If you need to show students the world and have a free GIS / Visualisation tool, check out ESRI's Visualiser.
This is a free tool with no login. Maps can be viewed in 2D or as a 3D sphere.
A project originally funded by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) with an Innovative Geography Teaching Grant to develop teaching ideas for using Google Earth in the Geography classroom, expanded to include ArcGIS Online in 2014
If you need to show students the world and have a free GIS / Visualisation tool, check out ESRI's Visualiser.
This is a free tool with no login. Maps can be viewed in 2D or as a 3D sphere.
Via the latest issue of 'Geography' journal.
The University of Liverpool has shared a variety of Google Earth Engine tools for researchers (and educators).
This includes options for coding using Google Earth Engine.
Some school based resources are apparently on the way, and if you'd like to make some suggestions there's a form on the website.
EMU Analytics have shared a number of interactive maps on their Location Insights Explorer.
Listen to the SHIFT podcast which features an interview with Jack Dangermond, founder of esri. He is the President of esri.
From deciding where to build a new business, airport or fire station, to understanding the potential impact of decisions regarding conservation or governance, people make billions of maps everyday using GIS.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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This is one of my older blogs and started out sharing ideas for Google Earth before broadening out over the years....
🌏 Google Earth now has a new homescreen, helping you organize 🗂️ your 🗺️ mapping projects, check it out in this 📽️ 1 min video ✨
— Google Earth (@googleearth) November 18, 2024
👉 https://t.co/AYqPvQcP6C
GIS Day is this Wednesday 20! Help mark the day by exploring our GIS resources for teachers. 📚
— RGS-IBG Schools (@RGS_IBGschools) November 18, 2024
These educational tools will enable you to bring real-world geography into your classroom and show students the power of GIS. 💻https://t.co/GzjnCSib8l ⬇️#GISday2024
I've been following Keir Clarke since the early days of Google Earth and he has always shared fascinating map links, many of which I have shared here and on my other blogs.
His latest (ish) is a game he has been developing called Scrambled Maps.
The new Living England 2022-23 habitat map is now live! Download freely from https://t.co/rR1gT2IaPl (coming soon on Magic). It’s more reliable & user-friendly than ever - providing essential habitat data for natural capital monitoring across England. pic.twitter.com/5PmDIHjeli
— NE Chief Scientist (@NEChiefSci) November 12, 2024
Visit the link, and see the details in the technical report.
That's the title of a new book by Jack Dangermond in association with the wider GIS community.
A description:
The Power of Where presents the visionary concepts of Jack Dangermond, cofounder of Esri®, the world’s leading mapping software company. With a foreword by bestselling author and writer for The Atlantic, James Fallows, it’s filled with the latest web maps, illustrations, and real-life stories from a vibrant global community of geographic information systems (GIS) users. If you’ve never heard of GIS, this is the book for you, and if you think you know what GIS is, you’ll discover much more.
From the Ring of Fire to the Fertile Crescent, The Power of Where takes us on a visual and narrative journey into the world of modern GIS and reveals its growing potential to address the world’s greatest challenges. The technology is already ubiquitous, from running city governments and performing civic science to conserving open spaces and managing logistics—virtually every human endeavor.
Central to the book is the geographic approach—a way of solving problems that uses spatial location to perceive and understand patterns—from wildlife migration and rising seas to urban planning and food production. Drawing from 60 years of research and experience, the author writes from a fervent conviction that through this approach, we can confront climate change, hunger, water scarcity, inequity, and issues large and small in our everyday lives.
The book describes the methods of the geographic approach—visualization, communication, analysis, collaboration, accounting, and design—and shows how vast amounts of integrated data are propelling spatial applications into the mainstream. A companion website brings interactive maps and stories to life and serves as a starting point for students and educators—and anyone considering joining the GIS user community.
The Power of Where reveals how technologies such as web services, mobile devices, artificial intelligence, extended reality, and 3D visualization intersect with GIS and outlines the new opportunities they are creating. Its maps and stories arise from a passion for the power of place and from the mutually reinforcing revolutions in Earth observation, analysis, and collaboration that GIS and the human spirit make possible.
Explore live examples from the book and learn more about interactive mapping and the tools of modern GIS
Widely acknowledged as the leading visionary in the field of geographic information system (GIS) technology, Jack Dangermond and his wife, Laura, launched the Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969 with a shared vision that system thinking along with computer mapping and spatial analysis could help people design a better future. For more than 50 years, their vision has guided Esri’s GIS mapping and analytic technologies worldwide. Jack’s life work has brought many honors, including the Planet and Humanity Medal from the International Geographical Union, the Champions of Earth Award from the United Nations, and the Alexander Graham Bell Medal from the National Geographic Society. Jack and Laura live in their hometown of Redlands, CA, where Esri is based.
The Antarctic Digital Database is a free new GIS linked to Antarctica.
Data can be downloaded through the data catalogue in Geopackage or Shapefile format.What's that? A new map viewer bringing together all the data of the Antarctic Digital Database? Freely available?!
— British Antarctic Survey 🐧 (@BAS_News) May 18, 2024
Go enjoy yourself zooming into bits of Antarctica, map lovers ⬇️https://t.co/DWwaghwzUh
The BAS ✨MAGIC✨ team looks after this project for @SCAR_Tweets. pic.twitter.com/vVqXQOxdV6
A new mapping option linked to the current river pollution issues...
Very excited to announce the launch of
— Rachel Salvidge (@RachSalv) June 27, 2024
THE WATERSHED POLLUTION MAP!
River health, landfills, sewage, road run-off, intensive farming, big industry, forever chemicals, abandoned mines, bathing waters, flood risk, protected areas and so much more... 🧵https://t.co/upIKfAJQhP pic.twitter.com/FnlRgip9ld
What are the sources of pollution in your own local area?