September 2008

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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER 
September 2008 
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HIGHLIGHTS

  • CGA’s Fall Workshop Dates
  • CGA Office Relocation; Help Desk Change to Tuesday
  • ArcLogistics and PLTS for ArcGIS available
  • IDRISI Software Available for Download
  • ArcGIS 9.3 Stand Alone Student Versions are Here
  • Seminar on Geographic Information Science
  • Global Data Visualization Project
  • HIV Spatial Data Repository
  • GIS Related Courses at Harvard for Fall, 2008
  • European Landscape Convention at the Harvard GSD
  • GIS Books at Harvard
  • AAG Undergraduate Achievement Award
  • Call for Papers CAA and ESRI 2009 Conferences
  • GIS Conferences this Month: NEARC, ICGIS, ESRI Health
  • October ArcGIS Seminars in Danvers, MA
  • Affordable Nikon GPS Camera
  • U.S. Pop vs. Soda Map
  • More…



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CGA NEWS

CGA’s Fall Workshop Dates 
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. Workshops are free, offered on Friday afternoons. Learn more about them, view the schedule, register online, and even download the materials for self-study at:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page24711

CGA Office Relocation; Help Desk Change to Tuesday 
Beginning October 1, 2008, the CGA will move from our 2 offices on the 3rd floor of the CGIS North building into a much larger space on the concourse (basement) level of the same building. The new space is adjacent to the HMDC computing facility, and will feature 3 large screen TV’s displaying CGA and GIS content, visible to passerbys on the concourse level. The move will create a reception area for CGA, and a new place to conduct the Cambridge Help Desk. Also starting in October the weekly Help Desk hours will be moved from Mondays to Tuesdays, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.

ArcLogistics and PLTS for ArcGIS available 
CGA has received ArcLogistics Route 3 Tele Atlas Data (1st quarter of 2008) and the ArcGIS 9.3 Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) media kit, which are available for use by any Harvard ID holder. To get a copy of these products please contact us:
contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

IDRISI Software Available for Download 
Clark Labs software products are now available for download from our web site. We have the “Idrisi Andes” GIS and Image Processing software system, the “CartaLinx” data management tool and the “Land Change Modeler” software extension for ArcGIS. Access them from our download software page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957

ArcGIS 9.3 Stand Alone Student Versions are Here 
CGA has received the student versions of ArcGIS 9.3. They are stand-alone, non networked versions of ArcGIS ArcView software, version 9.3, on DVD. To get a copy please contact us: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu. Due to decreased operating speed and known bugs with 9.3, CGA recommends using version 9.2 until this 9.3 service pack is available, unless you need the added functionality 9.3 offers.

What’s new in ArcGIS 9.3:
http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/arcgis-93-whatsnew.pdf

ESRI has announced service pack 1 for ArcGIS 9.3 will be available in November, 2008.

Seminar on Geographic Information Science 
Dr. David McGuire, the Chief Scientist at ESRI, will be presenting a Seminar at Harvard on Friday, September 26th. Two sessions will be held, one at SEAS and one at CGIS. More details will follow in a separate announcement.

Global Data Visualization Project 
CGA has recently completed the Global Data Visualization (GDV)project for the Harvard Business School. The project goal was to animate historical data on globalization to facilitate the teaching of business history. In particular, it provides key background historical data for topics covered in the MBA EC elective on Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism. The resulting animations CGA helped create are online:
http://people.hbs.edu/jmartini/gdv/gdv2.html

The tool used to batch create the maps for the animation can be applied to any shapefile or feature class, and is available for download to any Harvard affiliate (after logging in) on the lower left of our download page:http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

HIV Spatial Data Repository 
The HIV Spatial Data Repository is a new website especially designed for GIS users interested in mapping HIV indicators. The website provides geographically-linked HIV-related data for mapping and analysis, and includes a gallery where users can post maps they’ve created. Harvard School of Public Health is a contributing member of the effort, which is funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
http://www.hivspatialdata.net/

GIS Related Courses at Harvard – Fall 2008 
“Introduction to GIS” and “Mapping Social and Environmental Space” are two of the GIS related course offerings at Harvard this fall. For more information visit our teaching page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23199

European Landscape Convention at the Harvard GSD 
A one-day conference will be held at Harvard Graduate School of Design on the European Landscape Convention and its implications for education and practice. The conference will explore the developing public awareness of landscape, and the landscape planning policies and practices now evolving as a result of the Convention. Speakers will include Michael Batty, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London. Attendance is free and open to all interested persons. All Attendees must register by October 15th. Date: Saturday October 25, 2008 from 9am to 4pm Location: Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA. View full conference details:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/EURO_LAND_CONV_10_25_08.pdf

GIS Books at Harvard 
The HMDC computing lab has recently acquired a number of GIS books. It represents a significant addition to the overall GIS book collection at Harvard. View both of these collections and a ‘wish list’ of GIS books Harvard doesn’t have under the GIS Resources on Campus topic at this page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7645

New AutoDesk Representative to Visit Harvard 
AutoDesk will be on site October 2nd to introduce a new sales representative for Harvard. If you are an AutoDesk user and interested in meeting with them to discuss additional programs to be included with the Harvard site license, product plans for the future, or anything else please contact CGA to sign up for the meeting
contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

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CONFERENCES

AAG Undergraduate Achievement Award 
The Association of American Geographer’s Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards are accepting applications, with an October 15th deadline. These awards aim to recognize excellence in academic performance by undergraduate students from the United States and Canada who are putting forth a strong effort to bridge geographic science and computer science as well as to encourage other students to embark upon similar programs. The awards include cash prizes and credit toward book purchases. More info:
http://www.aag.org/grantsawards/marble_boyle.htm

Call for Papers and Proposals at CAA 2009 
The 37th annual conference on Computer Applications to Archaeology (CAA) will take place at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia from March 22 to 26, 2009. The conference will bring together students and scholars to explore current theory and applications of quantitative methods and information technology in the field of archaeology. Submissions due by October 15, 2008. More on the submission guidelines:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&state=popup&topicid=icb.topic35229&view=view.do&viewParam_name=call_CAA_2009&viewParam_fname=

The CAA website: http://www.caa2009.org/

Call for Presentations for the 2009 ESRI UC 
The 2009 International ESRI Users Conference will be held July 13 – 17 in San Diego, CA. Paper submissions are due by October 17, 2008. More info on the conference:
http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html

GIS Conferences this Month: NEARC, ICGIS, ESRI Health

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

October ArcGIS Seminars in Danvers, MA 
Improving your Entire GIS Workflow (Free):
http://events2.esri.com/info/index.cfm?fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=11734

ArcGIS Server Tips, Tricks, and Creating Mashups ($95 for one or $165 for both):
http://www.esri.com/events/seminars/arcgis93_server/index.html

Affordable Nikon GPS Camera 
This $500 13.5 megapixel GPS camera offers hassle free geotagging:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08080702nikonp6000.asp#press

U.S. Pop vs. Soda Map 
View this and other unique maps at:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/

John Hopkins Launches Online Certificate in GIS 
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2008/sep/03/news6.html

GeoEye to Provide Imagery to Google 
http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/08/28/2008-08-29T015418Z_01_N28372244_RTRIDST_0_GEOEYE-GOOGLE-PICTURE.html

Google Gears adds a Geolocation API 
http://gearsblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/gears-04-is-here.html


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Editor of this issue: Jeff Blossom 
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