colleges – U.S

Posted on March 12, 2013 by glenn

Highly regarded since its first appearance in 1994, the annual Best Graduate Schools rankings offer a reliable, easy-to-use resource for those seeking the best schools for attaining a master’s, professional or other advanced degree.  Part of the rankings is a … Continue reading →

Posted in education, TOP Lists |

The Arizona State University GIS Lab

Posted on March 7, 2013 by glenn

A good place to get a sense of where the geographic information system (GIS) field is headed is Lattie F. Coor Hall at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. That’s the home of the 30-credit-hour Masters of Advanced Study in … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona, business, education |

2 Million Hidden Geocaches and counting…

Posted on February 20, 2013 by glenn

How cool is it to see that the sport of Geocaching is now boasting almost 2 million hidden geocaches… wow! The crew at Geocaching.com has a real time (almost) count tracking the number of registered geocaches and it’s rapidly approaching … Continue reading →

Posted in education, funny, gps |

Geophotography Webinar Series

Posted on February 15, 2013 by glenn

Here’s details of an interesting educational event series taking place in the near future thanks to the folks at Carlton University (and others)… The workshop is being convened to help geoscientists improve their photographic skills to enhance the creation and … Continue reading →

Posted in education, events, photos, webinar |

EDU Tales – the story of COGS

Posted on December 18, 2012 by glenn

An interesting update about COGS (College of Geographic Sciences) related research project came through our LinkedIn group today… Are you a COGS graduate ? Dr. Bob Maher has started to research ‘the story of COGS’. This is a personal project … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, education |

GIS EDU Spotlight – Penn State University Geospatial Programs

Posted on December 6, 2012 by glenn

This past summer at ESRIUC in San Diego I had the pleasure of meeting up with Anthony C. Robinson, Lead Faculty for GIS programs at Penn State. Enjoy this short video interview as Anthony discusses the GIS program offerings at … Continue reading →

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