CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER 
December 2006 
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HIGHLIGHTS

- GIS Courses at the Longwood Campus in Winter and Spring 
- Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Workshop 
- Want to take a short GIS intro workshop? Please let us know! 
- ArcGIS 9.2 and ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1 Now Available 
- Diseases on the Move 
- ArcGIS Explorer Now Available

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CGA NEWS

Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Workshop

Friday, February 16, 2007
The Center for Geographic Analysis jointly with the Harvard University Center for the Environment (environment.harvard.edu) and the Sigma Xi Harvard Chapter (www.sigmaxi.org) will host a Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Workshop on Friday, February 16, 2007. The location is CGIS South Building, Rm.010, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA. The objective is to inform Harvard faculty members, researchers and students of the remote sensing technology, by showcasing ongoing research at Harvard that uses remote sensing, and by providing a high level, up-to-date overview of the technology and its applications.
Please register for the workshop on our website.
See the workshop schedule and speakers.

ArcGIS 9.2 and ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1 Now Available

ArcGIS 9.2, ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1 and Photogrammetry software are now available for use on Harvard-controlled subnets. ArcGIS 9.2 Desktop provides improved tools and interfaces, support for sophisticated cartographic design, advanced modeling tools for analysis, and enhanced CAD support. ERDAS IMAGINE ? 9.1 offers numerous updated capabilities and enhancements. GIS users now have more flexibility and choices with expanded platform support such as Windows XP Professional Edition 64-bit and Sun Solaris 10.
Learn more about how to download and install.

Want to take a short GIS intro workshop? Please let us know!

The CGA has offered two GIS intro workshops in the last month. If you are interested in taking such intro workshops, please let us know by sending an email. When we see substantial demands for the workshop, we will make arrangements to make it happen.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

GIS Courses at the Longwood Campus in winter and spring

This spring, the Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics are jointly offering a new course in applied spatial statistics (Stat 155, Biostat 283), jointly offered in Cambridge and Longwood. Also, this winter, the Department of Biostatistics is offering a new introductory GIS course (bio504).

• New biostatistics winter course
  Bio504 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems using ArcGIS This winter we are introducing a new short course on GIS. This course introduces Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their applications. GIS is a combination of software and hardware with capabilities for manipulating, analyzing and displaying spatially referenced information. Emphasis on learning practical skills using ArcGIS software. Five combined lecture/lab sessions. No prerequisites.
  M/F Jan 5, 8, 12, 19, 22, 9:30 am - 1 pm.
  More information is available from the Registrar’s website, or contact the instructor, Sumeeta Srinivasan (ssrinivasan@cga.harvard.edu) or the HSPH course sponsor, Chris Paciorek (paciorek@hsph.harvard.edu).

• New statistics/biostatistics spring course
  Stat155/Bio283 Spatial Statistics for Social Inquiry and Health Research Introduction to spatial statistics with application to public health and social science research. Emphasizes methods for the analysis and visualization of three basic types of spatial data: point-referenced (geostatistical), areal, and point pattern. Heavy emphasis on real applied problems through case studies, labs, discussions, and course projects. Prerequisites: Students should have a background in statistics at the level of linear regression (Statistics 139, Statistics 149, Economics 1123, Psychology 1951, Biostat 210, 211, or 213), plus experience in statistical computing (e.g., Stat 135, Biostat 503). We also recommend a background in GIS (coursework such as Gov’t 1008, ES103, Bio504 or hands-on experience). Students are encouraged to contact the instructors regarding prerequisites. The course is designed for non-statistics graduate students and advanced undergraduates.
  T/Th 10:30-12, with a Friday lab
  More information is available from the Registrar’s website, or contact the instructor directly: FAS inquiries: Rima Izem (izem@stat.harvard.edu) or HSPH inquiries: Chris Paciorek (paciorek@hsph.harvard.edu).

NETWATCH: Diseases on the Move

Visitors to the new site HEALTHmap www.healthmap.org can pinpoint the latest outbreaks of more than 50 human and animal illnesses, from avian influenza to chikungunya fever, a mosquito-spread disease of Asia and Africa. Created by epidemiologist John Brownstein of Harvard Medical School in Boston and software developer Clark Freifeld of Children’s Hospital Boston, the site automatically picks up and charts fresh case reports and other data from sources such as the World Health Organization, Google News, and the disease alert Web site ProMed-Mail. You can sort the information by disease and country and click on the world map to summon the original report or article.http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol314/issue5804/r-samples.dtl#314/5804/1363d

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GIS INDUSTRY NEWS

ArcGIS Explorer Now Available

ESRI is pleased to announce that ArcGIS Explorer is now available for download. Use your ESRI Global Account to log in and download ArcGIS Explorer http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/download.html. ArcGIS Explorer is a lightweight desktop client for ArcGIS Server, providing a way for you to publish ArcGIS Server capabilities within your organization or to anyone on the Web. ArcGIS Explorer is freely distributable and does not require any other ESRI software.Using ArcGIS Explorer you can connect to content published by ESRI and others and fuse it with your own ArcGIS services or local data. You can create your own content or tasks for ArcGIS Explorer by authoring globes and tasks using ArcGIS Desktop, then publishing it to ArcGIS Explorer via ArcGIS Server.http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/index.html

A Variety of Pathways Lead to GIS

When did you get involved with GIS technology? How did you get involved? What was your background? What were your application objectives? Answers to these questions define your personal “Geotechnology Adoption Path” and are as unique as you are. http://www.geoplace.com/uploads/FeatureArticle/0612_BeyondMapping.asp

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December 2008

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HIGHLIGHTS

• CGA 2009 Spring Workshop: Spatial-Temporal Modeling
• CHGIS Releases Placename Search Tool
• ArcGIS 9.3 Service Pack 1 Available
• Thinking Globally and Mapping Locally
• Tracts to Text Adjacency Matrix Tool
• Surgical Safety Web Map
• CGA Service Charge Rate Increase
• Help Wanted for CGA’s AfricaMap Project
• H.T. Fisher Prize in GI Science Orientation
• CaGIS Scholarships
• Ontology for The National Map Meeting
• Geoinformatics 2009 Conference
• From Cotton Pickin’ to Presidents
• Rome in 3-D
• Geolocating World News
• India’s Version of Google Earth
• Rapid Eye’s Image Gallery
• More…
   

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CGA NEWS

CGA 2009 Spring Workshop: Spatial-Temporal Modeling

It has become a CGA tradition to host a spring workshop every year. Since 2006, the CGA workshop series has covered the topics of geographic analysis, remote sensing, and georeferencing. For the spring of 2009, we turn to a classical yet rapidly evolving topic – Spatial-Temporal Modeling.

