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Find out about GIS training, curriculum, and global field trips through GIS ETC

ESRI's home page for K-12 GIS resources. Download free software and find links to lessons for your classroom

This webpage is from the folks behind geocommons finder and maker. I like this economy dashboard because it is simple and it appears to have up-to-date information (as of March 2009). The other nice aspect about geocommons in general is the access to the tabular data, and also to shapefile format for use in GIS.

Esri Maps for Office is a powerful add-in for Microsoft Office that brings the capabilities of Esri's ArcGIS Online mapping platform to Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint users. With Esri Maps for Office, you can easily create interactive maps of your organization's data, enabling you to see patterns that graphs and charts cannot reveal. Any of the interactive maps you create can be embedded in PowerPoint, so you can make your presentations even more impactful. And by leveraging ArcGIS Online, you can quickly and securely share your interactive maps in web pages, blogs, and mobile apps as well as with ArcGIS users.

Link to the 2009 GeoTech Conference in Dallas, Texas

Share geographic data and maps with the world

US data

Insight, analysis, and research about location-based technologies including mapping and geohacking. "Mapping and location data are driving some of the most intriguing new web applications. Geohacker alpha geeks are building wickedly clever mashups. Established companies are integrating location data into all manner of workaday applications. And the location industry is growing into the Web 2.0 era. We're tracking it, and showcasing the most significant work at Where 2.0."

The Spatial History Project at Stanford University, a part of the Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West, is made possible by the generous funding of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Great interface that allows you to quickly save thumbnail images of your maps to put in an animation...great web map design.

Great source for historic census and religion data that you can view over time and create time-based animations.

Historic maps, multiple viewing options, some available for download, I like the timeviewer where you can view maps through time.

Great historic maps website with multiple viewing options.