gis for k–12 education

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GIS or K12 EducationSolutions or Students and Teachers


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What Is It Like AroundMy Community, MyCountry, My World?

Every day, in textbooks, newspapers, and TV, students

explore their world. They experience their community

on oot, by bicycle, by bus, and by car. They collect data

by sidewalk and streamside, download videos rom the

Internet, and gather inormation rom sources ar and wide.

Managing this great wealth o data calls or a geographic

inormation system (GIS).

A GIS manages location-based inormation and provides

the tools to display and integrate it, whether it is

population characteristics, economic

development opportunities, or

vegetation types. A GIS consists o

more than just computer maps: it

gives you the power to link data to

maps to create dynamic displays. It

provides tools to visualize, query,

and analyze data in ways not

possible with traditional

spreadsheets.

You do not need to teach geography to use

GIS. History teachers can watch a region

change over time. Science teachers can

enhance local projects with interactive maps.

Numbers come alive when they represent a

real place and can be manipulated in a GIS.

Language arts teachers can explore the richness

o communication with multimedia GIS. And all

classes become vocational in nature when students develop skills

sought by the adult world.

GIS helps students and teachers understand their world.In their schoolwork, students can use GIS to bring value to

the community. Everyone benets when students catalog

community resources, help businesses market their products,

or dene alternative views o the land. Working with businesses,

agencies, or researchers, students can use GIS to display the

complex abric that is our community and our world. GIS is a

tool or studying the world and all that was, is, or could be in it

at a local, regional, or global level.

Lewis and Clark historic map

plus 3D view of trail segment

using ArcView 3 (Windows)

Four world projections

displayed in one layout

using ArcView 9

Local population density using ArcView 9

Battle of Gettysburg historic features draped onto modern

aerial photo using ArcView 3

Regional analysis of daily caloric intake using ArcView 9


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GIS in Education

geographicinquiry

There is a world o inormation to help teach students how

to think and analyze inormation rom a spatial perspective.

Some o the many options available to acilitate learning

about GIS tools and processes include

Sotware manuals

Concept and instruction books rom ESRI Press

Subscriptions to ESRI Technical Support

ArcNews, ArcUser,ArcSchool Reader, and

GIS Educatorpublications

Virtual Campus courses on the ESRI Web site

Hands-on courses rom ESRI or ESRI Authorized

Instructors

Online discussion areas on the ESRI Web site

ESRI Education User Conerence

Independent e-mail LISTSERVS Independent workshops and institutes

Below are selected links rom the ESRI Web site that will help

you get started and go urther with geographic exploration.

Stay up to date with these ESRI Web sites:

www.esri.com/k-12 K12 education Web site

www.esri.com/arclessons Searchable lesson database

www.esri.com/arcschoolreader Free monthly electronic newsletter

www.esri.com/k12forum Online discussion area

www.esri.com/communityatlas Community mapping project

www.esri.com/educ ESRI Education User Conerence

www.esri.com/esripress Books about GIS sotware and applications

www.esri.com/mapmuseum Example maps rom GIS users

http://campus.esri.com ESRI Virtual Campus (distance learning center)

www.gis.com/careers GIS career inormation

www.gis.com General GIS inormation

www.gisday.com Web site or global public events

www.geographynetwork.com A wealth o GIS data plus online mapping

Southern California reference map using

Geography Network and ArcExplorer Web

ArcLessonsSM

Web site (www.esri.com/arclessons)

K12 industry Web site (www.esri.com/k-12)


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Geographic Data Choices

Spatial data about many subjects is available rom public agencies and commercial data providers. ESRI distributes starting data with

ArcView sotware. Additional data can be downloaded or even used on the fy rom the vast repositories on the Internet such as the

Geography NetworkSM

(www.geographynetwork.com).

ArcView also provides tools or creating your own digital map eatures, building tabular databases, and integrating imagery. Students can

create statistical data rom sources such as the daily newspaper, annual reports, or their own eld research with global positioning system(GPS) units. They can join new inormation to existing geographic shapes such as countries, state outlines, or GPS points.