CHGIS Releases Placename Search Tool

The China Historical GIS has developed a tool to search its database of over 175,000 places in China, returning matches in text format.  Use the tool:

http://chgis.hmdc.harvard.edu/xml/

ArcGIS 9.3 Service Pack 1 Available

ESRI has released service pack 1 for ArcGIS 9.3.  CGA now recommends using ArcGIS 9.3 in combination with the service pack, instead of version 9.2.

http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=17&MetaID=1457

Thinking Globally and Mapping Locally

CGA research affiliate Akiyuki Kawasaki recently presented his watershed modeling research.  Harvard Science website is currently featuring an article on it:

http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/engineering-technology/articles/thinking-globally-and-mapping-locally

Tracts to Text Adjacency Matrix Tool

For a recently completed project the CGA created a tool in ArcGIS that receives census tract boundaries as input, and outputs a text file listing each tract and all adjacent tracts.  The text file can then be used for statistical analysis.
http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page138037

Surgical Safety Web Map

CGA has recently completed a Google Maps mash-up for Harvard School of Public Health Researchers involved with the Safe Surgery Saves Lives program:

http://cga2.cga.harvard.edu:8080/KML/Surgical_Safety.htm

See all of CGA’s publicly published web maps:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page138037

CGA Service Charge Rate Increase

Starting on January 1st, 2009, the CGA standard service charge rate will be $75/hr. We will remain flexible on offering discounts to first time users.

Help Wanted for CGA’s AfricaMap Project

CGA is looking for a Harvard graduate student assistant to work on the AfricaMap project, Jan. – April of 2009.  See the full job description on the right side of our website: 

http://gis.harvard.edu

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

H.T. Fisher Prize in GI Science Orientation - this one can be considered CGA news

An orientation session regarding any question people may have for participating in the H. T. Fisher Prize in GIS (deadline May 17, 2009) will be held on Thursday, January 7, Noon – 1p.m. in the CGIS Knafel building (1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge) Room K031.  More on the prize:

http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23202

CaGIS Scholarships - this one is not Harvard news

Each year, the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) sponsors two scholarships to students whose research and accomplishments support the mission of CaGIS. The scholarships recognize academic achievement and encourage the continuing education of outstanding cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), and geographic information science (GIScience) students.  For information and to apply for the scholarship:

http://www.cartogis.org/awards

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CONFERENCES

Ontology for The National Map Meeting

The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is hosting a Specialist Meeting on developing an “Ontology for The National Map” on behalf of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, Washington, D.C., on Feb 3-4, 2009, immediately prior to the UCGIS Winter Assembly at the same hotel on Feb. 5-6, 2009.  More on the conference: 

http://www.ucgis.org/

More about the National Map:

http://nationalmap.gov/

Geoinformatics 2009 Conference

The 2009 International Conference on Geoinformatics will be held August 12 – 14 in Fairfax, VA.  This conference is an opportunity for all researchers and developers of GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing to discuss new ways to advance the theories, technologies, and applications of GIScience.  Session proposal deadline: December 25, 2008, abstract deadline: February 15, 2009

http://www.geoinformatics2009.org/

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

More Election Maps

Cartograms, the “purple map” and more:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

From Cotton Pickin’ to Presidents

An interesting correlation:

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/330-from-pickin-cotton-to-pickin-presidents/

Rome in 3-D

Enjoy a 3-D rendering of Rome in 320 A.D. at:

http://earth.google.com/rome/index.html

MapUSA Custom Census Mapping

Brown University put together this site to create and download custom census maps for anywhere in the U.S.

http://maps.s4.brown.edu/mapusa/

Middle Eastern Geodatabase for the Antiquities

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/field_projects/jordan/index.html?cid=gci003

Rapid Eye’s Image Gallery

This satellite imaging company has recently released a gallery of images for viewing.

News article:

http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=C512C651997C40A0918CF7912EA136DE

The gallery:

http://www.rapideye.de/home/news/gallery/

India’s Version of Google Earth

The Indian Space Agency is set to roll out an image browser software with higher resolution imagery than Google Earth:

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5182639.ece

Indian Court Called to Ban Google Earth

Terrorists may have used Google Earth to aid the Mumbai, India attacks:

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5311241.ece

Geolocating World News

Maplandia is a website that geolocates and links to world news stories:

http://www.maplandia.com/news/

GIS Next: A Chasm Crossed

An article on the growth and breadth of GIS technology:

http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2953&trv=1

Mapping Worlds

A fun website to look at various global data (population, crop production, consumption, etc.) by resizing country areas.

http://show.mappingworlds.com/

State steps up efforts to ban GPS with Turkish place names

http://66.84.25.241/news/main.php?id=43080&cat_id=1

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August 2012

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HIGHLIGHTS

•    New Faces at CGA

•    New Gen Ed course using GIS: “Mapping Our World”

