Defining “OurSpace”: GIS/GPS Tools to Go from
Community to Global Understanding
Project Resources Guide

  • curriculum
  • projects/lesson ideas
  • online maps and resources
  • online viewers
  • training
  • web map citation =

Curriculum

18 National Geography Standards

The Geographically Informed Person knows and understands . . .

THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS:

STANDARD 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information.
STANDARD 2: How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments.
STANDARD 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface.
PLACES AND REGIONS: STANDARD 4: The physical and human characteristics of places.
STANDARD 5: That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity.
STANDARD 6: How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions.
PHYSICAL SYSTEMS: STANDARD 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface.
STANDARD 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface.
HUMAN SYSTEMS: STANDARD 9: The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface.
STANDARD 10: The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.
STANDARD 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.
STANDARD 12: The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
STANDARD 13: How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface.
ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: STANDARD 14: How human actions modify the physical environment.
STANDARD 15: How physical systems affect human systems.
STANDARD 16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
THE USES OF GEOGRAPHY: STANDARD 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past.
STANDARD 18: To apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.

Project / Lesson Ideas

  • Mapping Our World: GIS Lessons for Educators (ISBN 1-58948-121-6 $79.95)
    • Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Windows NT
    • (includes a one year trial of ArcView 9)
  • GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9 (ISBN-13: 978-1-58948-127-5 $69.95)
    • Windows 2000 or XP
    • (includes a 180-day trial of ArcView 9)
  • Educational Applications of GIS
  • Listserv: http://list.terc.edu/mailman/listinfo/edgis
  • National Geographic Society Education Network http://www.ngsednet.org
  • MapSavvy: PowerPoint lesson to introduce concept of scale and zooming
  • GAIA Crossroads
    Using satellite imagery in the classroom to investigate land use and habitats
    Example: My Neighborhood from Space (Grade2 1-6)
  • US Community Atlas
    ESRI's U.S. Community Atlas is a project in which teachers and students across the country define the nature of "their community" and post descriptions and maps about it
  • Confluence Project
    Public collection of images and descriptions of even number latitute and longitude intersection.

GPS Resources

Outdoor Navigation with GPS - paperback

    Stephen W. Hinch (ISBN 0-9661999-3-6)

Listservs:

Online Maps and Data Resources

Shapefiles Sources

- 2005 Streets Network
- 2005 County Boundaries
- 2005 Place Boundaries (i.e. Cities)
- 2005 School District Boundaries
- 2005 Census Zip Code Tabulation Areas
- 2005 Water Boundaries
- 2000 Voting Districts
- 2000 Census Tract Boundaries
- 2000 Census Block Groups
- 2000 Census Blocks
- 2005 American Indian/ Alaska Native / Hawaiian Homelands
- 2005 Key Landmarks
- 2000 Public Use Microdata Areas
- 2000 Traffic Analysis Zones
- 2000 Oregon Growth Boundary

 

Aerials

http://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/jeanne/JEANNE0000.HTM

Downloads of Note

RoboGeo
  • Add geographical data to images
  • http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/robogeo.htm
  • geo-reference digital images with latitude, longitude, and altitude information
  • print this information onto the actual image (small footer on image) and also add it to the EXIF headers, allowing you to permanently link the photo to the GPS coordinates
  • works with any digital camera and includes direct support for Garmin GPS units and can also import G7ToWin tracklog files, so you can use it with other models as well.
  • launches online maps, that show you the geographical location for images that have the geo data added.
  • no GPS required – optional enter Langitude/Lattitude information manually

Online Viewers

  • The Geography Network
    • www.geographynetwork.com
      access to geographic content from worldwide organizations
    • dynamic map services viewable online
    • static geographic data sets downloaded for use with mapping software

Training

Florida Geographic Alliance

  • An organization of educators and citizens committed to the enhancement of geographic education in Florida schools. Provide training at school site. fga.freac.fsu.edu

GISetc GIS Educational Technology Consultants http://www.gisetc.com/training.html *****

  • emphasis on educational applications including field data collection

New Urban Research

https://www.urban-research.info/

  • fast paced, hands on workshop was designed for human service providers, neighborhood activists, grant writers, planners or anyone who would like to easily look up and analyze demographic characteristics of populations and neighborhoods using the Census and American Community Survey

Tips

  • Label folders “Map Data_Don't Move”

 

Web Map Citation

Include document title, a date (the most recent date - publication or retrieval), authors and the URL.

2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3, Table P1. Retrieved January 15, 2007, from

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

Dr. Karolyne Lucero- FETC January 26, 2007

My web: http://www.empoweringtech.net
My email: karolyne@empoweringtech.net