July 2010

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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

July 2010

HIGHLIGHTS

· ArcGIS 10 Available for Download

· ERDAS Imagine License Manager Update

· GPS Logger Review

· OSGEO Boston Meeting

· ESRI 2010 Conference Report

· International Workshop on Distributed Geographic Information Systems

· Ignite Spatial Boston II

· AAG Student Travel Award

· Post-Doc Fellowship Opportunity

· HistoryPin.com

· Geotag Survey

· Haiti Aid Map

· iNaturalist.org

· Top Secret America Map

· Interactive Tweetography Maps

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CGA NEWS

ArcGIS 10 Available for Download

This software is now available for download by Harvard users.  To download, go to http://gis.harvard.edu, login at the upper right, and then follow the instructions listed here:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page222558

ESRI video of what’s new in ArcGIS 10:

http://www.esri.com/events/devsummit/videos/video2.html

Highlights of ArcGIS 10:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis10/index.html

ArcGIS 10 demo videos:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis10/demos.html#v1

For ArcGIS 10 SDE users, the links below are important to take note of:

Geodatabase replication patch for ArcSDE users: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=37896

SQL Server express patch for ArcSDE users: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=37983

ERDAS Imagine License Manager Update

Harvard ERDAS Imagine users please switch your license server to license.cga.harvard.edu for renewed floating licenses. This server supports both ERDAS 2010 and ERDAS 9.x users. The old license server esri-lm.harvard.edu is valid for ERDAS licenses through July 30, 2010

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

GPS Logger Review

The CGA has recently reviewed GPS logger devices.  Read the review and info sheet:   http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189848

OSGEO Boston Meeting

The Open Source Geospatial Boston group will be meeting Tuesday, July 27th, from 6-8p.m. in Room K354 on the 3

^rd

 floor of the CGIS North (Knafel) building at 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA.  Details at our site under Events & Calls on the right:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do

CONFERENCES

ESRI 2010 Conference Report

The 2010 ESRI International Users Conference was held July 12 – 16 in San Diego, CA. Some CGA members were at the conference, read the conference report:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic781295.files/ESRI_UC_2010_conf_report.pdf

International Workshop on Distributed Geographic Information Systems

The 2010 International Workshop on High Performance and Distributed Geographic Information Systems will be held November 2^nd in San Jose, CA. paper

submissions are due August 6^th. For more information:

http://www.cigi.illinois.edu/hpdgis10/

Ignite Spatial Boston II

This event features 5 minute lightning talks on geospatial topics by multiple speakers and will be held August 12^th in Cambridge. More info:

http://ignite.oreilly.com/2010/07/ignite-spatial-boston-2.html

AAG Student Travel Award

The AAG Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group (GISS-SG) has announced a competition for student travel awards to be used for a 2010 GIS-related conference held outside the applicant’s country of residence. 3 awards of $500 (USD) each will be awarded to attend a peer-reviewed, academic GIS-related conference. In order to be eligible, the student must be a current member of GISS-SG and a currently enrolled graduate student. To apply, send an email with: 1. the abstract you have already submitted and the name of the conference to which it was submitted; 2. a short statement (500 words) addressing the importance of attending this conference and your financial needs; and 3. a short (2 page) CV to Jeremy Mennis (jmennis@temple.edu) by September 10, 2010.

NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Post-Doc Fellowship Opportunity

The University of Saskatchewan is seeking applicants for this, the deadline is August 10.  For more info:

http://gis.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic708754.files/1279588937/Banting_Postdoc-Call_for_expression_of_interest.pdf

HistoryPin.com

A very interesting approach to visualize changes over time.

http://www.historypin.com/

Geotag Survey

Help a researcher by taking this survey:

http://argoomap.uni-muenster.de/

Haiti Aid Map

http://haitiaidmap.org/

iNaturalist.org

http://inaturalist.org/

Top Secret America Map

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/map/

Interactive Tweetography Maps

http://urbantick.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-city-landscapes-interactive.html

Editor of this issue: Jeff Blossom

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