Category Archives: education
GIS EDU Spotlight – Penn State University Geospatial Programs
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
Blue Raster Welcomes students from Washington-Lee High School for #GISday
A nice “feel good” GIS Day story today from our friends at Blue Raster as the crew shares details of how they hosted a slew of young GIS enthusiasts at the office in order to celebrate, educate, and invigorate… well … Continue reading
GISDay 2012 Events Around the Web
GISDay is upon us once again and there’s loads of activities taking place around the World and around the web… do you have plans yet? For a cool look at GISDay events taking place around the World be sure to … Continue reading
GeoTech Training and Webinars – 10 Awesome Resources
Online webinars and online education and training is hot, not to mention very handy and educational – oh, and it’s Free! Many folks are looking for a little competitive edge or simply into multi-tasking and enjoy running a webinar in … Continue reading
Webcast series – Your Pathway to ArcGIS Online #MapThis
Here’s something for those of you interested in learning more about ArcGIS online, a webcast series from Geo-Jobe Consulting titled “Your Pathway to ArcGIS Online”. This comes from the crew’s blog… Over the next few months, Jeremy Weber will be leading … Continue reading
Johns Hopkins University MS in GIS Information Session
The Johns Hopkins University Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems invites you to attend an Online Information Session Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 7:00 – 8:30pm EDT. Learn about the program’s admission requirements, curriculum design, course structure, degree requirements, and how … Continue reading
Samsung Offering up $1,000,000 in STEM EDU Grants
An interesting offer to educators (USA) from Samsung in the form of $1,000,000 in technology grants. From Samsung… Samsung and its partners are asking teachers to participate in its contest which will address a key academic challenge in our country: to … Continue reading
BCIT GIS Student project and practicum sponsors needed #Geo #EDU
An update from my friend Karl at the BCIT GIS faculty at BCIT in Burnaby, BC, Canada. Karl provides an update and information on this year’s practicum for the GIS program students. About the program – Every year, the BCIT … Continue reading
Learn about the new MS in GIS at Johns Hopkins University
A reminder about your chance to hear all about the new MS in Geographic Information Systems at Johns Hopkins University. Some info from JHU… Reliance on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is expanding into industries such as natural resource management, environmental … Continue reading
10 Must Consider GIS/Geo Tech Job Opportunities
Even in this gloomy economy a number of job opportunities have recently hit our career board on GISuser and there’s no sign of things slowing down as savvy Geo tech professionals continue to be in demand. Check out these opportunities … Continue reading
Got a million pieces of Lego? Why not make a World map!
Who doesn’t love Lego?/ Heck, just yesterday my daughter and friends pulled out a big box that I have and created for several hours… the stuff is timeless! And thanks to Gary in the UK for sharing this awesome story … Continue reading
Event – Preparing LiDAR for Use in ArcGIS 10.1 with the Data Interoperability Extension
You may have missed the Aug 21 webinar from Safe Software (See the recording here) about the company’s Data Interoperability Extension for Esri, however, if LiDAR is your thing take note that another webinar on Thursday will tackle the useful … Continue reading
