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Boy Scouts approve GIS merit badge.(NEWSLINK)

GEO World, April, 2007

The Boy Scouts of America, Irving, Texas, approved a proposal to add a GIS merit badge. The badge's idea originated from a Delta State University student and received support from Aurora, Colo.-based Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) and Redlands, Calif.-based ESRI.

The merit-badge program is a key element in the Boy Scouts' education mandate, with more than 120 badges that indicate skill and knowledge in a variety of subjects. Each of the more than 300 local Boy Scout councils is required to stock all merit badges and their corresponding educational pamphlets. More than 1 million pamphlets are sold annually, and many are approved reference text in libraries and school curricula.

"We 'hammered out' a two-page proposal with a...

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