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.