Apps We Love: Folds and Faults

Folds and Faults provides an illustrated overview of two significant topics in geology: folds and faults. Understanding folds and faults helps to explain how mountains form, how layers of rock change shape over time, and the underlying cause of earthquakes. This app...

Apps We Love: SkySafari 3

The basic version of SkySafari 3 shows you 120,000 stars, plus 220 of the best-known star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies in the sky. It displays the Solar System’s major planets and moons using NASA spacecraft imagery, and includes the best-known asteroids and...

Apps We Love: Oh Ranger!

“Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder is great for finding your next destination while you’re in transit or on the trail. Even if it weren’t free, Oh, Ranger! ParkFinder would be well worth downloading.” – Bob Tedeschi, The New York Times “Oh, Ranger! is...

Apps We Love: SkyView

Skyview is a stargazing app that implements augmented reality to “explore the universe.” Have you ever wondered where the constellations are? How about the planets? Or where the sun and the moon will be at certain times of the day? This is a great app fpr those of us...

Apps We Love: Geology AZ

Geology AZ is the Arizona version of the first GIS (geographical information system) for the iPhone. This initial release focuses on the geology of the Grand Canyon state, and related data. Geology AZ is completely self-contained, which means that it is always...

Apps We Love: iRecycle

Do you recycle? iRecycle! Recycling is the easiest and most accessible way to get people plugged into sustainability. iRecycle provides access to more than 800,000 recycling and disposal resources for more than 240 materials, plus the latest in green news to match...

Apps We Love: Project Noah

Project Noah was launched out of NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) in early 2010. It all started off as an experiment to see if they could build a fun, location-based mobile application to encourage people to reconnect with nature and document local...

Apps We Love: My Radar

Since GISetc is headquartered in “tornado alley” – we love our weather apps! This free radar app will center over your location and provide you with accurate, real time weather scans. Now in the top 5 most popular weather applications, with over...

Apps We Love: WildLab Bird

With funding from the MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with HASTAC, the WildLab piloted a program in NYC schools that engaged learners in real scientific data collection. Using iPhones, over 500 5th- through 12th-grade students collected thousands of GPS-tagged...