DECEMBER 2022

Γιώργος Σεκκές. Γνωρίζω την Γεωγραφία: https://www.alphanews.live/cyprus/troodospsilonei-posa-ekatosta-pairnei-kathe-hrono

Γιώργος Σεκκές. Περιβαλλοντική Γεωγραφία: https://www.alphanews.live/cyprus/gnorizo-tin-geografia-periballontiki-geografia

ArcGIS Online Competition for US High School / Middle School / students. Esri challenges US students to conduct and share a research project about something in their home state AGOSchoolComp (arcgis.com)

 

November 2022

Γιώργος Σεκκές. Η Ανύψωση και εμφάνιση του Τροόδους. Μελέτη 2022

Γιώργος Σεκκές. Περιβαλλοντική Γεωγραφία: https://www.alphanews.live/cyprus/gnorizo-tin-geografia-periballontiki-geografia

GIS DAY  2022 - NOVEMBER 17, 2022. ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΩΝ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ: GIS DAY 2022 - ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΗ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΥ ΣΕΚΚΕ

 

October 2022

Advancing the Power of Geography: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/about-esri/overview

ArcGIS is powerful geographic information system: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/about-esri/technology

Ηλιοθερμικό Πάρκο Παρταγωγής Ηλεκτρισμού σε Κοινότητες της Κύπρου:  https://www.philenews.com/koinonia/eidiseis/article/1565317/iliothermiko-parko-ischyos-65-mw

 

September 2022

Woodstock / Summer of Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2ZExRNT0GU

Northeastern First US-Based Institution of Higher Learning to Earn 'University Title’ in UK - News @ Northeastern:

 

August 2022

"Most people now accept that to avoid a climate disaster, the world has to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050": https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/Wondrium-Solving-for-Zero

Here’s a mind-blowing fact: "there’s more carbon in soil than in the atmosphere and all plant life combined." When soil gets disturbed all that stored carbon gets released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide: https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/We-should-discuss-soil-as-much-as-coal

"So, how exactly do we fuel our need to move around without emitting greenhouse gases?": https://www.gatesnotes.com/Energy/Moving-around-in-a-zero-carbon-world

 

March 2022

Students take to GIS to build solutions for their communities: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcnews/students-take-to-gis-to-build-solutions-for-their-communities/?adumkts=branding&aduc=email&adum=list&aduSF=newsletter&utm_Source=email&aduca=Esri_Globe_EML-li&adut=2418292-382-Esri-Globe

GIS in Schools: https://www.eagle.co.nz/gis-schools

A New Way to Navigate the Slopes With Real Time Geospatial Data:  https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcnews/a-new-way-to-navigate-the-slopes-with-real-time-geospatial-data/

New Esri Press books explore how to use GIS for public health and safety, how cities can collaborate using maps and data, and thematic mapping: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/page/3/?s&publication=arcnews&issue=477312

Θεμα της Συνόδου «Ένας Ωκεανός» που πραγματοποιείται στη Βρέστη, της Γαλλίας. Αντιμετωπίζοντας την κλιματική αλλαγή με επίκεντρο την πράσινη ναυτιλία: https://www.pio.gov.cy/%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B8%CF%81%CE%BF.html?id=25876#flat

 

February 2022

Wise advice for those considering a GIS related career: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcuser/wise-advice-to-gis-students/?adumkts=social&utm_source=social&aduc=social&adum=external&aduca=social_branding&adusf=linkedin&adut=48efad4c-8fdd-4f7e-ab45-4a63c43ccd0b

Incredible New York Buskers at Union Square Station: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&v=635848487565740

ESRI Academy.Esri massive open online courses MOOCs.  Cartography On Line course https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/596e584bb826875993ba4ebf/cartography./

JANUARY 2022
Greeting
Card for the years ahead: You can view your card here

A geographic approach is required to realize this future: Geographic approach for resilient future (esri.com)

Using GIS to Innovate Education:  Innovation in business education with GIS (esri.com)

15 tips for cartographers in ArcGIS Pro: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8a5b2ab8f4ba495c8ff03471530182da?adumkts=social&utm_source=social&aduc=social&adum=external&aduca=social_technical&adusf=facebook&adut=c9b9c2ff-79a8-4aeb-b7a0-6f583abb5071