•    Harvard Geography Colloquium: The Legacy of Spatial Thinking at Harvard

•    ABCD-GIS Presentation: ESRI CityEngine Software for 3D

•    GIS Workshops: Fall Schedule

•    ArcGIS 10.1 Single Use Licenses Available

•    Google Earth Pro License Expiration

•    Emergency Department Web Map

•    Harvard Geospatial Library Additions

•    ESRI International User Conference: Report, Papers, Technical Workshops

•    Specialist Meeting – Spatial Thinking Across the College Curriculum

•    Improved Support for Landsat Imagery in ArcGIS 10.1

•    ESRI and PCI Natural Resources Imagery Grant Program

•    Strange Maps Blog

•    US Historical Drought Maps

•    More…

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CGA NEWS

New Faces at CGA

The CGA is happy to announce the recent hiring of Junior GIS Specialist Stacy Bogan.  See her profile on the CGA People page: http://bit.ly/Ru0iYb

We also have several new visiting scholars, listed here: http://bit.ly/PFTUfX

New Gen Ed course using GIS: “Mapping Our World”

Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning 21: “Mapping Our World” will be taught this Fall 2012-2013 by Professor Peter K. Bol (East Asian Languages and Civilizations) and Kirk P. Goldsberry (Center for Geographic Analysis; Michigan State University). This course introduces contemporary map design, geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis; our emphasis will be on the concepts and techniques that empower new spatial insights into our world. View details on the EMR listing page: http://bit.ly/OykhGs

View the syllabus and reading list on the EMR 21 course page (login required):

http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k87888

Harvard Geography Colloquium: The Legacy of Spatial Thinking at Harvard

The next Harvard Geography Colloquium will feature Dr. Don Janelle presenting “William Warntz & The Legacy of Spatial Thinking at Harvard University.”  It will be held on September 5^th at Noon in the CGIS South S050 room.  View the flyer: http://hvrd.me/S4LLcb

ABCD-GIS Presentation: ESRI CityEngine Software for 3D

The next Harvard ABCD-GIS presentation will be held on September 17^th at 4:30 p.m. in Room K354 of the CGIS Knafel building.  Presenters Dominik Tarroli and Geoff Taylor from ESRI and Kevin DeVito of CyberCity3D will present how ESRI’s new CityEngine software is used for 3D modeling.  View the flyer: http://hvrd.me/OC5zwN

GIS Workshops: Fall Schedule

Each semester CGA offers instructor-led non-credit technical training workshops to introduce GIS concepts and teach the basics on how to use GIS software. All 12 workshops are free, and held on Fridays from 1:00 - 3:00 PM, beginning September 21st.  Registration and Harvard affiliation is necessary to attend.  For details, dates and registration see our non-credit training page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189848

ArcGIS 10.1 Single Use Licenses Available

The CGA now has these licenses available for use by Harvard affiliates.  Email us at contact@help.cga.harvard.edu  to get one.

Google Earth Pro License Expiration

Harvard’s Google Earth Pro license has expired.  The CGA had sent in a renewal request to Google but haven’t heard back yet.  We will update this notification if and when Google renews our licenses.  We apologize for the discontinuity of this grant-based license.

Emergency Department Web Map

A recently completed CGA project showing a comprehensive database and map of all emergency departments in the U.S:  http://edmaps.org

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Harvard Geospatial Library Additions

The Harvard Geospatial Library (HGL) has added 22 layers representing historic U.S. county boundaries and county populations for each decade from 1790 until 2000.  The data was produced by the University of Minnesota’s Population Center as part of the National Historic GIS (NHGIS) project.  The datasets residing in the HGL represent what were originally two separate NHGIS files that were aggregated/joined by the CGA in order to make the county and population data more user-friendly in a GIS environment.

Data is accessible for browsing and download here:

http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.gisdata:013175162 or by searching for ‘Historic County Population’ in the HGL search box at http://hgl.harvard.edu/

In addition, over 200 layers containing United States demographic and marketing statistics from 1995 have been added.  The statistics are presented with ZIP-code boundaries and U.S. Census Tract boundaries for each U.S. state and the District of Columbia, and is presented at county and state level for a few nation-wide datasets. The data was derived from MaconUSA’s DVD set called ‘Maps and Data for Microsoft Office 95’, published in 1996, and was converted from MapInfo tab format to ESRI shapefile format in order to make it more accessible.  Data is accessible to Harvard affiliates via PIN login and can be browsed and downloaded here: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.gisdata:007297694  or by searching for ‘maconusa’ in the HGL search box.

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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

ESRI International User Conference: Report, Papers, Technical Workshops

The CGA’s Molly Groome attended Esri’s 32nd International User Conference from July 23-27, 2012. Over 15,000 people attended from 131 countries. View her conference report for details about Esri products and what new releases to expect over the next year: http://hvrd.me/PEXAUK

Conference proceedings: http://bit.ly/MWgUuc

Free technical workshops from the conference: http://bit.ly/Mx9nze

Specialist Meeting – Spatial Thinking Across the College Curriculum

This two day meeting will be held in Santa Barbara, California, December 10 - 11.  Call for abstracts are due September 24.  For more information: http://bit.ly/PF9fxj

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Improved Support for Landsat Imagery in ArcGIS 10.1

http://bit.ly/NBVKjx

ESRI and PCI Natural Resources Imagery Grant Program

http://bit.ly/S4R9vS

Strange Maps Blog

http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps

US Historical Drought Maps

http://drought.unl.edu/Planning/Monitoring/HistoricalPDSIMaps.aspx

Mapping and GeoSpatial Analysis In Amazon Web Services Using ArcGIS

http://bit.ly/Pd8vjZ

Versailles 3D

http://www.versailles3d.com/en/

UK Ordnance Survey Launches International Service

http://bit.ly/OcDzCA

What your favorite map projection says about you

http://xkcd.com/977/

Arctic Sea Ice Maps and Graphs

https://sites.google.com/site/arcticseaicegraphs/

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August 2008 
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HIGHLIGHTS

• IDRISI Software Available
• HSPH Helpdesk back in the Microlab
• New Layers in Harvard Geospatial Library
• HMDC Lab Adds GIS Literature
• 2008 ESRI International Users Conference Report
• 35 Years of LandSat Satellite Imagery Available in 2008
• Olympics Showcase 3D Geospatial Models
• TerraViva Global Datasets
• Cellphone Tracking Human Movement Patterns
• Ten Simple Time Savers for ArcGIS 9.3
• A Model for Shared Mapping
• Free Topographic Map Downloads
• Michigan Map on a Cow
• More…

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CGA NEWS

IDRISI Software Available 
CGA has purchased IDRISI Andes 15 (GIS and image processing software), and the Land Change Modeler extension for ArcGIS, available for any Harvard use. For more information on the products: http://www.clarklabs.org/.
If interested in using these products, please contact us.

