Resources for Mapping Local Terrain

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U.S. Community Atlas. ESRI (founded as Environmental Systems Research Institute in 1969).
<http://www.esri.com/industries/k-12/atlas/index.html>. Community Atlas is a project in which "teachers and students across the country define the nature of their community and post descriptions and maps about it." This site contains ideas about student mapping as well as model projects that could serve as inspiration for an extended activity for a class or school.
Wildlife Mapping in Virginia. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. <http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlifemapping/>. The program provides an opportunity for students and volunteers to perform field studies that contribute to the state's biological databases.