DECEMBER 2021

In the shadow of a Volcano - Story Map. Scientists are working to better forecast when eruptions will occur and support communities that live with this risk: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0af82ec0fe7f4421b3fe4bd72cfe2c73

Wise advice for students who want to land a GIS-related job: Advice to GIS students (esri.com)

The early evolution of Cartography: The Early Evolution of Cartography | ArcNews | Fall 2021 (esri.com)

 NOVEMBER 2021

The digital revolution of the healthcare industry: https://news.northeastern.edu/2021/10/12/northeastern-mayo-clinic-management-degree/

ArcUser Summer 2021: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcuser/?adumkts=social&utm_source=social&aduc=social&adum=external&aduca=social_branding&adusf=linkedin&adut=0e6b8501-034f-4986-b5da-5922be4105bc

Created for mapping and analyzing the world’s coastal regions: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcuser/to-better-understand-the-earth/

OCTOBER 2021

THE CLIMATE PLEDGE : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJQ4rTTm14k

Amazon and Global Optimism announced The Climate Pledge which calls on business to be net zero carbon across their businesses by 2040 - a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050 :            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9iO0EOpI0

Amazon sustainability: https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/

Lets go zero:  "The day the Moon came to Earth": Sky Zero's "The day the Moon came to Earth" by Engine Creative - YouTube

Nine European countries agree to work together to tackle global environmental crisis in Athens Greece: https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1168076/nine-eu-mediterranean-countries-hold-summit-in-greece/

SEPTEMBER 2021
ESRI Academy. Massive Open Online Course -MOOC. Explore the Courses Cataloge: https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/search/

SUMMER 2021: ACTIVITIES: https://www.facebook.com/750486774/posts/10158675721641775/?d=n
AT MADARI'S PEAK: 
https://www.facebook.com/750486774/posts/10158694003121775/?d=n
Technology & Ideas: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-17/to-save-earth-s-climate-map-the-oceans
AUGUST 2021

More People Around the World are Taking a Look to Urban Farming: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/urban-farming/

Global temperatures will continue to warm over the years ahead: https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/07/09/global-warming-trends-highlight-enormous-challenge-of-meeting-paris-climate-pledge/

Gate's on avoiding a climate disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMR9OS4qggM

How to avoid climate disaster: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/633968/how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster-by-bill-gates/

JUNE / JULY 2021
ESRI Academy. Massive Open Online Course -MOOC- Starts on February 2021. Explore the Course Cataloge: https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/search/
Climate Change is Here and Now: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/podcast/climate-change-is-here-and-now/

 MAY 2021

Massachusetts Vaccination Map : https://boston.cbslocal.com/town-by-town-covid-vaccination/?fbclid=IwAR3gk25SvQsX1px6F3w57zmm_6NG95udxiDylhPohBSlnbp53NxTYSsl3hI

Explore cutting edge imagery applications and advanced tools to extract information from imagery and remotely sensed data: http://ow.ly/wECi50EDJOb

 APRIL 2021

U2 - https://youtu.be/aluYo-FSqiw

Blending a balance between imagery and Cartography: http://ow.ly/lbM150EFz8B

MARCH 2021

Climate Change is Here and Now: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/podcast/climate-change-is-here-and-now/

Global temperatures will continue to warm over the years ahead: https://cyprus-mail.com/2020/07/09/global-warming-trends-highlight-enormous-challenge-of-meeting-paris-climate-pledge/

Gate's on avoiding a climate disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMR9OS4qggM

How to avoid climate disaster: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/633968/how-to-avoid-a-climate-disaster-by-bill-gates/

FEBRUARY 2021

Tour an expansive collection of beautiful, innovative maps:https://mapgallery.esri.com/?adumkts=social&utm_source=social&aduc=social&adum=external&aduca=social_technical&adusf=linkedin&adut=371cf967-b2fe-4530-be1a-32bd1e7afcb6

A Location Suitability Analysis.  Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: https://mapgallery.esri.com/map-detail/5b34122532aa4a6b3479206f 

Director of the Climate Center at Texas Tech University Professor Kathrine Ann Hayhoe Speaks About  Climate Change: https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/en-us/about/news-room/podcasts/climatechangeishereandnow.mp3

