Maps GPS Educational Resources

Online

• The Educator's Corner of the GLOBE Program
• Geography Educators' Network of Indiana - Lesson plans for GPS and map reading, includes Internet resources.
• Geological Survey - What Do Maps Show?
• GIS.com - The guide to geographic information systems.
• GIS Day - Educational materials available
• Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access - Tutorials available under Outreach & Education
• Map Reading.com - Free online book on how to read topographic maps
• Center for History and New Media
• Geo Teacher's Geography Classroom - Teaching resources
• USGS - Lesson plans
• Oklahoma State University - GPS teaching modules

Books

• The Essential Wilderness Navigator: How to Find Your Way in the Great Outdoors, Second Edition, David Seidman and Paul Cleveland. International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2000.
• Be Expert with Map and Compass. Bjon Kjellstrom. Wiley Pub., 1994.
• U.S. Army Map Reading and Land Navigation Handbook. Department of the Army. The Lyons Press, 2004.
• Geography for Dummies. Charles Heatwole. Hungry Minds, 2002.
• GPS for Dummies. Joel McNamara. Wiley Pub., 2004.
• GPS Made Easy: Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors. Lawrence Letham. Mountaineering Books, 2003.

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