GIS for kids

Children’s Book: “Lindsey the GIS Specialist”

March 19, 2019By Caitlin DempseyGIS Career and Jobs

The next time a child asks you to explain what GIS is, you might want to read them this online book about Lindsey the GIS Specialist.

Children learning GIS as part of Esri's camp offered during the annual Esri User Conference in San Diego. Source: SDCC, July 2014.

Teaching GIS in Elementary School

September 11, 2016By Mark AltaweelGIS Learning

Research on how to best implement GIS education for K-12 has looked at the use of web-based GIS and data that is understandable at different levels.

Elements of a Map

Map elements such as the map frame, legend, and north arrow are parts of what create a map.

Learn GIS for Free

There are a few online options to learn GIS for free. Take advantage of resources that provide you access to free courses from some of the world’s best universities and institutions.

GIS is a technological field that incorporates geographical features with tabular data in order to map, analyze, and assess real-world problems. The key word to this technology is Geography – this means that some portion of the data is spatial.

Open Source GIS and Freeware GIS Applications

An open source application by definition is software that you can freely access and modify the source code for. Open source projects typically are worked on by a community of volunteer programmers. Open source GIS programs are based on different base programming languages. Three main groups of open source GIS […]

Calculating Polygon Area in ArcMap

Here are the steps for calculating the area of a polygon using ArcGIS.