October 2011

CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

October 2011

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HIGHLIGHTS

•    Business Analyst Available for Install

•    GIS For Humanists Workshop

•    CGA Workshops Rescheduled

•    Information Session on GIS programs for students at Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

•    WorldMap Map Warper Online Georeferencing Tool

•    January GIS Institute Application Deadline: 10/23

•    Expeditions and Discoveries Map Collection Added to Harvard Geospatial Library

•    ArcGIS Service Pack 3 Available for Download

•    Explore Harvard’s Changing Campus

•    Fellowships in the History of Cartography

•    TeachSpatial.org

•    The Invention of GIS

•    Spatial Statistics Lectures

•    Webinar: Top 5 Skills You Need to be Successful in a GIS Career

•    Geospatial Technology Competency Model

•    Gesture Control for Google Earth Article

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CGA NEWS

Business Analyst Available for Install

The ESRI Business Analyst for ArcGIS 10 software is now available for all Harvard affiliates to install.  This software provides user friendly access to a data package that includes over 12 million business locations and 6,000 shopping centers current as of January 1, 2010.  Over 2,000 census variables for 2010 and projected to 2015 are also included.  Instructions on how to install Business Analyst are described here: http://hvrd.me/qMkFsQ (login required to view the document). For lab managers that want to install the BA data and software in their labs, please contact us at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

GIS for Humanists Workshop

This two day workshop to be held December 15 and 16, 2011, 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. Short research overviews by Harvard scholars who are using GIS in the Humanities will encourage discussion on how GIS can enhance and indeed transform research. Registration is limited to 30 participants.  Registration deadline is November 15, 2011. No previous GIS experience is necessary. Learn more and apply online here: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page445564

CGA Workshops Rescheduled

The GPS workshop scheduled for 10/14 has been rescheduled to Friday, October 28, 1 – 4:30 p.m. in the Science Center room B-09.  Also, the Remote Sensing workshop date has been changed to Friday, November 18, 2011.  For more information and to sign up: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup131738

Information Session on GIS programs for students at Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

This session will be held October 20, 2011 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm in room S-153 of the CGIS South building at 1730 Cambridge St.  The session will feature Michael Johnson, University Programs Manager at Esri, who will introduce the student programs (internship and student assistantship) and recent graduate job opportunities at Esri.  He will also provide feedback on student resumes if asked for, job searching/application tips, and resources to help in seeking jobs in the GIS industry. Michael manages the University Recruitment, Internship, and Student Assistantship Programs at Esri. More information is available at: http://www.esri.com/students

WorldMap Map Warper Online Geo-referencing Tool

The CGA Map Warper http://warp.worldmap.harvard.edu/ is a new WorldMap http://worldmap.harvard.edu tool for digitally aligning/rectifying/geo-referencing scanned historical or other kinds of maps such as satellite or aerial photography images.  Visitors can browse already rectified maps or upload their own maps and georeference them.  Any rectified image can then be exported as GeoTIFFs or as web services such as WMS which can be copy/pasted into a WorldMap Map. Here’s how: http://bit.ly/psMQgt.  As with the rest of WorldMap, the georeferencing tool is open source software and available for anyone to use. 

January GIS Institute Application Deadline: 10/23

The October 23 deadline to register for this 2 week intensive training course in GIS is rapidly approaching.  For more information and to register: 

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322426

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Expeditions and Discoveries Map Collection Added to Harvard Geospatial Library

HGL has added more than 50 historic maps that were digitized as part of the Open Collection Program’s Expeditions and Discoveries project: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/expeditions/

These maps show a variety of places, and include global maps as well as maps of Central and South America, the Pacific and the Arctic.  View and download the maps at HGL: http://hgl.harvard.edu

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

ArcGIS Service Pack 3 Available for Download

This Service Pack contains performance improvements, maintenance fixes, translation updates and includes all updates delivered since ArcGIS 10.0 was released. Download it here: http://bit.ly/n0pJzI

Explore Harvard’s Changing Campus

http://harvardmagazine.com/375th/changing-campus

Fellowships in the History of Cartography

The Harley Fellowships - the only one of their kind in Europe - provide support of up to four weeks (normally at GBP 400 per week) for those, from any discipline, doing the equivalent of post-graduate level work in the historical map collections of the United Kingdom.  The closing date for applications is November 1

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.  For more information and to apply:

http://www.maphistory.info/harley.html

TeachSpatial.org

Resources for spatial teaching and learning: http://www.teachspatial.org

The Invention of GIS

This video and story touches on how the Laboratory for Computer Graphics at the Harvard Graduate School of Design contributed to the invention of modern day GIS:

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/multimedia/the-invention-of-gis/

Spatial Statistics Lectures

Lectures by Professor Luc Anselin of Arizona State on 6 common spatial statistics used are available for viewing here: http://geodacenter.org/eTalks/

Webinar: Top 5 Skills You Need to be Successful in a GIS Career

http://bit.ly/nC6FpE

Geospatial Technology Competency Model

http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/pyramid.aspx?geo=Y

Gesture Control for Google Earth Article

http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/10/1/45

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