The objective was 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.
2007 CGA Conference Presentations
Welcome Remarks
Peter Bol
Keynote Address:
Remote Sensing of the Environment
John Jensen (video) Slides I & Slides II
| Panel #1: Applications in Public Health | |
| Introduction of Panel Members | |
| Marcia Castro | Slides |
| John Browenstein | Slides |
| Yang Liu | Slides |
| Chris Paciorek | Slides |
| Q & A | |
| Panel #2: Applications in Ecology and Environmental Studies | |
| Introduction of Panel members | |
| Paul Cote | Slides |
| Daniel Jacob | Slides |
| Paul Moorcroft | Slides |
| Q & A | |
| Panel #3: Applications in Archeology and History | |
| Introduction of Panel members | |
| Magaly Koch | Slides |
| Joseph Greene | Slides |
| Bjoern Menze | Slides |
| Jason Ur | Slides |
| Q & A | |
Guest Presentation: From Launch Pad to Laptop: Accessing and Using Data from NASA’s Earth Observing System | |
| Introduction | |
| Forest Melton | Slides |
| CGA Services and Harvard Map Collection Resources by CGA’s Director of GIS Research Services: | |
| Wendy Guan | |
2007 CGA Conference Posters
Quantitative Approaches to the Remote Sensing of Ancient Settlements in the Near East using ASTER and SRTM Data (PDF)
by Bjoern Menze
Spying on the Ancient World: Archaeological Applications of Declassified US Intelligence Satellite Photography in the Near East (PDF)
by Jason Ur
Linking Remotely Sensed Data to Personal Health Records: Ecological Modeling for Individual Based Prevention of Lyme Disease (PPT)
by John Brownstein
Spatial Analysis of Land Cover Properties for an Archaelogical Area in Aksum, Ethiopia, Applying High and Medium Resolution Data (PDF)
by Magaly Koch
Remotely Sensed Risk of Exposure to Malaria Transmission (PPT)
by Marcia Castro
Global Distribution of Urban Area and Protected Areas (PPT)
by Robert MacDonald
A Novel Method to Estimate PM2.5 Constituent Concentration and Size Distributions Using Satellite Retrieved Fractional Aerosol Optical Depth (PPT)
by Yang Liu
Additional Reference Materials
Web 2.0 and GIS: From Ptolemy to Tufte and Beyond (PDF)
View the workshop program (PDF)
Introduction to Remote Sensing, Part I & Part II (Flash)
View a 4 page introduction to Remote Sensing technology (PDF)
Tools for Monitoring the Environmental Processes of Earth: Satellites: a lecture from SEAS ES6 “Environmental Science and Technology”
Download MultiSpec image classification freeware
An online tutorial for classifying multispectral images
Free satellite images available for download
U.S.G.S. archive of satellite images available for purchase
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