Map.rst2.edu
Gis4Kids has created an interactive mapping portal that helps teachers in Ramapo College’s Revitalizing Science Teaching program to create their own projects using Mappler and Remote Sensing Technology (RST2).
The project will be appropriate for a specific grade level and curriculum.
Teachers will institute this application as a part of their lesson plan, not only helping students to manage information but also to sharpen their computer skills.
http://map.rst2.edu/
-jocelyn im
About Gis4kids’ Wansoo Im
The person who started this all is Dr. Wansoo Im. He is currently an adjunct professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He has devoted much time to complete projects that help the community. He has also been very active in the GIS area while broadening the community’s view of GIS. He has utilized Google applications to form a new application, Mappler, that will alleviate us from our difficulties in locating the place we want to go to.
In the near future, he will be completing other community projects that integrate the Mappler application in the project. The Bike Project that will be recently updated is the one that we have been working on. The details of this project are provided in one of the posts below.
NY Restroom
Although many people may take the NY Restroom project for granted , we have to look back to the many instances when we have had to find the closest restroom to where we were. This project provides the public with the location as well as the description of the bathroom facilities in New York. Whenever there is a necessity to go the toilet, we just need to need to take our cellphones (or any other mobile internet device) and connect to the internet to find out where is the closest one is. Without this project, many New Yorkers would not be able to find restrooms with ease. They would probably have to resort to the “somewhere else” in order to relieve themselves.
The Mappler application serves to comfort the public, by helping both New Yorkers and tourists locate a quick and easy route to their destination.
This project was recognized by the New Yorker, a prestigious magazine that is renowned for many years. You can check it out in the March 27, 2006 edition of New Yorker to see the article.
-jocelyn
