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first published week of: 04/06/2015
he University of Illinois Extension and 4-H will host a new Mapping and GIS Club for tweens and teens ages 10 to 16 this month and next.
Group members will explore various mapping methods and the technology used to create maps. Meetings will be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays, April 11, 18, 25, and May 2, 9 and 16, at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Riverfront Campus, in Riverfront Hall, room 118, at 3300 River Drive, Moline.
Members will “get in the field” using GPS units to collect data that will be used to create a brand new map. They also will learn GIS (Geographic Information Systems) basics, a computer program which allows us to layer maps and manipulate data to display new information, according to a news release. continued…