The Wrack: unh cooperative extension

Cold and windy May weather does not deter our participants from learning how to use GPS to create trail maps in Google Earth. 

We had a great mix of conservationists, teachers, planners, and municipal folks at our Making Maps the Google Way course last Wednesday. Sue Bickford, our GIS specialist, taught the basics of Google Earth and Google Maps and led the class through three tutorials. Everyone created their own maps to share either through their personal or work-related websites, presentations, or online in their My Maps account. Participants left the class eager and confident to use their new (or refreshed) map-making skills. To paraphrase one participant, "it's so helpful to now be able to show funders about the places we want to conserve!"

We’re grateful to Shane Bradt at the UNH Cooperative extension for loaning us their laptops and tutorials, which made for a seamless course.

Sue and I are planning to bring the course back in the fall and there are even rumors of us taking it on the road to reach our map-making friends in the mid-coast. Have I piqued your interest in map-making? Then sign up for our May 10^th classes to be taught by Shane: Google Puts the G in GPS and Trail Mapping with GPS. We're looking forward to seeing you there!