Community Atlas

www.esri.com/communityatlas

What do small farming communities in New Jersey, Texas, California, and Wisconsin have in common? Is "the community" for high schoolers in Juneau more like "the community" for those in Montpelier or in Honolulu? Do junior high kids in Chicago see things more like kids in Decatur or in Dallas?

ESRI's U.S. Community Atlas program allows students across the country to define "their community" and post descriptions and maps about it. These presentations are combined on a web server and can be searched by characteristic and explored for similarities and differences.

ComAtlas region map (Click to see
example images)
ComAtlas local map


See more about GIS in schools at www.esri.com/k-12