Software Operating System System Requirements

ArcView 9 and extensions or

WindowsWindows NT 4, 2000, XP

or higher

PC with 800 Mhz or aster processor, 256 MB or more RAM,

1 GB or more disk space, CD-ROM device

ArcView 3 and ArcVoyager

or Windows

Windows 98, Me, NT 4, 2000,

XP

PC with Pentium

or higher processor, 32 MB or more RAM,

150 MB or more disk space, CD-ROM device

Extensions or ArcView 3 or

Windows

Same as above PC running ArcView 3 or Windows, 64 MB or more RAM

recommended

ArcView 3 and ArcVoyager

or MacintoshMac OS 7.x, 8.x, or 9.x; Mac OS X

i able to boot into OS 9

Macintosh G3 or higher processor, 32 MB or more RAM, 150 MB

or more disk space, CD-ROM device

ArcExplorerJava Edition or

Education, Windows version

Windows NT 4, 2000, XP

or higher; JRE 1.4.2

PC with Pentium or higher processor, 32 MB or more RAM, 25

MB or more disk space

ArcExplorerJava Edition or

Education, Macintosh version

Mac OS 10.3 or higher; JRE 1.4.2 Macintosh G3 or higher processor, 32 MB or more RAM, 25 MB

or more disk space

ArcPad

See www.esri.com/arcpad CPU chips or Windows CE: ARM, Hitachi

SH3 and SH4,

MIPS, x86

ArcIMS

See www.esri.com/arcims

Software Options and Hardware RequirementsGIS is a resource-intensive technology. It works best on ast processors with signicant RAM and sucient storage space available.

The Geography Network starting page

The ESRI home page


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ArcViewDesktopSotware or Making Mapsand Analyzing Data

ArcView sotware is a tool or geographic inquiryasking

questions and nding answers through interactive speculation

(query building) and visualization (display). As an interactive

geographic tool, ArcView allows people to

Visualize data as maps.

Design simple to sophisticated what-i scenarios in the orm o

database and map queries.

Display the results o queries in the orm o maps, charts,

and tables.

Perorm basic statistical analysis and spreadsheet unctions.

Join data from outside sources to existing geographic data.

Create and edit geographic and statistical data.

Link photos, video, text, and graphics to specic locations or

complete multimedia presentations.

Design and print map, chart, table, and graphic images.

Export maps, graphs, and tables into other sotware packages.

Customize activities and user interaces.

See www.esri.com/arcview.

ESRI Data & MapsGigabytes o data or the

United States and the world.

See www.esri.com/data.

ArcView for Schools BundleThe ArcView or Schools Bundle permits installation o ArcView

sotware and data on computers across a K12 school campus

or instructional use and on teachers home computers. Included

with the sotware are instructional materials and a rich set oGIS data.

ArcExplorerJava Edition for EducationArcExplorerJava Edition or Education (AEJEE) is a lightweight

tool that lets students and teachers explore data and create,

save, and share projects. Content can be local, regional, or

global and even include data directly rom the Internet.See www.esri.com/aejee.

ArcVoyagerArcVoyager sotware is designed to help students begin

navigating the world o maps, geography, and geographic

inquiry through the use o GIS. ArcVoyager is a customized

version o ArcView 3 that includes special mapping and analysis

tools, a broad collection o data tailored or classroom use, a

complete online help system, and classroom lessons.

Visit www.esri.com/arcvoyager.

query buildingand display

Field trip with hot linked photo using ArcView 3 (Windows)

Tracks of selected hurricanes of 2005 using ArcView 9

Earthquakes 20012005 above 4.0 using ArcExplorerJava Edition

for Education (Macintosh)


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Additional Sotware OptionsArcGIS Extensions

With ArcGIS Spatial Analyst, you can

Produce contour, slope, aspect, and hillshade maps.

Create continuous suraces rom scattered point eatures.

Create buers based on distance

rom eature or grid themes.

Perorm cell-based map analysis.

Query and perorm calculations

on multiple grid themes

simultaneously.

Convert eature themes

to grid themes.

Import data rom standard ormats.

ArcGIS Publisher and ArcReader

ArcGIS Publisher adds easy map publication capabilities to

ArcGIS. Use ArcGIS Publisher to create published map les

(.pm) rom any ArcMap document (.mxd). Published maps can

be viewed using any ArcGIS Desktop product including the no-

cost ArcReader application, allowing you to reely share your

maps with a wide range o users. This approach enables GIS

users to publish and share data and maps locally, over networks,

and on the Internet, allowing multiple users to view and interact

with maps simultaneously.

See www.esri.com/publisher and www.esri.com/

arcreader.

With ArcGIS Publisher, you can

Easily provide interactive maps to others.

Protect your maps including cartography and data.

