Building a Successful GIS Program in a Middle School

This interesting and informative paper discusses how teachers can begin to implement a GIS program within a middle school and the advantages of doing so. Barbaree Duke shares her experiences of implementing a GIS program in North Carolina and the positive effects that it had for the students. If you are an educator this is a great case study for how to begin to implement GIS within your own school.

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US Census Releases Interactive Apportionment Data

Pollen and Allergy Mapping Tools

If you are one of the 35 million Americans with pollen allergies (NIAID), you may enjoy having some tools handy to learn key information about the pollen index and others in your area. This website not only makes available a good allergy forecast mapping per state and city, but also offers tools like comparing 2 different zipcodes delivering Dynamic Allergy Forecasts.

http://www.pollen.com/allergy-weather-forecast.asp

Sendai (Japan) Earthquake and Tsunami Mapping Response

Keeping you posted about resources shared by the GIS Lounge website related with the recent Earthquake and Tsunami.

http://gislounge.com/sendai-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-mapping-response/

CFGIS Ignite Videos - February 25th, 2011

If you missed our CFGIS User Group meeting in February, you didn't see that 3 courageous individuals took up the Ignite challenge. This is your chance to see them in a fast paced 5 minute presentation!

Witness Al Hill investigate how Volusia County workers drove to work! Find out about FACM with Christine Schluter! And, learn how to deliver your information to 3 different audiences with Keith Smith!

LRO: Mapping our Future on the Moon

This video comes from NASA. Discussing the role of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to create the first comprehensive atlas of the lunar surface. This project includes several different types of remote sensing technologies to better understand the surface of the moon and its features.

Charting the Sea Floor

The technology of mapping continues to evolve and become even more impressive each day. This video depicts how the sea floor mapping program at Cal State University in Monterey California is using sonar technology to effectively map the ocean floor and model it as never seen before. Enjoy!!!