Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html Well done Peter...as a holder of 2 geography degrees and a user/supporter of Maptitude, I'm glad the product was well represented to the geographic academic world. Keep up the good work! Kevin Byrnes "Peter H. Van Demark" wrote: > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html > > All: > > I exhibited and presented for Caliper at the Association of American > Geographers Conference in New York City last week. It attracted thousands > of academic and other geographers from around the U.S. and the world; I > talked to people from Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. We were among the > few software vendors exhibiting. ESRI was there, of course, and lots of > textbook publishers and government agencies. > > Lots of professors stopped by. Some complimented us on how easy it is to > use Maptitude to teach introductory GIS, and others prefer it for its > cartographic capabilities. Many we grappling with ESRI sites licenses, > wanting to teach with a variety of products to give their students a more > well-rounded education. > > There was a lot of interest in Maptitude for Redistricting (those brochures > were the first to run out), and in Maptitude for the Web. I gave a talk > Friday afternoon on Maptitude for the Web, giving an overview of how to use > a Mapplication to create a web mapping app, then showing four different web > mapping sites. The session was on mapping on the Internet, but mine was the > only presentation to show actual web mapping sites! > > The talk was well received. This is a good conference for us to go to, > because the educators especially are interested in finding the best methods > to teach geography, and a tool like Maptitude is very attractive. > > Peter > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Van Demark > Director of GIS Products and Training Phone: 617-527-4700 > Caliper Corporation Fax: 617-527-5113 > 1172 Beacon Street E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Newton MA 02461-9926 Web site: http://www.caliper.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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