MAPPING YOUR COMMUNITEIS WITH GIS
Watershed Mapping and GIS Techniques in Education

What is GIS?

GIS is a system designed for storing, updating, analyzing, displaying, and manipulating information about places on the planet, otherwise known as spatial data. This system uses the power of the computer to answer geographic questions by arranging and displaying data about places in maps, charts, and tables

How is GIS being used in class room?

Minnesota students are using radio telemetry data to track wolf, deer, and American Bittern home ranges to better understand our impact on their populations.

In North Dakota, high school students helped local and state parks use GIS to study and manage their resources. Middle school students mapped out alternative sites for a local landfill and ways to monitor its operation.