Latest Contributions by NicoleMinni

Thanks everyone for taking part in our GIS Day Live Chat. If you have any other questions about our GIS Day event feel free to reach back out to me. ... View more

I think it will just continue to increase Andrew and that is all the more reason to expose children to the technology at a young age.  https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-is-gis/careers ... View more

Bill, if you have the ability to volunteer you could ask your State's Department of Natural Resources or Colleges about volunteer opportunities that would expose you to GIS and possible assist in collecting data for GIS. ... View more

Very cool! I will share this with my son! ... View more

Hi Bill, in our state we have an Associate Degree program in GIS at Delaware Technical Community College Geographic Information Systems Technology | Delaware Technical Community College  UD is offering a certificate program in GIS also.  ... View more

That is a another great question Michael. I think for some we used to not be involved in a project from start to finish. We were just asked to create a map. Now I feel we are more involved, which I am glad has changed for the positive over time. ... View more

Thanks for asking that Joseph. We ask for sponsorship which helps pay for the Earth Balloon that we rent from the Delaware Children's museum, station materials, as well as breakfast and lunch for our volunteers. Here is a list of our sponsors for this year. » Delaware GIS Day 2018 Delaware GeoEducation  Then afterwards we send them a handmade thank you card, created by Miriam Pomilio. ... View more

Your welcome, that is great Michael! I would love to hear how GIS expands within your organization. There are also a lot of examples about GIS Careers here  https://www.esri.com/en-us/what-is-gis/careers ... View more

Luis, that is exactly right; I love it! The younger generation seems to really gravitate to technology and visual learning is just another way to reach them and they get them excited about learning. ... View more

Hi Michael, this is a great question. I really think having examples can help them get excited about making their job easier. Next week I am presenting at the Institute for Local Government Leaders and I will be sharing with them how the City of Lewes is beginning to expand their GIS services in the town. Here is story map to learn more http://arcg.is/1mXTy8   ... View more

This is a very good question Fariss. Before we used to be very technical with writing aml programming with ArcInfo and so the learning curve was great. It was hard for people to really get an understanding on what exactly GIS was. Now with ArcGIS Online the learning curve is much easier. So, I believe it allows for students to get very excited about using GIS and then they grow in their technical skills as their project ideas develop. Here are some examples of story maps that our own students have done after sitting with me for just a short couple of hours - then they just ran with it. GIS Story Maps | Planning for Complete Communities in Delaware   ... View more

Sharon, how do you help people who are faculty get involved in your GIS Day event?  ... View more

Thank you for the blog post Joseph; our committee was very excited to be a part of this! ... View more

Our University of Delaware also holds a GIS Day UD GIS Day | Geographic Information Systems at University of Delaware which is in its 3rd year. It has been very successful as well. ... View more

Online mapping and data is really opening the doors for people who do not know a lot about GIS to see the power behind GIS. With FirstMap State of Delaware - FirstMap  as our data repository and ArcGIS Online capabilities small towns in Delaware can see and use GIS now. With story maps and other online mapping applications there is still alot of room to grow and be creative. ... View more