How to Change the Way We Talk about Climate Change: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/arcuser/change-discussion-on-climate-change/

 JANUARY 2021

GIS DAY 2020 at Aglantzia's High School: Η ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΗ ΠΟΥ ΓΙΟΡΤΑΣΤΗΚΕ ΣΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ ΑΓΛΑΝΤΖΙΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΓΚΟΣΜΙΑ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΩΝ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ /  GIS DAY 2020: VIDEO

These seed-firing drones plant thousands of trees each day: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/world-economic-forum_these-seed-firing-drones-plant-thousands-activity-6737758016826855424-e8S1

  DECEMBER 2020

Η ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΩΝ: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christina-karouzi-4a915935_%CE%B7-%CF%83%CF%8D%CE%B3%CF%87%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B7-%CE%B3%CE%B5%CF%89%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B9%CF%8E%CE%BD-selas-activity-6736195291726311424-EhgM

 REMOTE SENSING - ΤΗΛΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΗΣΗ: https://education.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=0ee186c87ce34543b656a625bf42f28f

REMOTE SENSING - ACTIVITY: https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/en-us/media/pdf/geoinquiries/earth-science/2-remote-sensing-earthscience-geoinquiry.pdf

 NOVEMBER 2020

ΕΚΘΕΣΗ ΚΑΘΗΓΗΤΗ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΥ ΣΕΚΚΕ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΗΜΕΡΑ ΤΩΝ ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΩΝ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΩΝ

DISCOVERING, INNOVATION & HOPE: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/652993f26b064461a31e5befdb3d47f3

FINDING AMAZING STORIES THROUGH GIS: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a8591f1541df4846832e19dd1aabfebe

 OCTOBER 2020

Μόνιμη Κυπριακή Επιτροπή Τυποποίησης Γεωγραφικών Ονομάτων ΜΚΕΤΓΟ: http://www.geonoma.gov.cy/index.php/epitropi/synthesi-epitropis

Χάρτες της Κύπρου: http://www.geonoma.gov.cy/index.php/chartes

 Μόνιμη Κυπριακή Επιτροπή Τυποποίησης Γεωγραφικών Ονομάτων ΜΚΕΤΓΟ: http://www.geonoma.gov.cy/index.php

 SEPTEMBER 2020

 GIS IN A TIME OF COVID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42eFnLZ6bXM&feature=youtu.be

 

AUGUST 2020:

Learn More About The History Of Woodstock: https://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/DisplayMessage?ws_popup=true&ws_suite=true

CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - MAP

CYPRUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES - MAP

 JULY 2020:

The Global Goals for Sustainable Development:

GIS. Enabling a smarter world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=32&v=_qSenzfSwvA&feature=emb_logo

 JUNE 2020:

ESRI'S USER CONFERENCE: https://www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/uc/overview

ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗ ΚΡΟΥΑΖΙΕΡΑ: ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗ ΚΡΟΥΑΖΙΕΡΑ 2020 ΔΗΛΩΣΗ ΣΥΜΜΕΤΟΧΗΣ

Sustainability. Enabling a Smarter World: https://www.esri.com/en-us/solutions/industries/sustainability/overview

 MAY 2020:

Τρόοδος και εγένετο Κύπρος: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRqR9mGyUEQ

Troodos and the birth of Cyprus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNiSIUmW33w

 APRIL 2020:

Geographical Information Systems GIS. Explore the lesson library. An Implementation guide for Teachers, Schools, and Districts: https://learn.arcgis.com/en/educators/

 

The first documentary movie about the origin of Wuhan Coronavirus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bXWGxhd7ic

Στην Κοπεγχάγη, της Δανίας ολοκληρώθηκε η "καθαρότερη μονάδα παραγωγής ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας από απόβλητα στον κόσμο."  Όχι μόνο είναι ο καθαρότερος χώρος αποθήκευσης ενέργειας σε όλο τον κόσμο, είναι επίσης ο τόπος ενός ανθρωπογενούς βουνού που ονομάζεται CopenHill επίσης γνωστό και ως "Amager Bakke", που έχει τη δική του πλαγιά που χρησιμοποιείται δημόσια για σκι, με μονοπάτια για πεζοπορία και ορειβασία που λειτουργεί όλο το χρόνο.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOqocj2h6EM

