Catherine, You'll get a lot of response I think from the list, but my favorite fir this type of work is GeoMoose (www.geomoose.org<http://www.geomoose.org>). It allows the data publication and maintenance to be distributed on the back end. It installs with a working demo and can be run in a server client configuration, where GeoMoose and it's services are on a single server and/or, it can be run as a standalone stack on fairly low end equipment. The server Client configuration allows you to set up the service once, and then concentrate on the cartography aspects for each student. Then can then mix and match their datasets at the server point and see the data side by side in the output. GeoMoose also allows for the importing of external WMS services as well.
Take a look and see what you think. I'm actually off to give a GeoMoose workshop in a couple of hours, and I've been trying to find someone interested in setting up a more involved curriculum as you've described for GeoMoose. Bobb From: Geowanking [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Catherine Burton Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Geowanking] Open Source Map App for Teens? Hi All, I'm teaching an elective cartography/geospatial mapping techniques summer-school class at UC Berkeley this summer. The class is for junior-high school kids who are at UCB summer school taking advanced courses in other subjects, and doing the mapping for fun. I'm looking for a easily accessible open source map app that I could teach the students in an hour or so, and that they could easily play and create with for a couple hours after that (only one three hour class will be dedicated to the topic). During other sessions, I'll be teaching remote sensing, GPS, GIS, and classic cartography. Any new cool open source map apps out there that I should know about? Your help is greatly appreciated. Much thanks, Catherine Catherine Burton | Managing Partner, Endpoint Environmental LLC<http://www.endpointenvironmental.com/> San Francisco, CA. | t/f (415) 379-9296 | m (415) 902-0403 [Description: endpoint_1in] GIS and remote sensing image analysis services Certified: ORCA SB, SBA SB WO, CA DGS SB, SF HRC LBE, EBMUD WO SBE, LA WBE
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