ABSTRACT: While geospatial technologies have been taught as a topic and employed in outreach at UNH Cooperative Extension for nearly two decades, the recent increased use of ArcGIS Online and related applications have made substantial improvements to outreach programs in New Hampshire. Once focused on desktop GIS and standard GPS units, the Geospatial Technologies Training Center now teaches a variety of workshops on online and mobile mapping technologies, including ArcGIS Online, Story Maps, crowdsource mapping, Survey123 and Collector. In addition to helping the NH public learn how to put these technologies to use in their lives, UNH Cooperative Extension has begun incorporating ArcGIS Online-base approaches across a variety of outreach programs, as well as, for internal communication and collaboration. While some applications of ArcGIS Online have served simply as a way to improve web-based communication with the public, others have deeply changed the way in which programming is delivered. In these cases, not only has ArcGIS Online allowed UNH Cooperative Extension to create new programming, it has allowed the organization to reach new audiences. Come join this session to learn how UNH Cooperative Extension is using ArcGIS Online for outreach and share examples of your own outreach using online mapping.