March 2020:

COVID-19 Overview. Understand, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 in your community or organization: https://coronavirus-resources.esri.com/

Ανταρκτική-Γροιλανδία: Οι πάγοι λιώνουν με εξαπλάσια ταχύτητα από ό,τι το 1990: https://m.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/periballon/antarktiki-groilandia-oi-pagoi-liwnoyn-me-exaplasia-taxytita-apo-o-ti-to-1990#.XnG5x_pvc8Q.mailto

Ελλάδα: Με εξαφάνιση κινδυνεύουν παραλίες :  https://m.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/periballon/ellada-me-exafanisi-kindyneyoyn-oi-mises-paralies#.XnG6Rh2ujSQ.mailto

Πλοήγηση σε χάρτες της Κύπρου: https://eservices.dls.moi.gov.cy/#/national/geoportalmapviewer

Νέα διαδικτυακή πλατφόρμα του τμήματος κτηματολογίου και χωρομετρίας: https://portal.dls.moi.gov.cy/el-gr/homepage/pages/default.aspx

 February 2020:

Πλοήγηση σε χάρτες της Κύπρου: https://eservices.dls.moi.gov.cy/#/national/geoportalmapviewer

Lobsters of the World: https://biodiversitymapping.org/wordpress/index.php/lobsters/

 January 2020:

Why GIS In Education Matters: https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/why-gis-in-education-matters/

10 interesting and lesser-known facts about GPS: https://www.geospatialworld.net/videos/10-facts-about-gps/

 December 2019:

 November 2019:

ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΣΕΚΚΕΣ: Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Γεωγραφικών Συστημάτων Πληροφοριών / GIS
HAPPY GIS DAY 2019: ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΗ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟΥ ΑΓΛΑΝΤΖΙΑΣ
Seeing the Great American Eclipse: https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2017/great-american-eclipse/index.html

October 2019:

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. A film that everyone must view about the Island of CYPRUS: https://youtu.be/MKlq4gQKtU0

Winter is just about to begin: https://www.facebook.com/SotisHAgaphEinaiMakria/videos/490831424753264?s=750486774&v=e&sfns=mo

 September 2019:

Πλατφόρμα ArcGIS για μαθητές/τριες:http://gis4greekschools.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html

How do tornadoes form:  https://www.triviagenius.com/how-do-tornadoes-form/

Interactive 3D Map of the Moon:https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6558332363066220544

Soil absorbs and stores carbon from the atmosphere. Can it help mitigate climate change: https://www.facebook.com/natgeo/videos/10153685617108951?s=750486774&v=e&sfns=mo

 August 2019:

Woodstock‘s upcoming 50th anniversary. The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced that a three-day event will take place on August 16th-18th in 2019, and will be held at the same location where the original Woodstock Music & Arts Festival took place back on August 15th-17th, 1969: https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/woodstock-50-anniversary-bethel-woods/#.XCZVefOxvjt.mailto

Urban Planning GIS Exercises. Nicosia: https://www.gislounge.com/free-urban-planning-gis-exercises/

This amazing and rare wave formation is called a tidal bore. https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNaturePage/videos/744975328968061?s=750486774&v=e&sfns=mo

 July 2019:

ΠΛΑΤΦΟΡΜΑ ArcGIS ΓΙΑ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΑ: http://gis4greekschools.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.htm

Στις Θαλασσινές Σπηλιές της Πέγειας ανεγείρονται παραθεριστικές κατοικίες σε απόσταση μόλις 30 μέτρων από τη θάλασσα, μεταξύ των δύο σημαντικότερων σπηλιών αναπαραγωγής της μεσογειακής φώκιας http://www.philenews.com/f-me-apopsi/arthra-apo-f/article/660435/den-lifthike-ypopsi-to-aftonoito

 

January 2019:

GIS in Sustainable Urban Planning and Management. Example: Nicosia, Cyprus how public places can facilitate social interactions: https://www.itc.nl/urbangis/chapter-7/

GIS in Sustainable Urban Planning and Management: A Global Perspective: https://www.itc.nl/urbangis/chapter-7/md-nicosia.pdf