March 2013

2013-07-08

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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER March 2013

HIGHLIGHTS

· CGA Spring Conference, Fisher Prize Applications, Call for Posters

· Intro to Spatial Methods Course

· ESRI 3D Meet Up

· Idrisi Selva version 17.02 Available

· PolicyMap Trial Version

· ABCD and Geography Colloquium April Presentations

· Fellowship for Harvard Undergraduates

· Google Earth Outreach Developer Grants

· Fracking Data Portal

· Catholicism in the World

· More….

CGA NEWS

CGA Spring Conference, Fisher Prize Applications, Call for Posters

The annual CGA conference “Creating the Policy and Legal Framework for a Location–Enabled Society”

will be held Thursday and Friday, May 2-3, 2013 in the CGIS Tsai Auditorium at 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge MA. The CGA is inviting geographic visualization submissions to be displayed at the conference. These submissions may be in poster, video, 3d model, interactive website, or another format that can be set up in exhibit space. Submissions by Harvard students will also be considered for the Fisher Prize competition for excellence in GIS, a $500 cash award. The deadline for submission is Friday, April 26.

Learn more about the Fisher Prize

View the preliminary conference agenda

Intro to Spatial Methods Course

There are three spots open for this course, to be taught at the Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge 202, Kresge 209. Deadline for applying is this Friday, March 29. Meeting times are Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30am - 10:20am. This is an introductory level course in the conceptual and analytic tools used to understand how spatial distributions of exposure impact on processes and patterns of disease. It covers methods that allow: (i) examination of patterns of health and disease in place and time, (ii) application of geospatial technologies and methods for epidemiology, (iii) analysis of time-space relations, (iv) identification of clusters and diffusion of disease, and (v) study of geographical epidemiology of selected infectious and noninfectious diseases. Register at the HSPH registrar’s office.

ESRI 3D Meet Up

Esri will present the latest in 3d technology at this event which is open to the public, to be held 4:30 – 6:30 on April 3^rd at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. View the flyer.

Idrisi Selva version 17.02 Available

Idrisi Selva 17.02 release is now available for Harvard users to download from the CGA website (after login with your HUID). The “Idrisi_17.02_Selva.exe” file can be used for a fresh new installation, or an upgrade to your existing Selva 17.00 version. If you are new to Idrisi Selva, please follow the installation instructions downloadable from the same page to set up your license. Current Selva users may simply run this installation file and take all default options. It will retain your license setting as you have set up for your previous version.

PolicyMap Trial Version

Harvard affiliates have free use of the PolicyMap interactive web mapping site until April 30. Go to the PolicyMap site, and login with your HUID and try it out.

CGA’s monthly GIS presentations – come join the discussion in April (free lunch)

· Geography Colloquium @ CGA
“Is takeaway food environment exposure associated with takeaway consumption and body weight? Evidence from a UK study of adults.” By Dr. Thomas Burgoine. April 3. Noon – 1:30. in Room S050 of the CGIS South building at 1730 Cambridge St.

· GIS Presentation Series (ABCD-GIS)
“3D GIS: Workflows connecting the work of Designers with GIS Infrastructure” by Paul Cote and Parvaneh Kossari. April 17, 2013. Noon – 1:30 in Room S050 of the CGIS South building at 1730 Cambridge St. This will be a joint meeting with the Eastern Massachusetts Municipal GIS Group.

CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT

· NEURISA Lighting Talks Call for Presentations – Deadline 4/1

· Boston Fellowship for Harvard Undergraduates – Deadline 4/15

· Google Earth Outreach Developer Grants – Deadline 4/18

· Geospatial Grid Contest – Deadline 4/23

· The Big Earth Data Contest

See more details on these calls on our Calls and Public Events page.

NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Fracking Data Portal

Catholicism in the World

How the Catholic Church has Shifted Southward

Impossible Fonts