August 2010

CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

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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Editor of this issue: Jeff Blossom

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