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TED Talks
How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future | Jack Dangermond
What if we could better understand the world's biggest challenges simply by looking at a map? Jack Dangermond, a pioneer in geographic information system (GIS) technology that powers the digital maps people around the world use every...
Curated Video
GIS: Analysing the distribution of the world's population
Pupil outcome: I can use a geographic information system (GIS) to investigate population data and alayse world popluation distribution. Key learning points: - A GIS allows us to store and display data on a digital map. - A GIS can be...
Curated Video
Using GIS to visualise the distribution and characteristics of global biomes
Pupil outcome: I can use GIS webmaps and filters to visualise the distribution and characteristics of global biomes. Key learning points: - Global biomes can be easily mapped using shared GIS layers in webmaps. - Basemaps can be selected...
Curated Video
GIS: Visualising the human and physical geography of China
Pupil outcome: I can use a geographic information system (GIS) to visualise the human and physical geography of China. Key learning points: - GIS can be used to visualise the human and physical geography of China. - China is located in...
PBS
Nova Online: A Gallery of Roman Mosaics
The companion site that accompanies the NOVA program on salvaging Zeugma, an ancient Roman town on the banks of the Euphrates. It shows how archaeologists rescued many artifacts from a dam-building project.