3rd Annual GIS Day Statewide Webcast for Hawaii Schools

To sign up for the 3rd Annual GIS Day Statewide Webcast for Hawaii Schools, please register by November 14, 2011 at www.surveymonkey.com/s/GISDayWebcast2011.

2011 Hawaii GIS Field Day - December 6 at the Bishop Museum

Contact Isla Young at 808-875-2307 or isla@medb.org for more information or to sign up.

GIS Career Webinar: Top 5 Skills You Need to be Successful in a GIS Career.

On Tues., Sept. 27, Dr. Joseph Kerski, education manager for Esri, and Dr. Devon Cancilla, dean, business and technology for American Sentinel University discussed the top 5 skills needed for a successful GIS career.

Dr. Cancilla and Dr. Kerski believe that GIS is a "core technology of the 21st century."

Please check out the webinar:

http://www.americansentinel.edu/blog/2011/10/04/top-5-skills-you-need-to-be-successful-in-a-gis-career/

Do you agree?

3 GIS Teaching Resources

Joseph J. Kerski, Ph.D., Education Manager with ESRI, shares the following three resources:

1. Global Climate Change 

 

2. Locations of US nuclear plants available on ArcGIS Online

Dr. Kerski advises "...add a faults and geology layer or a cities layer. Zoom in on a few of them and change the base map to a satellite image.  What do they look like up close? What do they have in common? What are the differences?"

3. World Bank eAtlas of Global Development

Dr. Kerski suggests going into the atlas and creating maps, time series graphs, etc. on 179 indicators covering themes such as poverty, education, economy, and environment. There is also a new printed Atlas of Global Development for sale by www.worldbank.org/publications.

2011 Esri Education User Conference Proceedings

The latest shared GIS resources of EdUC forum members are now online. 

Online Graduate Certificate in Spatial Literacy for Educators

A NEW opportunity for educators from a leading institution that also offers full Masters Programs in GIS and more! Check it out:

www.redlands.edu/spatialliteracy

(877) 299-7547

"The Cloud!" - Why the Web GIS Revolution is so Exciting

And a sneak peak into the soon-to-be-available capabilities of ArcGIS Online that will allow you to publish and share your own data.

Link: Intelligent WebMaps and ArcGIS Online

If you could share data online, what would it be?

Joseph Kerski on Scale!

Check out Joseph Kerski's new Video and Blogs on why scale matters in GIS.

Video: Click Here

Blog 1: Click Here

Block 2: Click here

Joseph Kerski is Education Manager at ESRI - Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

GPS vs. SmartPhone!

Joseph Kerski, Education Manager with ESRI, conducts two experiments comparing the accuracy of the horizontal position of a SmartPhone vs. that of a GPS receiver. His results show that while the SmartPhone's data is more current and precise than that of the GPS, the GPS's data is far more accurate.

To learn more about Kerski's experiments, please click on the following links:
Comparing a GPS vs. SmartPhone, Part 1 of 2
Comparing a GPS vs. SmartPhone, Part 2 of 2

To learn more about the accuracy of iPhone locations, please click on the following article by Paul Zandbergen, Department of Geography, University of New Mexico:

Zandbergen, Paul A. 2009. Accuracy of iPhone Locations: A Comparison of Assisted GPS, WiFi, and Cellular Positioning. Transactions in GIS, 13(s1): 5-26

Have you used your cell phone for GPS positioning?

Hawaii Clean Energy Hawaii STEM iPad App

Get the Hawaii Clean Energy Hawaii STEM iPad App Now!
In celebration of EARTH DAY and in honor of teachers, students, and parents worldwide, download the Clean Energy Hawaii STEM iPad App from iTunes on April 22nd!

Download iTunes Now: http://bit.ly/CleanEnergyHawaii

Watch it You Tube: http://bit.ly/CleanEnergyHawaiiVideo

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A Place for Everything: Geographic Analysis and Geospatial Tech in Schools

Excellent article by Charlie Fitzpatrick, ESRI Education Manager, now in The Geography Teacher, a publication of the National Council for Geographic Education. The article is available free for reading online or downloading.

How do you encourage students to use geographic analysis and geospatial technology in your school and/or community?

Community Remote Sensing

Japan Tragedy: Satellite and Social Media Response Tools Spotlighted

Blog post by Dr. Ray A. Williamson, Executive Director of Secure World Foundation

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/574457/?sc=dwtr&xy=5028369

Scholarships Available for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in Geospatial Data and GIS!

Interested in GEOSPATIAL DATA and GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)? The Hawaii Geographic Information Cooordinating Council is accepting applications until April 5, 2011 for the Mark Lierman Memorial Scholarship Award. Two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded. For more information and download application visit: http://higicc.camp8.org/awards

GIS & Clean Energy Meet!

GIS to help create a smart grid.

EarthSky.org article:

http://earthsky.org/human-world/bill-meehan-on-using-gis-to-help-create-a-smart-grid-2

FREE ArcGIS 10 Training Seminars!

ESRI provides free online training for ArcGIS Version 10:

Check out:
ArcGIS 10 Deployment: Download, Installation, and Authorization (US) http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?DID=6&Product_ID=978

Using ArcMap in 10 http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?did=6&Product_id=969

Editing in ArcGIS 10 http://training.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm?DID=6&Product_ID=975

Videos - GIS in the Classroom

New ESRI Videos on how to incorporate GIS in your classroom instruction!

http://esriurl.com/gisinschools1

Standards for Integrating GeoTech into Education

Here are some starting places for standards:

1. National Geography Standards:
http://www.ncge.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3314
2. NRC’s Learning to Think Spatially:
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11019
3. The GIS 20: Essential Skills:
http://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=display&websiteID=176&moduleID=0

Microsoft has selected ArcGIS as a foundation for viewing geospatial information within the DataMarket

"Esri has partnered with Microsoft to offer a set of features that contribute to and enhance the usability of the Windows Azure DataMarket. These features include online applications that query and map geographic data from the DataMarket, online analysis tools and a collection of premium demographic datasets.

Among the data available in the DataMarket, Esri's Updated Demographics (2010/2015) data provides the industry's most accurate population, housing, and income variables.

Windows Azure DataMarket is a cloud service that provides a global marketplace for delivering high quality information in a consistent manner" -http://www.esri.com/software/landing_pages/microsoft/azure.html

For more information, please visit esri.com/azure/datamarket.