Mapping North Korea with Crowdsourcing
Once a month we’re sharing MUST SEE MAPS…just because they’re cool and sometimes the really cool stuff doesn’t fit into one of our tidy theme weeks. Have you seen how google is adding North Korea to the map? They’re using crowdsourcing! Watch this video to...GeoTech 2013 Begins
It’s GeoTech week! Which means we’re hosting a big GIS teacher’s conference in Dallas this week. To see our line up for 2013 (and if your interest is piqued for 2014), visit and like our GeoTech facebook page. Once you “Like” us, you can...Asteroid DA14, Friday Flyby
No this is not the 2012 apocalypse sequel, we’re just having a close encounter with an asteroid today. DA14 will be passing within 15,000 miles of earth and you can follow it’s progress! Find out how to watch asteroid 2012 DA14 flyby online in webcasts....Happy GIS Day from GISetc
To celebrate GIS Day, we want to highlight three things that make us happy: 1. We have launched a new section on our website – MAP PORTALS! Through these portals discover rich free resources of map data in earth sciences, agriculture, English and language arts...NOAA: 30 Years of Saving Lives
This month marks NOAA’s 30th anniversary of using GIS technology to save lives. We applaud their efforts and their vision. To commemorate their anniversary this month, we are sharing a segment of an article about their mission from Science Daily: “Thirty...A Curious Find for Mars Rover, Curiosity
In science we have to keep an open mind and a sense of humor. When we ran across this article (and picture) we laughed out loud! Please visit Cosmic Log to read the article in full, watch videos and get your chuckle for the day!!! “NASA’s Curiosity rover...Meteor Showers This Weekend – Look Up!
We’re keeping you ahead of the curve! Be sure to watch the skies this weekend (especially Sunday night) for meteor showers. To learn more about meteors and for graphics to share with your students, be sure to read the full article on SpacePlace. “The...MyCOE Global Connections and Exchange Program
At the IGC (International Geography Conference) this summer we learned about the MyCOE Global Connections and Exchange Program from our friend and colleague, Niem Huynh from the Association of American Geographers. She was kind enough to send us information on their...Impact on Jupiter
Did you see what happened on Jupiter this week? An amateur astronomer caught the impact on video as he was scanning the skies. Just another example of the power of the citizen science movement. Below is an article about the event by science writer Alan Boyle....A Disappearing Island Restored
As sea levels change around the globe, islands and shorelines in the Mid-Atlantic are becoming vulnerable to erosion. In some cases, intervention is in order to protect endangered wildlife. This story brought to our attention by one of our Carte Diem authors, Dr....GIS Whisperer is here!
HQ Alert! UPDATE: 4/2/2013 Join the Tribe of GIS Whisperers as we migrate to the Esri EdUC in July! http://www.giswhisperer.com We have a secret, but we’re rotten at keeping secrets. So shhh…GIS Whisperer is coming in the fall of 2012. We’re...