This is presentation is intended for middle school students. It provides a short introduction to GIS and how to use GIS in the real-world.
ArcGIS Explorer is the software used to demonstrate concepts.
45 minutes + 15 minutes demo
Download ArcGIS Explorer here...
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/
22. Many ways to use GIS in the real-world!
Energy Agricultural Carbon Aviation
Forecasting Efficiency Management Safety
Homeland Community Disaster Public
Security Growth Management Health
Coastal Invasive Water Air
Management Species Management Quality
30. Earth science & water resources
Online Soil Information
Australia
Flood Risk
Portugal
Seismic Hazards
Indonesia
UC 2008 Plenary 30
31. Monitor climate and energy
Wind Generation Potential
U.S.A.
Weather Monitoring
U.S.A.
Tropical Cyclones
National Hurricane Center
UC 2008 Plenary 31
32. Impact of global climate change
Vegetation Trends
Arctic
Sea Level Rise Modeling
Florida
New York
Coastal Zone Planning
Louisiana
UC 2008 Plenary 32
33. Protect our country
Geographical Security
Kingdom of Bahrain
Model areas in
Europe
Global Surveillance
UC 2008 Plenary 33
41. GIS is for thinkers!
Use it to answer questions…
Think about a topic or a place
Ask a question about it
Make a map
Perform analyses
Ask a new question
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42. Your turn!
1) Use ArcExplorer to find Los Angeles
2) Find your school
3) Drive/Fly to Disneyland
4) Find out what has changed over time?
43. Pop Quiz
1. What is your favorite part of GIS?
2. What does “Geo” stand for?
3. What can you do with GIS?
44. Use it every day!
GIS is for:
Mapping
Decision making
Planning our future
AL - the GIS Guy!