HSPH Helpdesk back in the Microlab 
The Monday afternoon HSPH help desk location will be moved back into its permanent home in the microlab, lower level of the Kresge building (677 Huntington Ave., Boston). The lab location was temporarily moved due to construction over the summer. Help Desk on 8/25/2008 and beyond will be back in the lower level microlab.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

New Layers in Harvard Geospatial Library 
The Harvard Geospatial Library has recently added the following datasets to it’s online repository: Africover is a collection of land cover data derived from LANDSAT images and base data sets for the countries of Burundi, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. IndiaMap includes socio-demographic and economic Census data for 2001 at the State, District, Sub-District, and Town levels for India. VillageMap includes socio-demographic and economic Census data for 2001 at the Village level. PollMap includes parliamentary constituency boundaries and data relating to the past four national elections [1986-2004]. HistoricMap shows decadal change in district boundaries of India since 1951. Socio-demographic data is included for 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001. This data is available for Harvard ID holders at HGL’s website:
http://peters.hul.harvard.edu:8080/HGL/jsp/HGL.jsp

HMDC Lab Adds GIS Literature 
The Harvard MIT Data Center computer lab at 1737 Cambridge St. has recently added GIS manuals, tutorials and reference books to their collection. The books range in topic from “Geocoding in ArcGIS” to “Thinking Spatially Using GIS: Our World GIS Education”. Visit the lab or contact support@help.hmdc.harvard for more details. A published list of all GIS book holdings is in the works.

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CONFERENCES

2008 ESRI International Users Conference Report 
The ESRI International Users Conference was held August 4 – 8 this year, in San Diego, CA. This is the largest yearly gathering of GIS practitioners, and features papers and posters highlighting how GIS is used in over 100 industries.

View CGA’s Conference Report about the ESRI 2008 UC.

See CGA’s contribution to the conference Map Gallery:
Poster left half 
Poster right half 
Podcasts of conference content will be available in the near future.

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

35 Years of Landsat Satellite Imagery Available in 2008 
Later this year the U.S. Department of the Interior will make available all 35 years worth of LandSat satellite imagery free for any use. An article and podcast interview with Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne:
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2831&trv=1

A webmap showing a sample of various LandSat images:
http://landsat.usgs.gov/gallery.php

Olympics Showcase 3D Geospatial Models 
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2847&trv=1

TerraViva Global Datasets 
A global data repository that aims to encourage data exploration and analysis:
http://geoserver.isciences.com:8080/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home

Cellphone Tracking Human Movement Patterns 
A six-month study tracked the movements of human travel patterns using cell-phone data from cell-phone users in an undisclosed country.
http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=8F161EEEB3F947659F77EBDB4BE86377

Ten Simple Time Savers for ArcGIS 9.3 
Reverse geocoding on the fly, convert graphics to features, and more quick time savers for ArcGIS 9.3:
http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/ucblog/archive/2008/08/04/top-10-countdown-to-simple-things-to-improve-usability-in-arcgis-9-3.aspx

A Model for Shared Mapping 
An article on how the geospatial data model is changing from one comprised of individual customers owning custom-collected and proprietary datasets to a hosted geospatial platform providing rich datasets via Web services:
http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=7AA5701B698440BBAC1B988FCC1ADA3E

Free Topographic Map Downloads 
Five topo map websites for the outdoor enthusiasts:

1. Forest Service Clearinghouse:
   http://svinetfc4.fs.fed.us/rastergateway/index.htm 
   USGS 7.5’ Quads for National Forest and National Parks (some still missing), in TIF format.
2. USGS Store:
   http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/usgs/maplocator/%28layout=6_1_61_48&uiarea=2&ctype=areaDetails&carea=%24ROOT%29/.do 
   Free download of scanned USGS 7.5’ Quads, in pdf format.
3. ACME Mapper:
   http://mapper.acme.com/ 
   Online topo map viewer
4. GPS Visualizer:
   http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/ 
   Online topo map and GPS track viewer
5. For the State of California:
   http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/maps/drg/

Michigan Map on a Cow 
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080801/NEWS04/80801077&imw=Y

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August 2011

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Fall 2011 GIS Workshops Begin September 9th

• Harvard Google Earth Pro License Renewed

• Esri SpatiaLABS Available

• Enhance Library Catalog Searching with Geospatial Technology

•    1890 German Electoral District Boundaries Layer Available in HGL

•    Software Engineer Position Open at MIT: Geodata and Library Applications

•    NEURISA Ignite Event

•    AAG Annual Student Paper Competition

•    Call for Applications: ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships

•    First International Geospatial Geocoding Conference

•    AGILE 2010 International Conference on GIS

•    Free Landsat Image Service

•    National Geographic MapMaker Interactive

•    OnTheMap for Emergency Management

•    The Agnostic Cartographer

•    NSF Grant Awarded to Improve Geoscience Literacy Across Academia

•    OurWorld 2.0 Global Event Map

•    Create Your Own Aerial Map Examples

•    CNN Interactive U.S. 2010 Population Map

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CGA NEWS

Fall 2011 GIS Workshops Begin September 9th

Each semester CGA offers instructor-led non-credit technical training workshops to introduce GIS concepts and teach the basics on how to use GIS software. To attend, a Harvard affiliation is required. For self-study, anyone can download the power point presentations, as well as the PDF and data for the lab exercises. All workshops are on Fridays from 1:00 - 3:00 PM. Topics include:

