Category: mapping
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Mapping the Holidays
Today I was thinking about sharing a Christmas map resource. I envisioned maps of trees or Santa’s track for Christmas Eve. I started with ArcGIS Online and typed in the search word “Christmas.” The search result alone gives great ideas on ways to map holiday happenings no matter where you are in the world. Some… Read more
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An English Teacher’s Guide to Mapping: the videos
From GISetc… *NEW* Video Series We are excited to provide more free resources to help your students succeed. Our resident English teacher,Barbaree Duke, will be featured this month on our YouTube channel. She created a series of 4 videos called “An English Teacher’s Guide to Mapping” that outlines several ways to implement geospatial technology into traditional… Read more
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Maps of the Imagination
If you are interested in mapping and the humanities, then Peter Turchi’s book Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer is a MUST read! He writes, “The purpose of a story or poem, unlike that of a diary, is not to record our experience but to create a context for, and to lead the… Read more