November 2008

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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

November 2008

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HIGHLIGHTS

 

  • November GIS Presentations
  • ArcGIS Image Server 9.3 Available
  • ERDAS 2009 Update Package
  • David Maguire Presentation Video Online
  • AAG Student Award Application
  • URISA Conference Report
  • Visualizing the Past Workshop: Call for Papers
  • Call for Maps: Places & Spaces Mapping Science Exhibit
  • Earth Observation for Global Changes Conference
  • ESRI, AAG, Conference News
  • GIS Day 2008
  • The Geography of Democracy
  • What Can GIS Offer World History?
  • 2008 Election Maps
     

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CGA NEWS

 

November GIS Presentations

The CGA is hosting the presentation “A Scientific Management Model for Geographic Information Sciences (GIS)” by Dr. Carmen Reyes, General Director of CentroGeo (Mexico) on Monday, November 17th.  The CGA and ABCD-GIS working group are hosting the presentation “Case Studies of the Utilization of GIS for Watershed Environmental Management in Asia” by Dr. Akiyuki Kawasaki, a CGA and SEAS visiting scholar on Wednesday, November 19th. For more details see the fliers:

 

Reyes:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Carmen_Reyes_11_17_08.pdf

Kawasaki: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Akiyuki_Kawasaki_11_19_08.pdf

 

ArcGIS Image Server 9.3 Available

CGA has received the ArcGIS Image Server 9.3 installation and tutorial media. It is available for check out from the CGA lab.  Email us: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu if interested.

 

ERDAS 2009 Update Package

CGA has just received the ERDAS 2009 update package, which includes IMAGINE (remote sensing) and LPS (photogrammetry) software.  This package requires different installation procedures, which we are in the process of documenting.  An announcement will be made when the software is available for Harvard use.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

 

David Maguire Presentation Video Online
The video of Dr. David Maguire’s seminar on September 26, “Current and 
Future Trends in Modeling Geographic Systems,” is now available for viewing at:
http://stream.fas.harvard.edu/ramgen/permanent/seas/20080926_maguire.rm

 

 

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CONFERENCES

 

AAG Student Award Application

The Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group (CISG) of the American Association of Geographers has announced their student paper award competition, to be held at the AAG Annual Meeting in March, 2009. The deadline for paper submittal is November 12, 2008. More information and the application form:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/AbstractCISG_11_12_08.doc

 

Other noteworthy AAG 2009 agenda items include a Symposium on Geography, HIV/AIDS, and Drug Abuse, and a Population Estimation Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies paper session.  More at the conference website:

http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm

 

URISA Conference Report

Wendy Guan of CGA recently attended the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association annual conference held in New Orleans.  Read her conference report at: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23189

upper right of the page.

 

The URISA website:

http://www.urisa.org/

 

Visualizing the Past Workshop: Call for Papers

The workshop “Visualizing the Past: Tools and Techniques for Understanding Historical Processes” will be held February 20 – 21 at the University of Richmond, in Richmond, VA.  The workshop will focus on how to best enable the massive amount of digital historical and social data for visualization and analysis via the internet.  Deadline for paper submission is December 15, 2008.  For more, see the flyer:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Visualizing_12_15_08.pdf

 

Call for Maps: Places & Spaces Mapping Science Exhibit

This exhibit was created to inspire cross-disciplinary discussion on how to best track and communicate human activity and scientific progress on a global scale. The exhibit reviews map submissions and accepts the best 10 maps into its exhibit each year.  View the flyer for more information:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Sciencemaps_01-09-09.pdf

 

The Exhibit website: http://scimaps.org/

 

 

Earth Observation for Global Changes Conference (EOGC)

The Second International EOGC Conference will be held May 25-29, 2009 in Chengdu, China.  Abstract deadline is December 1, 2008.  View the flyer: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/EOGC2009_Call_Dec1_08.pdf

Conference website: http://www.eogc2009.com.cn/

 

ESRI 2009 Users Conference Call for Papers

The deadline to submit a paper for presentation at the 2009 International ESRI Users Conference is November 14th.  More information here:

http://www.esri.com/events/uc/submit_work/callforpapers.html

 

The conference will be held in San Diego, July 13 – 17th 2009.  The conference website:  http://www.esri.com/events/uc/

 

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

 
GIS Day 2008
GIS Day will be celebrated November 19

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, 2008 (more info: http://www.gisday.com/), in conjunction with National Geography Awareness Week, November 16 – 22: http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/
City of Boston will hold GIS Day activities, to be announced at:
http://www.cityofboston.gov/maps/
 
The Geography of Democracy
An online service made by Avencia that returns legislative district IDs, geographic boundaries, and elected officials for a given address:

http://www.avencia.com/cicero/

 

What Can GIS Offer World History?

An online discussion that looks at the role of GIS in world history.

http://historycompass.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/debate-what-can-gis-offer-world-history/

 

Election Maps
Lots of interesting political related maps:
http://politicalmaps.org/
 
Yahoo!’s political dashboard:
http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard
 
Google’s 2008 election map gallery:
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/#2008_election
 
 

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