• GIS Basics with ArcGIS
• Wrangling Data into Maps
• Making Sense out of Spatial Data
• Worldmap Training
• GPS Workshop - 4 hours in duration
• Getting the Most out of Google Earth
• Intro to Remote Sensing
• How to Create Google Maps Mashups
• Open Source Desktop GIS with QuantumGIS
• Database Design for GPS/GIS Applications

Workshops are free, but you must register to attend. See our non-credit training page for details and registration:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup131738

Harvard Google Earth Pro License Renewed

Google has granted 50 seats of Google Earth Pro license to Harvard University for classroom usage in the new academic year. This number is much smaller than the number of GE Pro licenses we had in the previous 5 years (260), and is no longer enough, nor appropriate, for individual distribution to all HUID holders.

If you need to use Google Earth Pro in a course you teach at Harvard, please email contact@help.cga.harvard.edu with your course name, lab location, semester, and the number of licenses needed. Please also explain why you cannot use the free version of Google Earth instead.

See: http://www.google.com/enterprise/earthmaps/pro_features.html#compare

For individual users how need a Google Earth Pro license, it is available for purchase at $399 each.

See: http://www.google.com/enterprise/earthmaps/earthpro.html

Esri SpatiaLABS Available

Esri Press SpatiaLABS are stand alone activities designed to promote spatial reasoning and analysis skills.  Harvard has been given site-wide access to the preliminary edition of these labs, which cover a wide variety of subject matter designed to illuminate spatial relationships, patterns and complexities.  The labs are installed on the T drive in the HMDC computer lab at 1737 Cambridge St.  To get a copy for installation on your server or desktop please contact CGA at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

For more information on the labs and a list of lab titles, see the ESRI SpatiaLABS topic on our ESRI self-learning page: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189868

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Enhance Library Catalog Searching with Geospatial Technology

The Harvard Library Lab project “Enhance Library Catalog Searching with Geospatial Technology” has established a web site in order to provide those interested in the topic a chance to learn more about it. Also, it allows one to experiment with an interactive map that enables the spatial searching of a test set of 1,700 geocoded HOLLIS catalog records.

The informational web site includes: links to two test search systems, a screen cast explaining functions and features of the test search system, FAQs and query information, and most importantly a feedback form for your comments.

We encourage all to experiment with the demo systems and to provide feedback using the provided form or take the poll.  Your feedback will help us in determining the path the project takes for future phases. We are particularly interested in feedback about the ideas and concepts themselves as the user interface for the map is not a production system and does not represent the look and feel of a production application. The demo site will be available through mid September.

To learn more and try the site: http://osc.hul.harvard.edu/geo/

1890 German Electoral District Boundaries Layer Available in HGL

Harvard Geospatial Library has recently added electoral district boundaries for Germany, 1890-1912, for public use.  Download this map layer:

http://bit.ly/qIEzP5

Go to HGL main page:

http://hgl.harvard.edu

Software Engineer Position Open at MIT: Geodata and Library Applications

This position is open at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries.  To see the full job announcement, go to our jobs page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/employment

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CONFERENCES

NEURISA Ignite Event

The New England Urban and Regional Information Systems Association is hosting an event “Ignite Spatial Vermont” on September 22 in Burlington, Vermont.  For more information and to sign up to speak or attend: http://www.neurisa.org/events?eventId=312572&EventViewMode=EventDetails

AAG Annual Student Paper Competition

The GIS Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers has announced the 2012 Honors Competition for Student Papers on Geographic Information Science topics to be presented at the annual AAG meeting to be held in New York City, Feb. 24 – 28, 2012.  The deadline for paper submissions is October 3, 2011.  For more details:

http://bit.ly/rj0YNc

Call for Applications: ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships

The American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for the seventh annual competition for the ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowships.  This program supports digitally based research projects in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. Deadline for applications is September 28^th, 2011.  For more information and to apply:

http://www.acls.org/programs/digital/

First International Geospatial Geocoding Conference

The University of Southern California and Esri are collaborating to hold this conference in Redlands, CA, on December 6-7, 2011.

http://bit.ly/k76EJB

AGILE 2010 International Conference on GIS

Agile, the international software development group, is holding their 15^th International Conference on Geographic Information Science April 24 – 27, 2012 in Avignon, France.  Paper submissions are due October 13^th.  For more information: http://agile2012.imag.fr/

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Free Landsat Image Service

The entire Landsat image services collection is available through ArcGIS Online at no cost: http://www.esri.com/landsat-imagery/image-services.html

National Geographic MapMaker Interactive

Make custom maps:

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/interactive-map/

View a map made for Chesapeake Bay:

http://chesapeake.fieldscope.org/

OnTheMap for Emergency Management

http://lehdmap.did.census.gov/em.html

The Agnostic Cartographer

How Google’s open-ended maps are embroiling the company in some of the world’s touchiest geopolitical disputes:

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1007.gravois.html

NSF Grant Awarded to Improve Geoscience Literacy Across Academia

http://1.usa.gov/nHQJFw

OurWorld 2.0 Global Event Map

http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/map/

Create Your Own Aerial Map Examples

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9555369.stm

CNN Interactive U.S. 2010 Population Map

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/defining.america/map/index.html?&hpt=hp_c2

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August 2010

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HIGHLIGHTS

·         2010 ESRI Data and Maps Available

·         CGA Fall Workshops

·         Large Format Scanning Now Available•

·         Request GIS Books to add to the Harvard Library System

·         URISA GIS-Pro 2010 Conference

·         Northeast U.S. LiDAR Mapping Project Webinar

·         ESRI Conference Proceedings Online

·         Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards in Geographic Science

