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<div>As the MapWindow team lead, I can tell you there is a lot that you can do in your K-12 with this software. All of your basic data visualization, editing shapefiles, working with attribute tables, various geoprocessing functions, and (as of lately) a pretty decent layout engine. The installer is pretty straightforward and it's very Windows friendly which can be nice for your particular audience.</div>
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<div>Having said this, I am a supporter of all things open source GIS, so you may also want to look at gvSIG, UDIG and/or QGIS as good for the K-12 crowd. </div>
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<div>Feel free to email me directly (amesdani at <a href="http://isu.edu">isu.edu</a>) or post to the MapWindow discussion forums (<a href="http://www.mapwindow.org/phorum">www.mapwindow.org/phorum</a>) if you have any specific questions on MapWindow. </div>
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<div>I suspect there are a few folks on this list who can also say more about some of the other software I mentioned...</div>
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<div>- Dan<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:38 PM, T M <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:calu_gis@yahoo.com">calu_gis@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>My name is Tom Mueller and I am an associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at California University of Pennsylvania (35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh). I was really disappointed when ESRI dropped ArcExplorer Java for Educators (AEJEE) and I have been looking for an alternative to develop K - 12 lessons. I have read a little about MapWindow and I was wondering if this group thought this or some other Open GIS package could work for the K - 12 environment. </div>
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<div>Thank you</div>
<div>Tom Mueller</div>
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