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My World GIS is the Geographic Information System (GIS) designed for students, featuring intuitive navigation and drag-and-drop layering. Based on more than a decade of research, My World GIS provides the functionality of a full-featured GIS with the ease-of-use required by students and the ease-of-administration critical to schools.
My World GIS was developed by the Geographic Data in Education (GEODE) Initiative at Northwestern University with the support of the National Science Foundation. Designed specifically for use by middle school through college students, it provides a carefully selected, high-value subset of the features of a professional GIS environment, including multiple geographic projections, table and map views of data, distance-measurement tools, buffering and query operations and customizable map displays.
My World GIS comes with a data library of over 50 data sets including country population data, climate, elevation, earthquake and volcano activity. In addition, My World can import data from the industry-standard shapefile format, as well as from tab and comma-delimited text files.
Plot time series data - see how data in a specific location changes over time
And much more
My World GIS is the Geographic Information System (GIS) designed for students, featuring intuitive navigation and drag-and-drop layering. Based on more than a decade of research, My World GIS provides the functionality of a full-featured GIS with the ease-of-use required by students and the ease-of-administration critical to schools.
My World's intended audience is middle school through college geosciences and geography. It can be an invaluable tool for studying geographic data as it relates to Earth Science, geology, cultural or physical anthropology or even history and political science. With a supportive interface and multiple geographic projections, complex situations can be presented to students without fear of overwhelming them.
Classroom activities for My World GIS are now available for middle school through high school ranging from a 2 day investigation to a year long environmental science course.
For complete installation instructions see the Install Guide PDF.
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Windows | Download (100.1M) |
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Mac OS X | Download (85.7M) |
MyWorld GIS is an award winning geographic information system designed specifically for schools. Download the trial version and try it out for free.
This "trial" version of My World expires 45 days after it is installed.
It is a fully functional version of the software. The license can be extended by entering a license key obtained by purchasing a licensed copy. See the Licensing Options tab to find the version that fits your needs.
If you already have a license key, you can enter it after running the installer. Launch My World GIS and select Enter License Key... from the Help menu to enter your license key.
If you already have a licensed copy of My World GIS on your computer, the new version of My World GIS will install as a licensed version, using the terms of the license of the existing copy.
My World Community
My World now has an online community site for teachers, students, and other users to ask questions, share ideas, and provide feedback to the My World development team. Visit the site at groups.yahoo.com/group/my_world_users/
Allows the installation and use of the Software on up to 10 computers within the confines of a single classroom or student laboratory at a K-12 educational institution, or on a single mobile cart.
Allows the Software to be installed and used on up to 35 computers within the confines of a single campus of a K-12 educational institution.
Allows the Software to be installed on all computers physically located on a single campus of a K-12 educational institution.
Allows the Software to be installed on any five (5) computers owned by a College/University or owned by Faculty/Staff and used for educational purpose.
Allows the Software to be distributed and installed on college/university computers dedicated to faculty/staff of a single department plus on the home computers of the department's faculty/staff, for educational use.
Allows the Software to be installed on all computers physically located in a single student lab on a college/university campus.
Permits you to install and use the Software for educational purposes on any single computer. Single installation disk with starter manual is provided.
A brief introduction to the My World GIS software and how it can be used in the classroom.
A guided tour of My World GIS and some of its features.
See live regional weather data for My World GIS
Investigate weather in My World GIS
Teachers and students can now use My World GIS and live WeatherBug data to investigate local weather and connect it to regional and national scales – all in real time. Identify high and low pressure centers, air masses and movement, fronts and frontal movement, and even severe weather events. Take advantage of the passing storm to create a compelling learning experience.
Take part in the weather - use student-collected probe data as part of your weather investigation.
Using PASCO’s line of weather sensors students can identify local conditions, and easily compare to large, real-time datasets from the WeatherBug network—local, regional, even national datasets. When students and teachers view and interact with the data in My World GIS, they develop an understanding of the very dynamic nature of weather systems and the many variables that influence weather—such as latitude, longitude, altitude, time of year, pressure, ocean currents, geologic features and more.
A wealth of real-time weather data
With the addition of the WeatherBug data, My World users now have access to data collected from over 8,000 weather stations around the United States, plus satellite weather images. The real-time weather data from WeatherBug features over 20 parameters including:
Satellite image of Hurricane Humberto impacting the Gulf Coast States.
Data Points: Download current temperature data and visualize by color
Isotherms: Use My World’s analysis tools to create isotherms from point data.
ArcIMS and Web Map Servers (WMS) provide dynamic images and data for use in My World GIS. In partnership with WeatherBug, My World can access real time satellite radar imagery and point data through ArcIMS and WMS servers. These servers will allow students and teachers to visualize and analyze live weather data across the world.
The WeatherBug Point Data project file shows real-time point data for a number of weather parameters, including temperature, daily rainfall, wind direction, and much more.
The WeatherBug Weather Point Data project file will open with its focus on North America. Use the Zoom Out Tool to see the data available for the rest of the globe.
Download WeatherBug Weather Point Data.m3vz (zip file)
The WeatherBug WMS project file is capable of showing a number of weather parameters as a dynamic web image that refreshes constantly to provide most up-to-date weather data.
Changing the settings for the WeatherBug WMS layer is easy! Highlight the layer by clicking on it. Then, from the Layer menu, select Edit Layer Information. The WMS Settings tab allows you to change the data shown on the map by checking or unchecking any of the available weather parameters. Simply click Apply when you are done to see the new data on the map.
Download WeatherBug WMS.m3vz (zip file)
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