ESRI GIS Education Community

Welcome to the ESRI Education Community - a living environment for the exchange of ideas and experiences, curriculum, software, and data between GIS educators around the globe.

GIS In Education

Schools (K-12)

Geographic inquiry and GIS help students and educators explore their world, from local to global scale.
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Higher Education

GIS, used by many disciplines, helps students and educator study and search for solutions to problems facing society.
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Libraries & Museums

Libraries and museums use GIS to organize, analyze, and present information, helping people of all ages and backgrounds learn about the world.
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2009 ESRI T3G Application

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ESRI Education Programs

Many institutions have established access to ESRI technology through site licenses or development center agreements.

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Upcoming Community Events

Using GIS for School District Plann ....

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2009 Western Regional 4-H Leader's ....

The ESRI Development Center program provides special status to university departments that have an exemplary focus on educating students to design and develop ESRI GIS applications.

Featured GIS Program

Arizona State University

The GIScience program provides training in geography’s techniques, including observation, display, and analysis of geographic data.. The development and application of GIScience is recognized as an interdisciplinary arena of research focused on basic principles from geographical, mathematical, computational, and social science.

Featured ArcLesson

Downloading Aerials and Topographic Maps from Terraserver for GIS Base Data

Geography; History; Environmental Science