2017

Make a Difference – Make Maps

This year’s theme is “The Geography of Civil Rights Movements.” We have a few resources that suit this study along with other great geography resources from NatGeo.

Explore free mapping resources for Elementary Students (or folks just getting started with maps too), https://goo.gl/1B6F8r.
Get your resources for GIS Day!
Explore the Esri’s GeoInquiries for 15-minute activities on Dr. King’s “Letters from a Birmingham Jail”, Civil War, World History and more.
Perhaps join the Watson family on a journey to Birmingham in 1963.

COUNTDOWN TO GIS DAY

Each day we are highlighting a map resource that is making a difference in the world.

Explore the world's marine protected areas

Explore Coastal Change Hazards

Explore NOAA's Storm Inundation from Texas to Maine

Explore Space Engagers Citizen Mapping

Explore the Global System Explorer

Explore Ocean Story Maps

MAKE A DIFFERENCE - MAKE MAPS

Previous GIS Day Resources from GISetc

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