Education Tidbits
The University of Vermont’s Spatial Analysis Laboratory, part of the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, was recently designated as one of eight international Centers of Excellence. ESRI last spring named the lab one of the first ESRI Development Centers.
- UVM News
Where has Buddy Bison Been? is a new program from the National Park Trust aimed at getting students and families out into America parks and learning about the environment. Among materials available to the eight participating schools are a FaceBook page for Buddy and a “Google map application allow his friends to follow him wherever he roams.” Geography and GIS are not noted as part of the curriculum goals, but clearly are represented.
The University of Western Ontario has consolidated its Geography Dept-based map collection into the university libraries system. Map librarian Cheryl Woods says the transition from the Geography Department to Western Libraries may help increase the visibility of the Map Library.