·         ImperiiaGIS – Mapping the Russian Empire

·         Environmental Justice Mapping Tool

·         China National Dynamic Atlas

·         Global Monthly Precipitation and Sea Surface Temperature Data

·         Water Scarcity Article and Maps

·         Geoloqi Mobile Location Sharing Platform

·         SportTracks Plugin for GPS Data

·         Afghan Mapping Using WikiLeaks

·         Google’s Multi-Maps for Disputed Borders

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CGA NEWS

2010 ESRI Data and Maps Available

The CGA has loaded these datasets onto the T: drive at the HMDC computing facility for account holders to use and copy.  If you need any of these DVDs, please email contact@help.cga.harvard.edu and schedule a time to come to CGA office to check them out. More information on accessing this data:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page358367

CGA Fall Workshops

Each semester CGA offers instructor-led non-credit technical training workshops to introduce GIS concepts and teach the basics on how to use GIS software.  All Harvard affiliates are eligible to sign up and take these.  For a list and description of workshops, and to sign up:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189848

Large Format Scanning Now Available

The CGA has recently acquired a large format color scanner, capable of scanning documents up to 42” wide at high resolution, available for Harvard use.  To use the scanner please contact us at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu 

Request GIS Books to add to the Harvard Library System

The CGA maintains a list of new GIS-related books.  Browse the list and request

books you’d like to have access to from within Harvard. Go to our GIS Facilities page to view the list:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189837

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CONFERENCES

URISA GIS-Pro 2010 Conference

This conference will be held September 28-October 1, 2010 Orlando, Florida.  More info and to register:

http://www.urisa.org/conferences/aboutgis-pro

Northeast U.S. LiDAR Mapping Project Webinar

The Northeast URISA group will broadcast this free webinar on September 9.  For more info and to register:

http://neurisa.camp8.org/events

ESRI 2010 User Conference Proceedings Online

Proceedings from this recent conference are online:

http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc10/index.html

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards in Geographic Science

http://www.aag.org/cs/marble-boyle

ImperiiaGIS – Mapping the Russian Empire

https://sites.google.com/site/imperiiagis/

Environmental Justice Mapping Tool

http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/mapping.html

China National Dynamic Atlas

http://www.webmap.cn/mapDir.php

Global Monthly Precipitation and Sea Surface Temperature Data

Clark Labs has released this data for sale:

http://www.clarklabs.org/about/Global-Monthly-Data-Archive-Precipitation.cfm

Water Scarcity Article and Maps

http://rd.tetratech.com/climatechange/projects/nrdc_climate.asp

Geoloqi Mobile Location Sharing Platform

http://geoloqi.com/

SportTracks Plugin for GPS Data

http://www.zonefivesoftware.com/SportTracks/Plugins/plugin_detail.php?id=93

Afghan Mapping Using WikiLeaks

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/08/open-source-wikileaked-docs-illustrated-afghan-meltdown/

Google’s Multi-Maps for Disputed Borders

http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=159814&from=homePageWatch

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August 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS

·         Global Oil Visualization with Google Earth

·         Fall Training Dates Announced

·         GPS Camera Available

·         Business Analyst 2009 Available

·         ESRI UC 2009 Technical Workshop Videos

·         Updated CGA Project Resume

·         GIS & Sustainable Development in Africa

·         Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards in Geographic Science

·         Journal of Maps

·         Indian Earth Visualization Software

·         The Manahatta Project

·         Geocoding Software List

·         Massachusetts Transportation Maps and Data

·         Atlas of World History

·         Teachspatial.org

·         uMapper Games

·         What GIS Needs Next Article

·         Open Street Map Article

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CGA NEWS

Global Oil Visualization with Google Earth

Jeff Blossom of CGA recently presented “Using Google Earth as a Classroom Tool” at the “Oil and the Contemporary Globe” workshop.  Download the maps in .kmz format, view the presentation outline, and more, at:

http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/oil/

Fall Training Dates Announced

The CGA will again be offering non-credit GIS training workshops.  To view the course descriptions, dates, and register:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189848

GPS Camera Available

CGA has purchased a Garmin Oregon 550 GPS for use by any Harvard affiliate.  The unit features a touch screen, and 3.2 megapixel camera for taking geo-tagged photos.  Email us at contact@help.cga.harvard.edu if interested is using.

Product specifications for the Oregon 550:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=145&pID=26875

Business Analyst 2009 Available

CGA has received and installed ESRI ArcGIS Business Analyst Desktop 2009.  This software contains census data projected to 2009 and 2014 values, over 12 million individual business and shopping center locations, and more.  It is available for use by any Harvard affiliate; please contact us at contact@help.cga.harvard.edu if interested.  More info on business analyst:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/businessanalyst/index.html

ESRI UC 2009 Technical Workshop Videos

The CGA has recently received the ESRI Users Conference 2009 technical workshop video DVD.  We are not going to post all the videos online this year due to the license constraints.  Most of the workshops are the same as last year’s which are already available on CGA website.  For access, go to http://gis.harvard.edu and login at the upper right.  Then go to this link: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&state=popup&topicid=icb.topic167002&view=view.do&viewParam_name=2008_Sessions&viewParam_fname=

This year ESRI has made plenary sessions, lightning talks and some workshops available online at: http://www.esri.com/events/index.html.  If you want to learn what’s new in ArcGIS 9.3.1 and 9.4, you can just watch ESRI’s online video. 



If you want to watch some 2009 workshops that are not available online, please make an appointment and come to CGA’s office to watch them.  Here is a list of some new workshops that might catch your attention, and a link to a complete list of workshops below. 



