Our friend Charlie Fitzpatrick, the K-12 Education Manager for Esri (the company that produces ArcGIS), reminded us that this year’s ArcGIS Online Competition for US High School and Middle School Students is underway. Students in grades 4-12 who wish to participate must submit entries via their own login in a school/district ArcGIS Online Organization. The […]
NBC News built a cool little app that allows you to superimpose the areas burnt by each of the major wildfires on top of your own city, so that you can get a true sense of just how large these fires really are. Check it out at https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/map-compare-west-coast-wildfires-2020-n1240011 . You may notice in my sample […]
Have you wondered what careers might make use of your skills in GIS? Esri (the company behind ArcGIS) has partnered with VirtualJobShadow.com to produce a broad series of videos that detail careers ranging from a conservationist to a fire fighter. Check them out here.