Did you know that in a matter of minutes you can have a slick looking school district boundaries map? Yep, that’s right! In this screencast I’ll walk you through how to do just that using Google Earth Pro (now free) and readily available TIGER/Line Shapefiles from the US Census Bureau. You’ll learn how to build regional maps, calculate land area, and see exactly what parcels of land are in your district. You will be shocked how easy this is!

Curious what your state FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) code is? Wikipedia has a full listing here.