Geographers in ACTION: Celebrating the IN GIS Professional
Indiana students (K-12) are invited to submit an entry to the 2024 Indiana Geography Awareness Week Postcard Competition.
Ideas, Activities and Resources:
• Invite a local GIS (geographic information sciences) Professional to the classroom (agriculture, surveyors, utilities, government geospatial/GIS pro’s, engineers, archaeologists, health, transportation, urban planners, real estate, landscapers…)
• Watch the “Geospatial Revolution” series to learn more https://www.geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/ (middle, high, adults)
• Indiana Geological & Water Survey https://igws.indiana.edu/
• Indiana Historical Society Educator Resources https://indianahistory.org/education/education-resources/educator-resources/
• Indiana Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps https://libraries.indiana.edu/union-list-sanborn-maps
• Library of Congress (search Indiana, your town/city/county) https://www.loc.gov/
• Local museums and libraries and historians (digital and physical, humans)
• NatGeo https://www.nationalgeographic.org/idea/celebrate-geography-awareness-week/ activities & ideas
• ESRI Story Maps https://storymaps-classic.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0 read about geo-issues around the globe; or create your own story map https://storymaps-classic.arcgis.com/en/app-list/
• Open Street Map https://osmgeoweek.org
• GIS/map your community activity, create aerial imagery puzzles, PLAN a school display to be captured in the 2025-2028 Indiana Ortho-Imagery Program (aerial imagery)
• IndianaMap https://www.indianamap.org explore Indiana from a spatial perspective (demographics, hydrology, infrastructure, environment, geology, government, imagery…)
• IndianaView https://www.indianaview.org/glovis/IN_County_Landsat_Data.html county Landsat images; Earth images puzzles https://www.indianaview.org/image_puzzle.html
• GeoSpatial Tutorials/Interactives for middle & high schools students https://geni.indianapolis.iu.edu (follow the Student Information links)
• Geographers Take ACTION StoryMap https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/649afde29108453fad1f4b6692566019
• CALL the GENI Office if you would like to chat about possibilities (317.274.8879)
Explore GIS & Geospatial Jobs/Careers:
• What is GIS Day? StoryMap from ESRI https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e85242817c8e4713931f8a5aa3a93127
• Indiana Geographic Information Council Career Center https://www.igic.org/career-center
• American Association of Geographers Jobs & Careers in Geography (find a job, find a candidate, post a resume) https://jobs.aag.org/
• National Council for Geographic Education GIS/Geo Careers Videos https://library.ncge.org/documents/1a8b87e3bc3c483aa28597fecc9166af/explore
• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Career Center https://urisa.org/networking/opening_search.asp?
• NASA Careers https://www.nasa.gov/careers/
• United States Geological Survey Careers https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/careers-us-geological-survey
• USAJobs https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/?k=gis&p=1
• Global Jobs in Geomatics, GIS, Cartography, Drones https://www.jobingis.com
• Indeed IN Government Jobs https://www.indeed.com/q-gis-government-l-indiana-jobs.html?vjk=ebe69ff9597e691d
• Powerful Geography: New Thinking for the Next Generation Geography in Jobs & Careers https://powerfulgeography.org/k-12-education/resources/geography-in-jobs-and-careers-pages/
• National Council for Geographic Education GIS/Geo Careers Videos https://library.ncge.org/documents/1a8b87e3bc3c483aa28597fecc9166af/explore
• Careers in GIS (ESRI) https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-is-gis/careers