Thanks very much Bob! These are great.
Showing posts with label StoryMap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label StoryMap. Show all posts
Saturday, January 03, 2026
Bob Lang's 30 Days of Mapping
During November, Bob Lang shared a map a day and there were some very useful resources. He has now produced a map which shares details of all the resources that he created.
Saturday, April 05, 2025
Young Geographer of the Year Competition
A chance for your students to create an ESRI StoryMap.
This annual competition is run by the Royal Geographical Society.
The Young Geographer of the Year is the Society’s annual competition which recognises the outstanding work of the next generation of geographers. With its age ranges spanning the primary years to A Level, the competition encourages thoughtful and creative answers to the competition’s theme which is set each year.The Society encourages schools to run their own in-house competition and then send their top 10 entries into the international competition. The Young Geographer competition has been running for over 20 years and every year thousands of children across the world take part.
2025 competition
The theme for the Young Geographer of the Year competition 2025 is:
Understanding islands
Let’s take a closer look at the World’s islands.
It is estimated that our planet contains almost 670,000 islands, of which around 11,000 are permanently inhabited. Islands have a unique geography; their landscapes and coastlines vary massively – some are home to volcanoes; others are barely above sea level. Some are barren, deserts or rocky outcrops, others lush vegetation havens for a range of unique wildlife and plant species. There are islands seen by many as popular holiday destinations, and there are others that are inaccessible or many miles from civilisation. Every island is unique, and every island has its challenges.
Some are threatened by climate change and issues such as sea level rise, and through this are embroiled in the geopolitics of the climate emergency and the mitigation strategies implemented through both international policies and local-level action. The people who live on islands face a range of socio-economic, cultural or historical challenges, from over-use of their towns and cities by tourists, to access to resources, clean water or adequate living conditions. The ‘ownership’ of some islands is contested; some are protected, others are fought over because of their geopolitical or strategic significance. In some places, islands are being created to meet the need for more space to satisfy our growing population. By exploring and understanding islands, including the island we live on, we can unlock a multitude of geographical themes and connections across people, places and environments.
The Society invites you to create a poster (Esri StoryMap or poster for KS5 entrants) to explore islands and highlight the geographical themes, challenges and solutions that connect across both human and physical geography to make islands unique. We are looking for eye catching, creative and informative posters and StoryMaps that delve into the socio-economic, cultural, political and physical aspects of a range of islands, showcasing their features and exploring how islands can be connected through the challenges that they face and the solutions they use to address those challenges.
The Society invites you to create a poster (Esri StoryMap or poster for KS5 entrants) to explore islands and highlight the geographical themes, challenges and solutions that connect across both human and physical geography to make islands unique. We are looking for eye catching, creative and informative posters and StoryMaps that delve into the socio-economic, cultural, political and physical aspects of a range of islands, showcasing their features and exploring how islands can be connected through the challenges that they face and the solutions they use to address those challenges.
Your posters and StoryMaps should think about geographical themes across people, places and environments.
Image: Alan Parkinson, waves on Reynisfjara beach - shared on Flickr
Thursday, January 09, 2025
Global Influence Index (GII)
Thanks to Bob Lang / Brendan Conway for the tipoff to this GIS resource which explores the GII: the extent to which countries are influenced by, and align themselves with either USA or China.
The Global Influence Index (GII) measures the influence of both the U.S. and China in 191 countries.gii.cesionline.org gt find by Brendan Conway excellrnt for post16 superpowers @jbwgeog.bsky.social
— Bob Lang (@boblanggeog.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The GII uses 28 measures of influence across the economic, political, and security spectrums to track the U.S. - China competitive landscape. What is the influence they have in other countries?
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Monday, September 09, 2019
Humber 2100 StoryMap
Thanks for the tipoff from Bob Lang to this ESRI StoryMap
Useful for all sorts of rivers / flooding / landscape management related topics...The Humber estuary has some of the highest flood risk in the country and is vulnerable to rising seas - hence our work on a new strategy to 2100. Check out our interactive storyboard for everything on the Humber past, present and future https://t.co/1CYPCh5BjU #geographyteacher pic.twitter.com/17tkUUSZIL— John Curtin (@johncurtinEA) September 9, 2019
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