972 Bringing Your Geographic Information to Life 

973 Web GIS, Taking Advantage of the Cloud 

974 Imagery Then and Now; Detecting Change 

171 GIS Design Methods 

235 Working with ArcGIS Online 

971 Getting Started with ArcGIS Online 

Full list of workshops (you must be logged in): http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic167002.files/2009_UC_sessionlisting.pdf

Updated CGA Project Resume

We’ve updated our project resume page through 2008, listing projects by both theme and year:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page222548

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CONFERENCES

GIS & Sustainable Development in Africa

An event summary and presentations from the “Geospatial Science & Technology for Sustainable Development in Africa: Partnerships and Applications” conference held in May, 2009 are available here:

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19107

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Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards in Geographic Science

These awards aim to recognize excellence in academic performance by undergraduate students in geography and computer science.  For eligibility and application details:

http://www.aag.org/grantsawards/marble_boyle.htm

Journal of Maps

This is a non-profit group seeking to make available original mapped research to anyone with an interest in the subject areas: http://www.journalofmaps.com/

Indian Earth Visualization Software

Just released by the Government of India, their Bhuvan software showcases satellite imagery, thematic maps, societal applications, and geographic models for the country of India.  For more information and to download:

http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/

The Manahatta Project

An interactive map showing and describing what Manhattan was like in 1609.

http://themannahattaproject.org/

Geocoding Software List

University of Southern California maintains this list of geocoding software:

http://webgis.usc.edu/Services/Geocode/About/GeocoderList.aspx

Massachusetts Transportation Maps and Data

The Mass. Executive Office of Transportation has both static and real time transportation information available for consumption into web maps.  To see some sample maps and learn more:

http://www.eot.state.ma.us/developers/

Atlas of World History

Free map animation software for teachers and students.

http://www.atlasofworldhistory.com/

uMapper Games

Test your Geography knowledge with different games, or create your own

http://www.umapper.com/

Teachspatial.org

A collaborative web site devoted to promoting applications of spatial concepts and spatial tools in teaching and learning: http://teachspatial.org/

What GIS Needs Next Article

Part 1:

http://www.directionsmag.com/printer.php?article_id=3234

Part 2:

http://www.directionsmag.com/printer.php?article_id=3238

Open Street Map

An article on Open Stret Map and the projects it is spawning.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/07/29/why-open-street-map-is-brilliant/

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August 2007 
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HIGHLIGHTS  (A bit light, but hey it’s summer.)

• GPS Demand Strong
• Historical Maps Conference
• Geospatial Semantics Conference
• Largest Pre-Industrial City Discovered
• Maps of Books
• The Earth is Also Flat
• Oracle and Google Maps Team Up
• Open Street Map Inspires Others

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CGA NEWS

GPS Demand Strong 
Since starting to make GPS units available to the Harvard community two months ago, demand for the devices has been strong. Units are currently being used in Turkey, Peru, Belgium, as well as here in Massachusetts. CGA has set up a Google Calendar to schedule use of the units.
http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7643

Historical Maps Conference 
Director of CGA Peter Bol, is currently attending the Historical Maps and GIS Conference in Nagoya, Japan where he will deliver a paper entitled “The China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS): Choices Faced, Lessons Learned”.
http://miryokui.seesaa.net/ (it’s in Japanese)

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CONFERENCES

Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial 2007 
FOSS4G will be held in Victoria, British Columbia September 24-27. The conference “gathers developers and users of open source geo-spatial software from around the world to discuss new directions, exciting implementations, and growing business opportunities in the field of open source geo-spatial software.”
http://www.foss4g2007.org/

Second International Conference on Geospatial Semantics 
The conference will be held November 29-30 at the Centro de Investigacion en Computacion in Mexico City. “Geospatial semantics play an important role for next-generation spatial databases and geographic information systems, as well as specialized geospatial web services.”
http://geosco.org/geos2007/index.html

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Largest Pre-Industrial City Discovered Using Remote Sensing 
“The new map uses data from high-resolution, ground-sensing radar and aerial photographs to augment extensive fieldwork. By detecting slight variations in vegetation and ground moisture due to underlying ruins, the radar reveals in unprecedented detail the location of temples - including 94 newly identified temple sites plus another 74 that have yet to be checked on the ground - ponds, roads and canals.”
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12474-vast-ancient-settlement-found-at-angkor-wat.html

The Google Book Project Maps Books 
This idea has been around for a while, and Google is not too good at it yet, but it is significant that they are trying. Here is an example - Google’s maps for War and Peace:
http://books.google.com/books?id=2goK4HJO2VkC 
Why would one want to do this? If the extraction process can be automated, one might have a new way to search and explore large holdings of text-based materials. Further thoughts from Tom Elliott:
http://www.stoa.org/?p=567

The Earth is Also Flat 
The new version of Google Earth Enterprise supports visualization of geo-data in 2D as well as the now boring 3D.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135126-c,google/article.html

Oracle will Provide the Google Map API in Its Enterprise Applications 
According to Directions Magazine Editor Joe Francisca, “With the addition (to Oracle) of Google Maps, the result is a near perfect storm that could generate huge market awareness for spatially enabled applications at the enterprise level.”
http://www.directionsmag.com/editorials.php?article_id=2516

Open Street Map Inspire Google 
Google is starting a project to directly assist local people in India in building detailed maps of their areas by providing them with GPS kits. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/google_uses_cro.html This project looks similar to Open Street Map, an effort to organize the local development of freely distributable map data.
http://openstreetmap.org/

Putting the “Space” Back in Spatial Data 
Google Sky. Take a look.
http://earth.google.com/sky/skyedu.html

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August 2006

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CGA NEWS

License Server Migration

Over the next 2 days (August 23-25), CGA will finalize the ESRI, FME and Leica site license server migration. This means that all Harvard and affiliates covered under the site license agreement should point their Desktop Administrators to esri-lm.harvard.edu. A backup server is available and is named esri-lm2.hul.harvard.edu. Please use the primary server as not all licenses are available on the backup server all of the time.

We apologize for any inconvenience. Should you notice a disruption in your license server access please make sure you are pointing to esri-lm.harvard.edu before contacting us at contact@cga.harvard.edu.

