GIS Day TUgis2011 Presentation
- 1. GIS Day Outreach Practical Application of GIS in a 7th Grade Class Project
- 2. Previous GIS Day Outreach • 2007 – Ellicott Mills Middle School • 2008 – Dulaney High School – Pinewood Elementary School • 2009 – The Crossroads School
- 3. Waterville v Valleyview Contour interval = 10 feet Cultural Features Vegetation Zones Wildlife Dam Grassland Deer N City Swamp Cranes W E Archaeological Forest Fish S Site Frogs Snake River
- 4. 2009 Year’s Project • Using MapMe.com, created a map of historic sites around Baltimore
- 5. 2010 Partners • Dr. Todd Kenreich – Department of Secondary Education, Towson University • The Crossroads School 7th grade Social Studies class
- 6. GIS Day 2010 • A Newcomer’s Guide to Fells Point – From the students’ point of view, and inventory of important places around Fells Point – Print outs were placed at local points of interest
- 7. GIS Day 2010 • Using Google Maps, CGIS helped create a mapping component of the Newcomer’s Guide – First we created a generic gmail account for the school – Then a document of simple step by step instructions for the students to follow to make the map
- 8. Creating a Simple Map
- 10. Creating a Simple Map
- 11. Kierran Sutherland Center for GIS @ Towson University ksutherland@towson.edu 410-704-4899 www.cgis.towson.edu