CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
November 2011
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HIGHLIGHTS
• GIS for Humanists Workshop 12/15
• CGA Announces Curriculum Support for Professors
• GIS Institute
• Undergraduate GIS Camp
• 2012 Fisher Prize for Excellence in GIS
• Remote Sensing Workshop Rescheduled for 12/9/2011
• ESRI StreetMap Premium Europe 2011 Available
• WorldMap Update
• Applied Computational Science Challenge
• Harvard Geospatial Library Additions
• Video of Graduate School of Design Event: Geographic Representation Now
• Call for Participation: Catalyzing Research on Geographies of Broadening Participation
• Call for Applications - Summer Academy 2012
• ESRI Virtual Campus Web Courses
• Geospatial Challenge – Win Free Imagery
• Road Casualties Map
• Heart Study Suggests Place Matters
• CartoDB Geoapp Development
• Downloading Census Data for use in ArcGIS Tutorial
• Article: Cartography, Redefined
• Lecturer in Geographic Information Science Position Open at Tufts
• Geospatial Programmer Job Open at Yale
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CGA NEWS
GIS for Humanists Workshop 12/15This two day workshop to be held on 12/15 and 12/16 for Harvard affiliates only has two spots open. The workshop offers hands on instruction in basic GIS tools and techniques for Humanists addressing an array of questions for both their own research interests and class pedagogy. For more information and to sign up:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page445564
CGA Announces Curriculum Support for ProfessorsAs of Fall 2011, the CGA now offers extensive curriculum support services. The primary objective is to expand the presence of spatial reasoning and geospatial content within the Harvard curriculum. We work primarily with professors and teaching fellows to integrate spatial concepts into their courses. We offer five core support services:
· New Curriculum
· Online Learning Resources
· WorldMap Training
· Custom Map Design
· Guest Lectures
If you envision a service that does not fit within these categories, we’d love to hear about it! Learn more on our Curriculum Support page: http://bit.ly/sGLWr9
GIS InstituteThis program is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty who want to learn spatial analysis and apply GIS methods in their research. It is two weeks of GIS lecture and training 9 – 5, next offered January 2 – 13 of 2012. Two spots are currently open. For more information and to register:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322426
Undergraduate GIS CampIn January the CGA offers a four-day non-credit workshop during Optional Winter Activities Week (OWAW)for Harvard undergraduates titled “Spatial Thinking and Analysis with GIS”. It meets daily from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm and the deadline to register is Wednesday, December 7th at midnight. For more information and to register:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page445565
2012 Fisher Prize for Excellence in GISThe competition for the Howard T. Fisher Prize for Excellence in GIS offers an opportunity to Harvard students, including both undergraduates and graduates in good standing, to submit their work in geographic information science and be considered for a Prize of $500 in each of the designated categories for that academic year. The prize is open to any student whose primary enrollment is in a school at Harvard University during either semester of that school year. The Prize submission, review, and selection process will be held in conjunction with the CGA’s Spring conference: “Re-Mapping Africa: From Humanities to Health”. More on the Fisher Prize:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190018
A one page Fisher Prize Flier:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic41761.files/Call_for_Posters_and_Videos_2012.pdf
More on the CGA Spring Conference:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup110805
Remote Sensing Workshop Rescheduled for 12/9/2011This workshop has been rescheduled to Friday, December 9th at 1:00 p.m. It will be held in Room K018 of the CGIS North building at 1737 Cambridge St. For more information and to register see the “Intro to Remote Sensing” topic on our training page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup131738
ESRI StreetMap Premium Europe 2011 Available
This dataset is now available for use by any Harvard affiliate. Contact us at contact@cga.harvard.edu for access.
WorldMap Update
In November of 2011, WorldMap had 11,583 visitors, of which 77% were newcomers.
Currently WorldMap has:
1,036 registered users
1,436 map layers uploaded
382 custom map collections
Visit WorldMap: http://worldmap.harvard.edu
Currently WorldMap Warper has:
134 registered users
770 maps uploaded, 90% georeferenced
Visit Warper: http://warp.worldmap.harvard.edu
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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS
Applied Computational Science Challenge
Student teams will compete to solve a real-world humanitarian problem by applying modeling and other computational tools. To be held during winter recess, 2012. For more information and to register:
http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/student-activities/iacs-challenge-2012
Harvard Geospatial Library Additions The Harvard Geospatial Library has added 2011 FEMA flood insurance risk zones for the U.S. and its territories. These zones are used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to designate the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) and for insurance rating purposes.
In addition, more than 400 layers for municipalities in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala that were affected by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 have been added. This is a compilation of GIS data layers focused on hazard prevention and useful in municipal planning. Each dataset includes layers for a base area of one hundred square kilometers around the urban center of each municipality in the Hurricane Mitch project. Data for Honduras will be added at a later time.
View and download the maps at HGL: http://hgl.harvard.edu
Video of Graduate School of Design Event: Geographic Representation NowThe “Geographic Representation Now” colloquium was held on November 11, 2011 at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. View videos of the presentations and discussion from our GIS Events page, upper right:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup126182
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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
Call for Participation: Catalyzing Research on Geographies of Broadening ParticipationThis program accepts and supports 16 scholars to attend a retreat in Philadelphia in 2012. Participants will develop a collective research agenda focused on geography’s diverse intellectual contributions across a full spectrum of subfields in order to inspire new research priorities, interdisciplinary collaborations, and funding strategies. They will also be eligible to submit requests for a limited amount of funding support under the grant to conduct small studies related to the group’s work. For more information see this topic on our Events and Calls page: http://bit.ly/pK7D0B
Call for Applications - Summer Academy 2012United Nations University-Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) and the Munich Re Foundation invite qualified PhD students to apply for the 2012 Summer Academy “From Social Vulnerability to Resilience: Measuring Progress toward Disaster Risk Reduction”. Applicants should have an interdisciplinary focus and work on research or dissertations related to measuring social vulnerability and resilience in the context of disaster risk management. The seventh Summer Academy will take place 1-7 July 2012 in Munich, Germany. For more information and to apply:
http://www.ehs.unu.edu/article/read/call-for-applications-summer-academy-2012
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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
ESRI Virtual Campus Web CoursesMany helpful self study courses on GIS and using ArcGIS. See a description on our Learning page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189868
Geospatial Challenge – Win Free Imagery
http://bit.ly/uAeDHH
Road Fatalities Maphttp://map.itoworld.com/road-casualties-usa
Heart Study Suggests Place Mattershttp://nyti.ms/sgEGxq
CartoDB Geoapp Developmenthttp://cartodb.com/
Downloading Census Data for use in ArcGIS Tutorialhttp://bit.ly/v6xL6C
Article: Cartography, Redefinedhttp://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/oct/21/b/
Lecturer in Geographic Information Science Position Open at Tuftshttp://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190008
Geospatial Programmer Job Open at Yalehttp://www.yale.edu/jetz/GeospatialProgrammer.htm
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