{"id":341761,"date":"2020-06-02T10:04:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcwatch&p=341761"},"modified":"2021-09-02T04:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T11:48:38","slug":"kids-can-map-too","status":"publish","type":"arcwatch","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too","title":{"rendered":"Kids Can Map, Too"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[171,91],"tags":[444021,25182,271],"arcwatch_issues":[441071],"class_list":["post-341761","arcwatch","type-arcwatch","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-mapping","tag-childrens-education","tag-esri-press","tag-mapping","arcwatch_issues-july-2020","arcwatch_sections-the-headlines"],"acf":{"short_description":"The new book Lindsey the GIS Professional is a perfect read for children who want to learn about mapping. ","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Esri Publishes Lindsey the GIS Professional: A GIS Mapping Story<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nDo you have a child, grandchild, niece, or nephew in grades 1 through 5? Young people in your life might be interested in learning how to make a map using the technology you work with daily."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":342681,"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Lindsey the GIS Professional<\/em><\/a>: A GIS Mapping Story<\/em>, a book from the civil engineering firm Bolton & Menk, Inc<\/a>., and recently published by Esri Press, makes that happen. The book follows the character of a girl named Lindsey as she collects the data on her favorite park using a smartphone and drone. She then uses GIS technology to make a digital map of the park.\r\n\r\nhe book uses text and drawings to explain the process of data collection and defines GIS terms and concepts. Children will learn some basic terms such as spatial data <\/em><\/a>and basemaps. <\/em>The book also discusses vector and raster data and analysis, nonspatial data, attributes, and north arrows and scale bars.\r\n\r\nMapping activities and other resources are available for download from the free complementary website, LindseyLovesMaps.com<\/a>. On the site, educators will find information about curriculum standards and a teacher's guide with suggestions for how this book can be applied to instruction relevant to subjects such as language arts, creative arts, math, and science.\r\n\r\nYou also will find free online lessons that teach children more about GIS and how to use the technology. Downloadable activities include a maze puzzle to find Lindsey\u2019s lost drone, data collection, analysis, and mapping exercises, and a connect the dots game.\r\n\r\nThe website also reveals the real person who inspired the character of Lindsey. She is all grown up now and working as a GIS instructor.\r\n\r\nThe book was written by Tyler Danielson, a GIS specialist who works for Bolton & Menk, Inc."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":342691,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Lindsey the GIS Professional<\/em> is the first in a series of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) career-themed picture books originally published by Bolton & Menk, Inc., that Esri plans to release.\r\n\r\nThis fall, Esri will also publish Parker the Planner: A City Planning Story<\/em> and Green Trees and Sam: A Landscape Architecture Story<\/em>. Bolton & Menk, Inc., owns the copyright to the three children's books.\r\n\r\n(Esri, print edition ISBN: 9781589486126, US$7.99)\r\n\r\n "}],"references":null},"yoast_head":"\nKids Can Map, Too<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lindsey the GIS Professional, recently published by Esri Press, introduces children to mapping and spatial analysis.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kids Can Map, Too\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lindsey the GIS Professional, recently published by Esri Press, introduces children to mapping and spatial analysis.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Esri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/esrigis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-02T11:48:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2020\/05\/books-wide2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Esri\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t \"@graph\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too\",\n\t \"name\": \"Kids Can Map, Too\",\n\t \"isPartOf\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website\"\n\t },\n\t \"datePublished\": \"2020-06-02T17:04:17+00:00\",\n\t \"dateModified\": \"2021-09-02T11:48:38+00:00\",\n\t \"description\": \"Lindsey the GIS Professional, recently published by Esri Press, introduces children to mapping and spatial analysis.\",\n\t \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too#breadcrumb\"\n\t },\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t \"target\": [\n\t \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too\"\n\t ]\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\/kids-can-map-too#breadcrumb\",\n\t \"itemListElement\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 1,\n\t \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t \"item\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 2,\n\t \"name\": \"ArcWatch Articles\",\n\t \"item\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcwatch\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t \"position\": 3,\n\t \"name\": \"Kids Can Map, Too\"\n\t }\n\t ]\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#website\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/\",\n\t \"name\": \"Esri\",\n\t \"description\": \"Esri Newsroom\",\n\t \"potentialAction\": [\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t \"target\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t },\n\t \"query-input\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t }\n\t }\n\t ],\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t },\n\t {\n\t \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/a808f3d3f9baab44de2533028998afe9\",\n\t \"name\": \"Carla Wheeler\",\n\t \"image\": {\n\t \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\n\t \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/carla.jpeg\",\n\t \"contentUrl\": \"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/carla.jpeg\",\n\t \"caption\": \"Carla Wheeler\"\n\t },\n\t \"description\": \"Carla Wheeler is a former technology writer and editor at Esri and a former newspaper journalist. 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