FieldTrip GB

One of the questions that I had at the recent courses was on the use of fieldtrip apps.
I've had the app on my phone for a while but hadn't explored it, but was prompted to take another look by the question, but also by the work that I saw from Sevenoaks and other schools, who were starting to use it.

The app itself is created by EDINA, who have also created Digimap for Schools.
I wrote the Secondary teaching materials to go alongside the Digimap for Schools platform, and also for their MapStream service (OS maps streamed into a GIS client like QGIS) and am about to start work on the

There is a DESKTOP site to go alongside the app, which can be used to create DATA CAPTURE FORMS. These can be used on the site to capture data at specific points, which can then be exported in KML or CSV format.

I've been experimenting with this, and there are still a few areas I need to explore further to ensure that it works for me....
Here's a form I created for a trip to Sevenoaks tomorrow...

Sustainable Fish map

Another map built on ESRI's StoryMap template for ArcGIS Online (a summer project)

A Danish map providing advice on selecting and identifying sustainable fish species in various sea areas.

Doddle GIS resource

Free resource from Doddle (a Boardworks link)
ICT, GIS and Fieldwork...
Would make a good starting point for discussions - a nice sample...

'Feels like' temperature maps for the UK

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Another map which was shared in the last few days, created by the ESRI UK Education Team

UPDATE
Now a live humidity map too...

ArcGIS Online map of Terrestrial eco-regions...

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One of several new maps that I came across today .... Keep checking back for more new maps as I come across them...

The course that wasn't...

I have an embarrassing day on Thursday when running one of the final Google Earth and Beyond courses for the GA.
The internet at the venue didn't work for the first hour and a quarter of the day, and then came and went during the day, so the course was 'cancelled' but we hung on and I ran through a condensed version of events... less time for ArcGIS Online in the afternoon, which is a pity.
Apologies once again to those who made the journey to London, and thanks to the delegates who hung on and persevered with the day for your kind feedback.

Thanks also to Catrin, who sent through one of the outcomes that she had produced following the course, based on Snowdonia, and with a series of tasks and questions with layers to turn on and off... Really nice work.

ESRI Ed Community - ArcLessons

ArcLessons is a community for users of ArcGIS Online who share their lessons.
Although not all of the lessons are based on Geography, there are some ideas which you could adapt to Geography..
Some great contributions from Joseph Kerski, and also from Bob Lang.
For delegates at the GA course, I shall be putting some of these resources in the Dropbox area...

Graeme Eyre - 2009 vintage...

Still some interesting ideas to pick out of this... Things have moved on in the five years since Graeme produced it, so the final bits have now been sorted anyway with other mapping tools, but nice ideas to adapt...

Google Earth as a GIS from Graeme Eyre

Google Treks..

Visit some amazing places via Google Treks.



Keep scrolling down on the various pages to uncover some great imagery....

Google says 'Hello World'....

They said it a while ago...

Tour de France

Some ideas from Fred Martin for using the Tour de France as a context for teaching GIS.

A good place to start further exploring....

Eurovision Story Map

Here's another example of what ArcGIS Online is capable of creating with a little effort.
A map to show the various winners of Eurovision over the years...

Follow @EsriStoryMaps to find out the latest maps as they are highlighted...

Imperial Airways to Cape Town...

Reminded of this earlier, as an example of using Google Earth to tell a story - not necessarily GIS work, but has great potential as a framework for other journeys and investigations.
Lovely work by Richard Allaway from his Geography all the Way site.

Virtual tours of the Gaywood River valley

If you're after a tour with a hydrological / ecosystems services focus, check out these tours made for a rivers project close to where I live in Norfolk, created by UEA.

Dr Amii Darnell, Professor Andrew Lovett and Dr Jenni Turner have created three ‘virtual tours’ that can be viewed in the free Google Earth software and which provide an introduction to the key environmental features of the Gaywood Valley east of King’s Lynn in Norfolk. The tours have been created as part of the Sustainable Urban Fringes (SURF) initiative which brings together partners from five European countries in a number of projects to enhance the value of nearby rural areas for urban communities (www.sustainablefringes.eu). In the case of King’s Lynn one objective was to encourage local people to explore the valley and find out more about its history and wildlife.  The virtual tours have been produced to provide background information in an easily accessible form and to highlight sites that can be visited. Teaching materials are also being developed so that the tours can be used in local schools.The tours were constructed as sets of text, photos and map information that can be opened in Google Earth, provide instructions to guide the viewer to different landscape features and then display additional information about them (including links to websites). Each tour has a different theme, the first supplying a general introduction to the area, the second focusing on geology and past climates, and the third including details of possible walks and sites to visit.

New ArcGIS background map of London

If you follow THIS LINK you'll be taken to an alternative map background for your maps which is an OS map of 1890s London.
You can zoom down to a high resolution and compare with the imagery of the city, and then build a map on top of the vintage mapping.
Thanks to Jason Sawle for the tipoff to this new opportunity for historic mapping.

OS C1890's historic map of London now available in ArcGIS Online thanks to @natlibscotmaps http://t.co/SdMpEhp6l3 pic.twitter.com/iZclbEpWuI
— Jason Sawle (@GIS4Schools) May 22, 2014

Here's the area around Mary Ward House near Euston for example...