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Number 16 - Spring 2006

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Introducing ArcWeb Services for Students and Educators

ArcWeb Services for Students and Educators provides access to free GIS Web services for classroom work and research projects including both GIS content (street maps, topo maps, and imagery) and GIS tools (geocoding, routing, and spatial query).

ArcWeb Services for Students and Educators provides free access to map services from Tele Atlas North America, the National Geographic Society, and GlobeXplorer that can be accessed through ArcMap and other GIS clients or used in custom Web applications.

In addition, students and educators can develop their own customized Web-mapping applications using industry-standard APIs such as SOAP and REST to provide GIS capabilities in a user-friendly Web environment. Sign up now for ArcWeb Services for Students and Educators.

GIS Podcasts

Get the latest GIS news in stereo—subscribe to a GIS podcast! ESRI now offers a podcast service to provide software tips and tricks as well as highlights from GIS events such as the ESRI User Conference. Podcasts in the Instructional Series focus on using ArcGIS more effectively and cover a broad range of topics. Podcasts in the Speaker Series feature keynote presentations and highlights from ESRI events around the world. Click here to subscribe.

In addition, A Very Spatial Podcast is a weekly presentation about geography and geospatial technologies hosted by Sue and Jesse, two Ph.D. students who explore the uses of maps and GIS across a number of disciplines. A Very Spatial Podcast covers a wide range of topics, from the geography of cyberspace to musing on maps and art and, of course, developments in GIS technology. For more information or to subscribe, visit www.veryspatial.com.

New Courses on the ESRI Virtual Campus

Two new courses and a new live training seminar are now available on the ESRI Virtual Campus. These new courses are included in the Virtual Campus subscription included with ESRI campuswide site licenses.

Featured Site: Global Land Cover Facility at University of Maryland

The Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF) distributes a wide range of remotely sensed satellite data and imagery for research and educational purposes. Hosted at the University of Maryland, the GLCF partners closely with NASA to provide access to NASA products, such as Landsat, MODIS, and ASTER, and SRTM data/imagery. Much of the data/imagery is available for download at no cost.

For more information, visit http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/index.shtml.

Upcoming Events

May 23–26, 2006
IASSIST 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan

June 11–14, 2006
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference
Baltimore, Maryland

June 23–28, 2006
American Library Association
New Orleans, Louisiana

August 5–8, 2006
Sixth Annual ESRI Education User Conference
San Diego, California

August 7–11, 2006
2006 ESRI International User Conference
San Diego, California


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