Provide ecient and controlled

access to your GIS data.

Easily package the required data

and maps or distribution.

Build custom versions o ArcReader

or your viewing audience.

With ArcGIS 3D Analyst, you can

Create three-dimensional views. Analyze three-dimensional data.

View your data rom a global to local perspective.

Navigate seamlessly through

multiresolution terrain data.

Perorm spatial analysis in two or

three dimensions.

Visualize modeling or analysis

results in three dimensions.

Use three-dimensional models and

symbols or realism.

Export your visualizations into

videos.

ArcGIS Spatial Analyst

The ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension provides a broad range

o powerul spatial data modeling and analysis tools seamlessly

integrated into the ArcView environment. This extensionallows you to create, visualize, and query cell-based raster data

and combine vector and raster data or display and analysis.

Raster data is well suited to represent continuous data and

suraces. Potential uses o the ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension

include terrain analysis, cost-distance mapping, visibility

analysis, or hydrologic modeling.

See www.esri.com/spatialanalyst .

ArcGIS 3D Analyst

ArcGIS 3D Analyst

allows you to visualize and analyzesurace data rom multiple viewpoints, query a surace,

determine visibility, create a realistic perspective image that

drapes raster and vector data over a surace, and record

or perorm three-dimensional navigation. The ArcGlobe

application (part o the ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension) allows

use o extremely large sets o three-dimensional geographic

data and seamless interaction with any data layers on a

three-dimensional globe.

See www.esri.com/3danalyst .

Additional extensions are available for the ArcGIS suite:

See additional extensions at www.esri.com/extensions.

ArcScan or ArcGIS

ArcGIS Business Analyst

ArcGIS Data Interoperability

Districting or ArcGIS

Maplex or ArcGIS

ArcGIS Military Analyst

ArcGIS Schematics

ArcGIS Survey Analyst

ArcGIS Tracking Analyst

Earthquakes in western United States

using ArcView 9

Voting results from 2004 U.S.

presidential election using ArcGIS

3D Analyst

Population density by county using

ArcReader


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With ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst, you can

Explore data variability.

Look or data outliers.

Examine global trends.

Investigate spatial autocorrelation.

Additional Sotware OptionsArcGIS Extensions

ArcIMS

ArcIMS is the oundation or distributing GIS data and

applications on the Internet or intranet. It combines

interactive, Web-based maps with a highly scalable

server architecture. Wizards and templates simpliy

implementation and administration. ArcIMS eatures an

open and interoperable environment that can access Web

data and data stored on your computer simultaneously or

display in a simple browser interace.

See www.esri.com/arcims.

ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst

ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst provides a variety o

tools or spatial data exploration, identication o data

anomalies, optimum prediction, evaluation o prediction

uncertainty, and surace creation. It is a complete

package or spatial data preprocessing, geostatistical

analysis, contouring, and postprocessing. It also includes

interactive graphical tools with robust parameters or

deault models to help newcomers to geostatistical data

analysis.

See www.esri.com/geostatisticalanalyst.

With ArcIMS, you can

Serve maps or display onthe Internet or intranet.

Add mapping tools(Pan, Zoom, Find) to the viewer.

ArcPad

ArcPad provides interactive mapping on a handheld

Windows PDA or mobile computer running Windows.

ArcPad provides database access, mapping, GIS, and

GPS integration to users in the eld. Data collection is

ast and easy.

See www.esri.com/arcpad.

With ArcGIS Network Analyst, you can

Find the most direct path between two points.

Find the optimum route between many points.

Find the closest acility.

Conduct drive-time analysis.

Generate driving directions.

ArcGIS Network Analyst

ArcGIS Network Analyst enables you to solve routing

problems such as nding the most ecient travel route,

generating travel directions, nding the closest acility,or dening service areas based on travel time. ArcGIS

Network Analyst can do point-to-point and multipoint

routing and reerence local landmarks when reporting

route directions. It can use multiple transportation modes

and generate expandable inset maps.

See www.esri.com/networkanalyst.

With ArcPad, you can

Create maps using your existing

vector and raster data.

Add data rom the Internet.

Pan, zoom, identiy, query, locate,

measure, and display hyperlinks.

Create and edit data.

Connect a GPS and navigate.

Field trip routing using ArcGIS

Network Analyst

Probability model using ArcGIS

Geostatistical Analyst

Field data collection

using ArcPad

Online mapping setup using ArcIMS


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