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Bleiben Sie auf dem Laufenden: Übersicht für September 2026 – technische Highlights und Ressourcen von Esri
Esri consistently releases new contents, updates, and resources related to their products, solutions, apps, and applications, as well as best practices, success stories, recorded webinars, and more. Although these resources are posted in various locations, they can be difficult to find. This blog provides a comprehensive…
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Stay Updated: List of August 2026 - Technical highlights & Resources from Esri
Esri consistently releases new contents, updates, and resources related to their products, solutions, apps, and applications, as well as best practices, success stories, recorded webinars, and more. Although these resources are posted in various locations, they can be difficult to find. This blog provides a comprehensive…
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Präsentationsfolien zum Education Open House 2026
The Education Open House was held on Wednesday, October 7th at the Esri Headquarters in Redlands. Thank you again for spending part of your day with us. The slides from the auditorium presentations are available for you to review and share with colleagues. We hope you find these resources useful as you continue exploring…
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Indigenes Nordamerika mit National Geographic MapMaker erkunden
Monday 12 October is Indigenous Peoples' Day in many US states and school districts. If you're looking for a map-based way to mark it, or to fit it into a unit you're already teaching, this new MapMaker resource might be useful: Peoples in the Americas: Indigenous North America. It's built around one essential question:…
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Finding the Island of Misfit Toys (K12)
Growing up in the 70's and 80's, each holiday season, I awaited the arrival of the NBC special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It is a 1964 stop-motion show about Rudolph and his adventures, including a stop at the Island of the Misfit Toys. This holiday season, we are sharing our GIS adventure puzzle, Finding the Island…
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A GIS Crossword!
Think you could do pretty well at a GIS-themed crossword puzzle? Consider these clues: * 16 Across: A spatial term denoting features that overlay, or ‘cross’ each other. * 40 Across: Type of thematic map in which areas are symbolized in proportion to a variable that represents a summary of a geographic characteristic…
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Entfernen von doppelten Add-on-Lizenzmeldungen in Education ArcGIS Online Organisationen
Updated September 2026 BACKGROUND Due to User Type changes, administrators of Education ArcGIS Online organizations are seeing messages related to duplicate add-on licenses. In addition, if your license has been renewed, you may see messages related to licenses exceeding what is available. This is due to licenses that have…
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Mapping the Year with National Geographic MapMaker in AP Human Geography
AP Human Geography asks students to read maps, question data and explain patterns at different scales, from Unit 1 all the way to Unit 7. National Geographic MapMaker is a free digital atlas built for the classroom. Students can open it in a browser and start exploring without signing in. This post walks through the seven…
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Teilen, Lernen und Planen durch GIS für den Naturschutz
Over the past several years, I have worked in Cambodia with students and conservation groups to address land cover and land use challenges in the country using GIS and remote sensing. My name is Benjamin T. Fraser, PhD, a Visiting Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing in the department of Natural Resources and the…
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Unterrichten mit National Geographic MapMaker bei begrenzter Bildschirmzeit der Schüler
Schools are rethinking how much time students spend on devices. Iowa now limits digital instruction in kindergarten through fifth grade to 60 minutes a day. New York City, the largest school system in the US, allows no one-to-one screen time through second grade and recommends daily caps of 30 minutes in grades 3-5 and 45…
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Using GIS to Play the Autumnal Equinox Game in Your Classroom
If you teach geography or earth science, mark your calendar: the September equinox falls this Tuesday, September 22, at 7:05 PM CDT — the exact moment the sun crosses the equator heading south and astronomical fall begins in the Northern Hemisphere. It's one of those concepts students nod along to but rarely feel, because…
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Studentenkarten in Bewegung: Echtzeit-Feeds und Analysen mit ArcGIS Velocity
Most maps show what happened—or what someone measured in the past. But life does not hold still. Buses move. Sensors report. Weather changes. Working with live data is an increasingly valuable GIS skill because it lets people observe change as it happens. It also raises important questions about database design, data…
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Zur UN-Resolution zur Förderung des Wechsels zur Equal Earth Projektion