Personnel Changes

In early August, Anders Hopperstead bid farewell to CGA. He will pursue a new career in the Northwest. We miss him here, and wish him well in his new endeavor. His position will be refilled soon.

In September, Molly Gowen Groome will join CGA as a part time GIS Analyst. Molly comes with a BS from Tufts and a MS from Duke, both in geology. She has over 10 years experience as a software developer, GIS analyst and webmaster. She will work on CGA website maintenance, software user support, and shared project work.

GIS Courses List

CGA is trying to compile a list of GIS related courses at Harvad for the fall semester. If you are going to teach such a course, please send us (contact@cga.harvard.edu ) the course name, course code, location, time and a short description of the course. Thank you.

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GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

ESRI International User Conference 2006

Wendy Guan and Guoping Huang of CGA attended the ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego on August 7-11, 2006. This annual event provided an excellent opportunity to monitor the GIS industry?s development trend, and to understand the new products coming from ESRI. For an overview report of the conference, please visit our website at:http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7644

The conference is also a good chance to ask specific questions to ESRI developers directly. For a summary of questions from the Harvard GIS user community, and the answers CGA staff brought back from the conference, please visit our website at: http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23178

GIS Related Courses across the University

If you are teaching a GIS related course or seminar this fall, please email your course description tocontact@cga.harvard.edu. We would like to update our course web site before the semester starts.

ABCD-GIS Group Resumes Activity in the Fall

If you have not yet, it is about time to join the abcd-gis group

(http://www.abcd.harvard.edu) as its meetings and seminars will start in Sept. or October soon.

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GIS INDUSTRY NEWS 

Census Bureau Adopts GPS to Find American Homes ( http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5590541)

ESRI uses Adobe Flex 2 to enhance GIS services
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=casestudydetail&casestudyid=107629&loc=en_us

The Evolving GIS/Geospatial Industry ( http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=292886&printerfriendly=1)

ESRI Health GIS Conference, Denver, CO, October 23-26, 2006
http://www.esri.com/events/hug/index.html 

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April 2013                   

HIGHLIGHTS

• CGA Spring Conference – May 2^nd and 3^rd
• WorldMap Update
• CGA’s New GPS Receivers
• May CGA Workshop Training
• Fracking Data and FrackMap
• Boston Marathon Bombing Maps
• Association of American Geographers Conference Free Reading List
• Microsoft’s GeoFlow
• Inequality and New York’s Subway
• Maps Explain how Geology Drives Politics
• Map of How our Dollar Bills Move
• Our World from the International Space Station
• Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence – Free Online Book
• Geography Covering New Ground – LA Times Article
• Africa Satellite Images Made Free By Gabon Geoportal
• GPS on Cats…..3D Giza…..More…

CGA NEWS

CGA Spring Conference – May 2^nd and 3^rd  

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

will be held this week, on Thursday and Friday, May 2-3, 2013 in the CGIS Tsai Auditorium at 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge MA. 

View a detailed conference description and the Conference Agenda

Register for the Conference

WorldMap Update

An early version of a mobile client has been implemented in WorldMap.  While out and about with your smart phone, add “/mobile” to the end of your Map URL (example: http://worldmap.harvard.edu/boston/mobile).  The app supports locating yourself via GPS and creating and editing features (you must own the layer you are editing so create that before you go out in the field). 

In addition, an early version of a map annotation tool has been implemented.  You can find it under the “Notes” link at the top of any Map.  This tool allows anyone to add annotation to any map.  It is also possible to comment on an annotation, creating the possibility of geo-conversations.  Please take a look at these new additions and give us your comments (worldmap@harvard.edu)!   

Daily downloads of global geo-tweets are available here.  These files are large (a couple gigabytes uncompressed), contain 5 to 7 million tweets, (about 2% of total tweets for a given day) and mostly come from GPS enabled mobile devices.    

A new platform capable of storing, and rapidly querying and rendering very large spatial datasets using MapD, and an implementation of MapD called TweetMap, will be discussed at the annual CGA Conference “Creating the Policy and Legal Framework for a Location-Enabled Society” on Thursday, May 2nd.  An article about Todd Mostak, MapD and TweetMap recently appeared on DataInformed.com. The article was picked up by Slashdot here and a lively discussion ensued, driving traffic sky-high on MapD and WorldMap. 

CGA’s New GPS Receivers

The CGA has recently purchased 10 Magellan eXplorist GC GPS receivers, and one Trimgle GeoXT 6000 GPS receiver for use by Harvard Affiliates.  If interested in using, please contact the CGA at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

May CGA Workshop Training

There’s a few training classes left this semester coming up in May:  Cartography Workshop on 5/8, GPS Workshop on 5/9, and ArcGIS Online & Esri Maps for MS Office on 5/10.  See details and sign up on our Non-Credit Training page.

Fracking Data and FrackMap

For a recently taught workshop in conjunction with the Harvard School of Public Health named “Mapping Fracking”, the CGA has compiled an extensive database of oil and gas fracking related data here: http://chgis.fas.harvard.edu/frack/

Also check out FrackMap: http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/FrackMap

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

• Geography Colloquium @ CGA
  The CGA Annual Conference will take the place of the Geography Colloquium this month.
• GIS Presentation Series (ABCD-GIS)
  “Converting the MIT Geospatial Data Server from Oracle to OpenGeoPortal” by Daniel Sheehan, Senior GIS Specialist, MIT Libraries.  May 15, 2013.  Noon – 1:30 in Room S050 of the CGIS South building at 1730 Cambridge St. 

CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT

• Spring Northeast Arc Users Group Conference – May 14^th, at UMass Amherst

 Register      Conference Schedule

NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Boston Marathon Bombing Maps:

Crime Scene Perimeter                                Visualization of Tweets                                   Manhunt Stay Inside Cities

Association of American Geographers Conference Free Reading List

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