CGA Newsletter March 2016 PDF Download
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Call for Registration - 2016 CGA Conference: Space, Place, and Geographic Thinking in the Humanities This year’s CGA conference is aimed at bringing humanists together with geospatial technologists and theorists, reviewing current status, achievements, lessons learned, unmet needs, challenges, potentials and perspectives of applying geographic analysis in the humanities. Invited speakers will present their on-going explorations, inspiring cases, and expert views across a range of domains and disciplines, and engage with each other and the audience in discussion and debate. Open to public. CGIS South Concourse level, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA. April 28th - April 29th 2016. The conference preliminary program is available online. To register, please click here. | |
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Upcoming GIS Technical Training Workshops CGA offers several non-credit technical training workshops related to GIS (Free to Harvard affiliates but registration is required). The workshops are:
More information about technical training workshops and registrations can be found here. | |
CGA’s Monthly GIS Presentations-come join the discussion
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ArcGIS for Desktop 10.4 Software Available (For Harvard Affiliates Only) The newly released software is available to download here. Read more about what is new in ArcGIS 10.4. | |
Google Maps API for Work License Renewal (For Harvard Affiliates Only) The license is renewed until February 14, 2017. Please click here to request it. | |
Workshop on Pleiades: Mapping the Ancient World This workshop will begin with a concise overview and introduction to Pleiades, its mission, and capabilities. The presenter will summarize current work-in-progress and planned improvements under the aegis of Pleiades’ current NEH grant. The rest of the workshop will focus on interests of audience members as articulated in open discussion. March 23rd, 2016, 5:30-7:30pm. Room S030, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA. Read more about the Pleiades Project and the workshop | |
Hands-on Workshop at AAG for Using the Free Hybrid Spatiotemporal Cloud Services Provided by the NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center Cloud computing service is becoming the norm for providing computing support and cyberinfrastructure for scientific research and engineering development. To leverage this innovation for geographers, the NSF spatiotemporal innovation center built a 500-node private cloud services in conjunction with the Amazon public cloud resources, the biggest dedicated to GIScience ( http://199.26.254.184/sthcp/). The workshop is offered at the AAG Annual Meeting in San Francisco. It will introduce how to use cloud resources to conduct research in the domain of geography. $1,500-worth of computing resources will be allocated for each participant. Participants are required to bring a laptop and have knowledge about how to use the Internet, SSH, and conceptual knowledge of cloud services. AAG Annual Meeting attendees may register (free of charge): login to www.aag.org -> AAG Annual Meeting -> Plenary Sessions and Special Events -> Field Trips & Workshops -> Workshops -> Add workshops -> scroll to Mar. 29, find the workshop and click the “add” button before the workshop. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 10:00am - 12:00pm. | |
Dynamic Mapping of Secondary Cities Workshop A 1.5-day workshop is scheduled for the Mapping Secondary Cities for Resiliency, Human Security, and Emergency Preparedness project sponsored by the NGA and State Department. The project is managed by CGA visiting scholar Dr. Melinda Laituri, who is working with the team to plan an international workshop at Harvard on June 14-15 this year. This day and half workshop will focus on open source geospatial tools and technologies for mapping Secondary Cities. The aim of the workshop is to bring together organizations and individuals involved in innovative mapping activities and solutions for emergency preparedness, resiliency planning, and urban sustainability. Secondary Cities are rapidly growing urban areas that are regional hubs for commerce, services, and governance in developing countries that are often inadequately planned for future development and growth. The workshop will open with a half-day session to provide a hands-on venue to explore and assess online, open sources tools for mapping and creating geospatial date for cities. The full day sessions will include: 1) Secondary Cities overview; 2) Case studies of dynamic city data collection; 3) Interactive assessment session of tools as linked to emergency preparedness, resiliency planning, and urban sustainability; 4) Solutions/Lessons learned. See more information and register (for free) here. | |
HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS | |
Remote Sensing for Humanitarian Programs Workshop This five-day workshop aims to provide humanitarian professionals basic skills and knowledge required to use remote sensing technologies, such as satellite and drone imagery, as part of humanitarian operations. The goal of the course is to equip participants with the necessary expertise to manage, design, and utilize remote sensing programs during both natural disasters and conflict-related emergencies. June 20-24, 2016 at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA. Read more | |
CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT | |
Invitation to NASA CitySmart Challenge - Solutions For Sustainable Cities The aim of this challenge is to inspire ideas for building great applications that serves the INSPIRE Directive and uses NASA’s open source virtual globe technology World Wind. Read more | |
2016 Geospatial Skills Competition The intent of the competition is to showcase the geospatial technology skills of U.S. undergraduate students. Competing students will create a project that utilizes geospatial technology to address a real-world problem. The student will then present the project and the resulting deliverables as a Poster that not only highlights their use of geospatial technology, but also demonstrates their communication and presentation skills. Read more | |
FOSS4G Boston 2017 The Boston LOC is proud to announce that a landing page is setup for the 2017.foss4g.org. On this page is information about joining the public email list and a link to the logo contest entries which we are gathering votes from the community to help the LOC choose the winner. It also has links to the FOSS4G Bonn 2016 and FOSS4G-NA Raleigh 2016 pages. | |
Innovating for Environmental Health APP Challenge This challenge is aim to inspire environmental health professionals to move towards open data and technology by presenting innovative solutions to public health issues. The participants will create an app that helps to achieve one of the environmental health objectives, as identified by the Department of Health and Human Services. Read more | |
Free UCGIS Webinar on the National Water Model and Summer Institute for Grad Students A free webinar on the National Water Model and its associated Cyber-GIS supported activities has been added to the UCGIS schedule for Wednesday March 9, 2016, at 3pm EST (noon PST). It will also be highlighting the opportunity for graduate students to apply for the 7-week-long CUAHSI 2016 Summer Institute. Click here to register. Info on all other UCGIS webinar is here. | |
Free Webinar: Drone Law for Geospatial Professionals and Educators - Present and Future Considerations In this presentation, the presenter will discuss: (1) the different types of aircraft and what is legally required for each to fly, (2) the operational problems that public and commercial drone operations have under the Federal Aviation Regulations, (3) legal issues from a state and local level that can affect your operations, (4) what the future holds, and (5) what you can now do to successfully position yourself for the future. Click here to register. | |
Hiring Grads for Esri’s Growing Sales Team Esri is aggressively looking for entry-level candidates to grow its sales team this year. Read More | |
NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES | |||
Animated Map of U.S. Oil Gas Boom Years 2010-2016 Measuring the Impact of Urban Street Design on Walkability SF Bay Area Carbon Footprint Map |
The CGA Newsletter is published monthly. Editors of this issue are Fei Carnes and Jeff Blossom. |
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