GISCARTA for Schools · digital maps for education
A digital school atlas, map-based lessons, map quizzes and a GIS map builder in one browser tab. Ready-made content for grades 7–11, and real GIS tools students use to research and present their own projects.
Runs in any browser — on the interactive whiteboard, school laptops, tablets and at home.
Interactive atlas
Ready-made world maps with layers you switch on and off
Lessons on the map
Step-by-step scenarios that replace the slide deck
Map quizzes
Students find the answer on the map, against the clock
Map builder
Students turn their research into a published map
Working with a map teaches students to compare territories, read data and explain how nature, people and the economy are connected. GISCARTA for Schools gives every school the same professional GIS tools, ready to use in lessons.
For teachers
Explain the topic on the interactive whiteboard, then let students continue on their own devices. Less time on slides and handouts, more time on discussion.
For methodologists
Build a shared library of map-based lessons and research tasks for your department, and help teachers bring GIS into everyday teaching.
For education authorities
Bring GIS into geography and history classes without installing software. Start with a demo and a pilot, then extend the platform to more schools.
The familiar atlas and slide deck, with the capabilities of modern GIS.
The teacher opens a ready-made scenario. Each step sets the view, layers and legend.
Keep only what the topic needs — say, gas-fired power plants — and explain their location.
Short explanations next to the objects reveal the links between nature, people and the economy.
Photos and key facts let the class study an object and discuss why it matters.
Four ready-made world maps and a quiz. No sign-up: open them on the classroom screen or send the link to students.
Measure, compare and explain — the skills geography is built on.
Draw a line and see the relief along it.
Measure routes, borders and territories.
What can be reached from a point in a given time.
Keep only the objects the topic is about.
Watch data and borders change over the years.
Overlay layers to find patterns and test hypotheses.
Live dashboards built from the same data.
Object cards that turn a map into a virtual field trip.
For worksheets and outline-map tasks.
Historical maps
“History is geography in time.”
— Élisée Reclus, geographer
A growing collection of historical maps — from colonial empires to interwar Europe — with a time slider and cards for the people and states of each period.
Local history
Lay a historic city plan over today’s map — Kaluga in 1912, for example — and trace how familiar streets, buildings and districts changed.
The map is the result: students turn their own research into an interactive map and present it by link.
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Field observations, photos, documents and statistics from the student’s own research.
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Set symbols, labels, colours and filters in the map builder.
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Publish the map and open it by link in class, at a school conference or a project defence.
2025–2026 school year
Teachers highlighted
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We show the platform on a topic from your school’s programme.
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Teachers try it in class; we check your equipment.
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Access for teachers and students, plus hands-on training.
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Webinars, masterclasses and help with teaching methods.
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Advice on creating your school’s own maps.
Whole-class work: teacher’s computer, internet and a screen or interactive whiteboard
Independent work: student laptops or tablets with internet
Included
Interactive world and regional geography maps, structured around the school curriculum.
Using ready-made maps in lessons and creating your own.
Maps by our specialists for holidays and anniversaries through the year.
Technical questions and teaching methods.
GIS, app development, geomarketing and related fields.
Unlimited teachers, students, maps and projects
Within one school
Tell us about your school or school network, and we’ll prepare a proposal and a demo on a topic from your programme.
Request a proposalA browser-based platform for teaching geography and history with interactive maps. It combines a digital school atlas, step-by-step lessons on the map, map quizzes and a map builder for student projects.
Working with a map teaches students to compare territories, read data and explain geographic patterns. Layers, filters and object cards turn a static atlas into a tool for asking questions and backing answers with facts.
Yes. Historical maps come with a time slider and cards for people and states, and students can lay a historic city plan over today’s map for local history projects.
Ready-made content covers grades 7–11. It suits geography, history, local history and environmental studies, as well as interdisciplinary and research projects.
No. The platform is built for teachers without GIS training, and the annual licence includes teacher training and ongoing support.
A browser and an internet connection. For class work, a teacher’s computer and a screen or interactive whiteboard; for independent work, student laptops or tablets. Nothing to install.
Yes. In the map builder students add their own data, photos and documents, style the map and publish it by link for class discussion or a project defence.
Yes. Each school gets an annual licence with unlimited teachers, students, maps and projects. We usually start with a demo and a pilot, then train teachers and support them as more schools join.
Write to support@giscarta.com. We’ll show the platform on a topic from your programme and prepare a proposal for your school or school network.
We’ll show the platform on a topic from your curriculum and talk through scenarios for lessons and projects.
Or write to us: support@giscarta.com
