Web–Enabled Data Access

School Locator

The Internet and local and wide area networks (LANs and WANs) have opened the door to the rapid sharing of information across the office and around the globe. The impact and implications for schools are becoming visible via the brisk spread of Internet access across school districts and the range of uses to which networking technology is put.

Basic public information services can be distributed in new ways by adding the spatial dimension. This includes the demands of recent education initiatives such as student test scores and school accountability.

Visit the Web sites below to see how various educational organizations are using GIS.

• Chicago Public Schools School Locator
• Colorado Department of Education School Accountability Reports
• National Center for Education Statistics, 2000 Census School District Demographics
• Oakland, California, Unified School District Map Center
• Orange Unified School District, California Attendance Boundaries
• Salem-Keizer, Oregon, School Finder
• Texas Education Agency School District Locator
• University of Alabama, Office of Land Management
• University of Georgia, University Architects for Facilities Planning
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Environmental Remote Sensing Center

Although not necessarily focused on education applications, you can browse live mapping sites on the IMS User Registry.

The Web also provides a rich interactive pathway for geographic research and instruction. Examples of key online mapping sites and ways in which various organizations are using Internet mapping and analysis can be found at Try GIS on the Web.