Enhancing K-12 Education Through GIS: Insights from the 2nd National Summit at JMU

Geospatial Resources 2nd National Summit on GIS In K-12 Education James Madison University June 27, 2009 Michael Krimmer, PhD mkrimmer@nvcc.edu www.nvcc.edu/gis

Agenda • Survey of data sources • Cartography & mapping • Helpful tools • Jobs, industry info, etc. • Viral Geography?

http://www.csiss.org/

http://www.nhgis.org/

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dtdata.htm

http://www.fedstats.gov/

http://www.census.gov/

http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en

http://seamless.usgs.gov/index.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

http://www.bts.gov/help/national_transportation_atlas_database.htmlhttp://www.bts.gov/help/national_transportation_atlas_database.html

http://www.populstat.info/

http://www.planet-action.org/

http://igett.delmar.edu/

http://edc.usgs.gov/

http://www.realtor.org/research/research/ehspage

http://www.geographynetwork.com/freeresources.html

http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos

http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/where.html

http://www.epa.gov/mrlc/nlcd-2006.html

http://free.vgt.vito.be/

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_and_Statistics/

http://www.eia.doe.gov/

http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/

http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/datainfo.html

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/dataandtools.aspx

http://gisdata.virginia.gov/Portal/

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/resources/gis/vagaz/index.htmlhttp://www.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/resources/gis/vagaz/index.html

http://nces.ed.gov/

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/classroom/films.html

http://www.cdc.gov/datastatistics/

http://dcgis.dc.gov/dcgis/site/default.asp

http://children.library.carleton.ca/

http://www.davidrumsey.com/

http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/maps

http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/index.html

http://www.carto.net

http://cartography.tuwien.ac.at/ica/

http://training.esri.com/Courses/StartGIS/index.cfm?c=224

http://www.trimble.com/gps/index.shtml

http://www.nps.gov/gis/gps/gps4gis/

http://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer_intro.htmlhttp://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer_intro.html

http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~biehl/MultiSpec/

http://www.extractnow.com/

http://www.jingproject.com/

http://www.sendspace.com/

http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/

Enhancing K-12 Education Through GIS: Insights from the 2nd National Summit at JMU