Tuesday, June 23. 2009

Education Tidbits

Two Oregon Institute of Technology students took honors for their maps in regional competitions. Leo Chan of Cave Junction, Ore., won first place in the student division at the URISA GIS In Action conference and David McIntire earned first place in the student division at the Intermountain GIS Conference in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

- OIT News

Curtis Melvin, a doctoral student of economics at George Mason University in Virginia is building his own layer of North Korea for Google Earth. "His data is from maps, books and the Internet, including some contacts in country. The KML has been downloaded by more than 50,000 people.

- Voice of America

Maine has its own State GIS Championship for middle, high school and undergraduate students. It's poster-based and students individually or in teams compete for scholarship money. Students move up from regional competitions to the finals. Funding comes from the National Science Foundation as a component of a three-year project led by the University of Maine at Machias designed to improve and promote geospatial technology education in Maine. Additional support comes from the Maine GIS User Group, Maine Community College System, University of Maine System, Maine Geographic Alliance, Maine 4-H, Maine Learning Technology Initiative, and the Center for Community GIS.

- Bangor Daily News

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Education at 06:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

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