September 2010

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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

September 2010

HIGHLIGHTS

· ArcGIS 10 Single Use DVDs Available

· CGA Hires GIS Developer

· CGA Visiting Fellows

· CGA Series II Workshops

· Additional Data in Harvard Geospatial Library

· Northeast URISA Conference

· NEARC Conference

· Where 2.0 Call for Papers

· ESRI How-to Videos

· The Peutinger Map

· The Geospatial Revolution Videos

· China Economic and Social Indicator GIS

· Maps in JMP for SAS

· ESRI Map Book Submittals

· Mapping Roadkill

· Afghanistan Maps and Data

· More…

CGA NEWS

ArcGIS 10 Single Use DVDs Available

These full functionality ArcInfo level versions of ArcGIS 10 do not require a Harvard network connection to run, are licensed for a year, and are ideal for a laptop.  Contact us at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu if interested in getting a DVD.  Available for Harvard affiliates.

CGA Hires GIS Developer

The CGA is pleased to have recently hired Matt Bertrand as a GIS web map developer.  Matt has worked as a software engineer for various Maine-based companies over the last 10 years. He earned an M.S. in Spatial Information Science & Engineering from the University of Maine, and an M.E.S. in Conservation Science from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.  More about Matt on our People page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190006

CGA Visiting Fellows

The CGA has recently added visiting fellows Kai Cao, Rui Yang, and Humphrey Southall.  To read biographies about our new fellows, scroll to the bottom of our People page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190006

CGA Series II Workshops

The series II workshops CGA offers begin in October.  Series I will also be offered again in November at the Longwood campus.  Workshop dates and registration:

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

GIS Institute Application Deadline

A reminder that the application deadline for the CGA Winter GIS Institute is Monday, October 18, 2010.

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

HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Additional Data in Harvard Geospatial Library

HGL has recently added the following data layers:  Georeferenced maps of Antwerp, Calcutta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Geneva, Genoa, Liverpool, the Hague, Lyon, Milan, Munich, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Dublin, and Lisbon.  All are available to the public.

Additional datasets restricted to Harvard users include ESRI Data & Maps 2009 updates and City of Cambridge 2009 updates.  To download these maps and layers and search for others, go to HGL: http://dixon.hul.harvard.edu:8080

CONFERENCES

Northeast URISA Conference

This one day conference will be held October 18^th in Sturbridge, MA. For more information and to register:

http://neurisa.camp8.org/events?eventId=150847&EventViewMode=EventDetails

NEARC Conference

The Northeast Arc users group conference will be held November 7 – 10, in Newport, RI. Register before October 25^th to avoid a late fee. For more information and to register:

http://www.northeastarc.org/2010/index.html

Where 2.0 Call for Papers

The 2011 Where 2.0 conference will be held in Santa Clara, CA, April 19-21. Deadline to submit papers is October 25^th, 2010. For more info and to submit a paper:

http://where2conf.com/where2011/

NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

ESRI How-to Videos

ESRI has put a series of “how-to” videos online to help users with the

deployment of ArcGIS 10, including: ArcGIS 10 Quick Tour, Installing ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS 10 Best Practices.  The videos are between 10-30 minutes long, and are available through the Esri Training web site:

http://training.esri.com/Courses/CustomerCareUS/index.cfm

Signing up for a free ESRI Global Account is required.

The Peutinger Map

This is the only map of the Roman world to come down from antiquity. An elongated object full of colorful detail and featuring land routes across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, it was mysteriously rediscovered around 1500 and then came into the ownership of Konrad Peutinger, for whom it is named.

More info:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/index.html

A map viewer:

http://peutinger.atlantides.org/map-a/

The Geospatial Revolution Videos

http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/

China Economic and Social Indicator GIS

http://www.supergeotek.com/Library_2_201009_2.aspx

Maps in JMP for SAS

The latest version of this statistical analysis software includes quick map making capabilities.  See a short demo video by clicking the orange play button on the lower right of this page:

http://www.jmp.com/software/jmp9/jmp9_prerelease.shtml

ESRI Map Book Submittals

Submit your map for possible inclusion in the next edition of the ESRI Map Book.  Deadline is November 19

^th

: http://www.esri.com/apps/mapbook/

Maps as Online Passwords

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39276642/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Mapping Moving

http://moritz.stefaner.eu/projects/map%20your%20moves/

The Wilderness Downtown

An interactive movie that uses Google Earth in a browser.

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

Mapping Roadkill

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13roadkill.html?_r=1

GIS Books List

http://www.directionsmag.com/books/

Afghanistan Maps and Data

http://afghanistanelectiondata.org/open

OpenGeo Training

http://opengeo.org/products/training/

ESRI Demographic Webmap

http://maps.esri.com/sldemos/demographics/default.html

Editor of this issue: Jeff Blossom

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