Category: gis data
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Gulf of Mexico Maps and Data
Recently the New Orleans office of the National Weather Service hosted an Open House event. We got to see a weather balloon launched (video), meet a famous female astronaut and see the new emergency trailer. Always a teacher and always on the hunt for curriculum ideas, I was excited when the staff shared their new… Read more
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Q & A: Studying Louisiana Wetlands
It’s a new year filled with new questions from my GIS teacher friends. Solving questions and having students go on that quest is so powerful. Question: I have a GIS student who is interested in learning some things about Louisiana’s water. She is interested in studying wetlands and salinity as a first topic choice. Erosion… Read more
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Storm’s a comin’! Get your data ready!
It’s that time of year again! If you haven’t taken advantage of their data, now’s a great time to show students the progression of the storm. The National Hurricane Center has their GIS data ready to download and pull into your favorite GIS application. Just click DOWNLOAD GIS DATA. Whether you’re using a free product… Read more
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Teaching GIS: Using Data that’s…Ready to GO!
Thanks again folks for filling the room again this morning. The powerpoint handout is available online at http://www.barbareeduke.com/downloads/downloads.htm#GeoTech_2010. If you’re interested, tomorrow…I’ll be presenting on using Sketch-A-Map in the classroom and 20 Minute GIS. http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Fall is Data Hunting Season
If you’re on the hunt for data, there are many resources available where the data is free for educators. Often the challenge is how to search for it efficiently. Like the rest of the globe, I tend to start with a Google search to see what I get. I thought the folks who need simplicity… Read more
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World View from A Different Perspective
If you’re not familiar with World Mapper, then you really should check it out. www.worldmapper.org These folks have a cool collection of shape-shifting maps based on the data. For my serious geographer friends, I know that’s not the term. 🙂 For all the teachers out there, you can download the poster versions of each map… Read more
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Mapping Hurricanes
It’s that time of year again! One easy way to map and analyze tropical storms and hurricanes is with the National Hurricane Center Data. All maps from the website are available for GIS applications. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gis/ http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Translating Joined Data Files from ArcMap 9.x to AEJEE
In my curriculum writing for GIS, I often join data files for use in ArcMap 9.x. AEJEE, ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education, is unhappy with these files. However, there are some simple steps to follow so that they work nicely in AEJEE. FIRST, In ArcMap: 1. Join the data files 2. fix the table… Read more
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My Favorite Data Stops
My favorite places to get data for use with classroom activities are:The National Atlas: http://www.nationalatlas.govUSGS: http://seamless.usgs.govNational Historic GIS: http://www.nhgis.org http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more