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Have you been listening to the Spatial Signals Podcast?

By iowaviewAugust 5, 2025AmericaView, Announcement, Education, Outreach, Remote Sensing, Spatial Signals PodcastAmericaView, Dr. Bradley Shellito, Episode 15: I Grew Up With All The Things with Amy Logan, Episode 9: The PI Is Not a Private Investigator with Robin McNeely, GIS origin stories, Mr. Chris McGinty, Spatial Signals Podcast

Spatial Signals is a podcast about remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial technologies – but more importantly it’s a podcast about the people who use and apply them. This podcast is sponsored by AmericaView, the national remote sensing network dedicated to empowering Earth Observation. Your hosts are Dr. Bradley Shellito from Youngstown State University and Mr. Chris McGinty, the Executive Director of AmericaView. New episodes every Monday morning.

Mapping Something OSM (pronounced: Awesome) in Iowa

By iowaviewJuly 28, 2025Conference, Education, OpenStreetMap, OutreachBuilding a better basemap, Mapathons, Mapping Something OSM in Iowa, OpenStreetMap US

In June, IowaView State Coordinator Amy Logan had the opportunity to attend the 2025 OpenStreetMap State of the Map US Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

Get Excited for some IowaView Midsummer Announcements!

By iowaviewJuly 22, 2025Announcement, Conference, Dear Teachers, Education, Event, IGIC, ITAG, Outreach, ResourceIowa Teachers, Iowa Technology and Education Connection, K-12+ Teachers, National Council for Geographic Education, Summer 2026 Iowa Teacher Training Interest Survey for ITAG, Teacher Professional Development Opportunity

Announcements and calls for action for Iowa teachers interested in GIS and professional development opportunities.

What can I do to celebrate World Water Day?

By iowaviewMarch 22, 2025Activity, Article, Environmental Change, Event, Observation, Outreach, Resourceconserve water, glaciers are vital to the global water cycle, LEARN SHARE ACT, March 22 World Water Day, Mountains and glaciers Water towers, spread awareness of the need for access to clean water, The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving Water, UN Water, UN Water Development Report, United Nations

What can I do to celebrate World Water Day?

Interested in Learning More about the Cryosphere?

By iowaviewMarch 21, 2025Activity, Education, Environmental Change, Imagery, Landsat, NASA, Outreach, Phenology, Remote Sensing, Resource, Story MapCryosphere, FROZEN, myNASAdata, NASA Earth Observatory for Kids, Sea Ice and the Earth System Story Map, When Rains Fell in Winter Story Map

After that last post, you might be interested in finding more resources about the cryosphere, here are several helpful resources: My NASA data has a series specifically focused on the cryosphere:https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/basic-page/about-cryosphereMini-Lessons: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/all-cryosphere-maps-and-dataLesson Plans: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/all-cryosphere-lesson-plans NASA Earth Observatory for Kids Lessons (very fun, hands-on, and engaging for the younger crowd): Glaciers: Ice on the Move: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/eokids/glaciers-ice-on-the-move/Water,

World Water Day (March 22): Remembering the importance of water

By iowaviewMarch 21, 2025Activity, Announcement, Education, Environmental Change, Event, Lesson Plan, Observation, Outreach, Phenology, Remote Sensing, Story MapAccess to safe water, Glacier Preservation, glaciers are critical to our water future., lesson plans, March 22, mini lessons, myNASAdata, NASA Earth Observatory for Kids, raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water, SAVE OUR GLACIERS, Sea Ice and the Earth System Story Map, StoryMap

Annually, the United Nations celebrates March 22nd as World Water Day. World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. The day is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis, and remembering what a vital role water plays for all of humanity. This

Dear Teachers: Part 4 – Identify Local Natural Hazards to Prevent Powerful Disasters

By iowaviewMarch 7, 2025Activity, AmericaView, Dear Teachers, Game, Landsat, Lesson Plan, Map, Outreach, Remote Sensing"Exploring Disaster Management: Learning about natural hazards to prepare and prevent natural disasters", disaster recovery, Earth Science, environmental impact, geography, History, Iowa, Life Science, Local, Meteorology, Mt. St. Helens, National Risk Index Map, Natural Disasters, Natural Hazards, NGSS: MS-ESS2-4, Outreach, Prevention, Remote sensing, Volcano

As we continue moving through the series of lessons of the 2024 Earth Observation Day poster, “Earth Science Everywhere.” Today we will examine the disaster management lesson, “Exploring Disaster Management: Learning about natural hazards to prepare and prevent natural disasters”. This lesson seeks to engage students in learning about natural hazards in the environment. To

Dear Teachers 2025 – A Review of AV Teaching Resources

By iowaviewJanuary 13, 2025Announcement, Dear Teachers, Earth Observation Day, Education, Imagery, Landsat, Lesson Plan, Observation, Outreach, Remote Sensing, Resourceagriculture, AV Teaching Resources, Dear Teachers Series, Exploring Earth Science Through Remote Sensing, Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum, forestry, lesson plans, Remote sensing, Water, Wildlife

Dear Teachers and Readers, Did you know that in 2024 members the AmericaView Education and Outreach Team put together a series of lessons explaining how remote sensing and Earth observation technologies are integral to various sectors within society? These lessons are great! They are geared for middle and high school but can be adapted for

Fun Suggestions to help keep this Season Mappy

By iowaviewDecember 23, 2024Activity, Map, Outreach, Story MapA cookie map, Are you ready to plan your big vacation for 2025?, Fun Suggestions to help keep this Season Mappy, Holiday Cookie Recipes, Holiday Maps, Joshua Stevens, Mappy Holidays, Maps.com, Museum vacation, Outreach, Sharon Kitchens, Vacation Locations StoryMap, Visit the world's largest, Where do Christmas Trees Grow in the US?

Here are a few fun maps and StoryMaps that have some holiday themes or can help you plan for adventures in 2025.

Thanks for coming out to celebrate GIS Day with us!

By iowaviewNovember 22, 2024Education, Event, Geography Awareness Week, Outreach#geoweek, #IowaView, ArcGIS Story Map, CollectionBuilder, Geography Awareness Week, GIS Day 2024, imagery, ISU Historic Buildings project, Outreach, Regional Trail Planning, Residue Cover, Slope Failure in ND, The Catalyst at Parks Library, Tillage Detectives

On Wednesday, November 20, we had a great GIS Day celebration at The Catalyst in Parks Library. Thank you to library digital scholarship staff for hosting us and providing their expertise. We had five speakers sharing on different topics: Visit the ISU GIS Facility GIS Day website for more details about the speakers: https://www.gis.iastate.edu/gis-day-2024 The

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