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14 results for "Maps and GIS"

14 results for "Maps and GIS"

Maps/GIS

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Whether creating an online repository of historical maps, generating a multilayer GIS map of the multi-faith landscape of American cities, or mapping a saintly cult or pilgrimage, online maps encourage students to think spatially and critically. ATG has...

Visualizing the World’s Religions in Multicultural America

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The fall 2011 course, United States in the World 32: The World’s Religions in Multicultural America, explored the dynamic religious landscape of the United States with a special focus on Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh traditions in the most recent...

Exploring The African City

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In African and African American Studies 174: The African City, students engaged with historic and present-day cities in Africa by examining architecture, city planning, spatial framing, popular culture, and art markets. The course website was intended to...

Google Earth

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Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, and 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean.

Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good: Data Visualization

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With the aid of visualization tools such as Gapminder and custom data sets, students examined the distribution of severe health crises around the world and, in particular, the prevalence of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Google Maps

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Google Maps are a fun and visual way to help students understand geography concepts, map reading, location, and distance measurement. Besides using Google Maps to teach the fundamentals of mapping, like latitude and longitude, you can inspire students to...

ArcGIS

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ArcGIS is the geography platform for your organization, enabling you to create, organize, and share geographic information and tools with anyone by using intelligent online maps and useful apps. These apps run virtually anywhere—on desktops, the web...

Excavating the Cultural History of Shanghai

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Shanghai: A Cultural History excavated the cultural and historical memories of Shanghai. With the goal of rendering legible this city’s multiple layers, the course covered topics such as Shanghai’s literary and cinematic representations, architecture and...

2016 Digital Teaching Fellows Workshop, May 5-6, 2016

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At this series of interactive talks, Digital Teaching Fellows from the past year of courses discuss their work and share what they learned. As a follow-up, we present a second day of in-depth workshops, diving in to several digital methodologies...

Linking Art and Revolution

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Landmarks in World Art and Architecture covered art through the ages and across the globe, from ancient Mesopotamia and China to Pre-Columbian America, to early modern Japan and modern Europe and the United States. Members of the History of Art and...