The United Nations General Assembly recently adopted a non-binding resolution on September 4, 2026, to encourage shifting from the traditional Mercator map projection to the Equal Earth projection for a more accurate size comparison of continents. I have been asked by the community about my response to this, and I submit…
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Esri Press Umfrage zum Feedback von Lehrkräften
Esri Press is seeking feedback from educators who teach GIS and related subjects. The survey is 9 questions and takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. Share your perspective! Your responses are vital for shaping future GIS publications and enhancing their value for students and educators. Take the survey…
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North America’s remarkable places in your class - A game for learners
What can students learn when they look closely at landscape? North America Uncovered asks middle and high school learners to explore that question through a geography game featuring 25 remarkable natural and human-made destinations. Using ArcGIS imagery and 3D terrain, students investigate places such as the Grand Canyon,…
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Esri Tutorials Spotlight: 3D GIS & Visualization
As a GIS or geography student, you’re likely already familiar with using maps to understand patterns and relationships but what happens when you add another dimension? 3D GIS can help you gain deeper understanding and insights with realistic visualizations and advanced analytics. Many industries such as urban planning,…
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Die Indoor-GIS-Reise des San Bernardino Community College District: Die Grundlage schaffen
San Bernardino Community College District (SBCCD) serves more than 30,000 students annually across San Bernardino Valley College, Crafton Hills College, KVCR, a TV/Radio Station, and an economic development and corporate training center. The district manages more than 100 buildings and approximately 1.5 million square feet…
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Die Anatomie einer National Geographic MapMaker Klassenraumressource
A look inside the new US History (America 250) and World Cultures and Geography resources, and why we built them with the Portfolio Instant App. If you have opened one of the new National Geographic MapMaker resources recently — the America 250 series on US history, or the World Cultures and Geography set — you will have…
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Wie kann und sollte KI in GIS-Kursen gelehrt werden?
Joseph Kerski | Geographer | Joseph Kerski LLC and Tony Spicci | Executive Director | GIS Certification Institute Since it was first taught in high schools and in higher education in the late 1980s and early 1990s, GIS instruction has always been in a state of change. We would argue that given the evolution of expectations…
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ArcGIS Governance Workshops – Nachrichten, Ressourcen und nächste Angebote
During the Esri Education Summit in San Diego, we held a series of ArcGIS Governance workshops: ArcGIS Governance I: Establishing Governance Practices for ArcGIS Forming a governance team Establishing governance policies ArcGIS Governance II: Managing Your System - Content, Users, and Credits Understanding usage and…
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October 2026: AI Assistants in ArcGIS: What They Mean for Your Classroom
Topic: AI Assistants in ArcGIS: What They Mean for Your Classroom Description: Join us for a practical look at the AI assistants that will be in general availability for the spring 2027 semester, including the Item details assistant, ArcGIS StoryMaps assistant, translation assistant, ArcGIS Survey123 assistant, and…
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Back to School with National Geographic MapMaker: 16 Map-Based Resources for Earth Science
The new school year is here — and if earth science is on your timetable, National Geographic MapMaker has a collection built for exactly that course: sixteen map-based resources developed by the National Geographic Society, Esri, and National Geographic Learning. Each resource pairs an interactive MapMaker map with student…
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Erste Schritte mit AI Assistants
Artificial Intelligence is becoming an important part of the ArcGIS ecosystem, helping users learn new skills, streamline workflows, and work more efficiently and creatively. As AI assistants continue to expand across ArcGIS products, educators and students may be wondering where to begin. The four guides below provide…
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Back to School with MapMaker: 21 Map-Based Resources for World Cultures and Geography
The new school year is here — and if world cultures and geography is on your timetable, National Geographic MapMaker has a collection built for exactly that course: twenty-one map-based resources developed by the National Geographic Society, Esri, and National Geographic Learning. Each resource pairs an interactive…
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Teach the First Semester of US History with the Latest National Geographic MapMaker Resources.
The new school year is here, and this one is different: the 250th anniversary of American independence! To mark it, we've built something new in National Geographic MapMaker to help you teach early US History. The six new map-based resources are built around an essential question, with a MapMaker map, student activities,…