December 2016

HIGHLIGHTS

• CGA’s Monthly GIS Presentations
• Exploring the World of Connectography Interactive Map
• Harvard DataFest 2017
• Infogroup US Historical Business Data 1997-2014
• Public Health Data Analyst with Johns Hopkins
• Mapping Harassment and Help in the US
• The Best New Maps According to Cartographers
• Megaregions Commuting Map of USA
• More …

CGA NEWS

CGA’s Monthly GIS Presentations-come join the discussion

• ABCD-GIS Presentation Series
  “An Internet of Things approach to situation awareness for first responders”, presented by Josh Lieberman, senior research scientist at CGA. Thursday, January 19^th, 2017, 12:00-1:30pm. Room S354, CGIS South building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA.
• GIS Colloquium
  Next presentation coming February of 2017

Exploring the World of Connectography Interactive Map

Jeff Blossom from the CGA collaborated with Parag Khanna to build this interactive map on the global infrastructure networks depicted in Parag Khanna’s 2016 book Connectography - Mapping the Future of Global Civilization.

HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Harvard DataFest 2017

DataFest is a new two-day workshop held during J-term and developed by data practitioners and researchers from across the university. Hosted by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), the purpose of the workshop is for participants to develop skills in working with data. The workshop is open to Harvard affiliates only. Read more and to register

Infogroup US Historical Business Data 1997-2014

The InfoGroup’s historical business data consists of geocoded records of US businesses and other organizations that contain basic information on each entity, including contact information, industry description, annual revenues, number of employees, year established, and other data. Each annual file consists of a “snapshot” of InfoGroup’s data as of the last day of each year, creating a time series of data 1997-2014. Each data file is available in either .csv or .sas format. Access is restricted to current Harvard affiliates.

CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT

Public Health Data Analyst with Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is looking for a data analyst who is familiar with R and ArcGIS. This position will perform data management, data analysis and spatial data management and analysis for several epidemiology and public health research studies. Read more

NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Mapping Harassment and Help in the US

The Best New Maps According to Cartographers

Megaregions Commuting Map of USA

Living in China’s Expanding Deserts

The Two Americas of 2016

Raising Barriers

USGS Cutting High-Resolution Ortho Imagery Program

Esri’s Global Content Challenge Winners

Remote Sensing Derived Environmental Indicators for Decision Making

7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Event in New Zealand

Why All Maps are Wrong

The CGA Newsletter is published monthly. Editors of this issue: Fei Carnes, and Jeff Blossom.

This newsletter passes on news items and information about new web maps or uses of GIS that come to the CGA’s attention from various sources. These are provided for informational purposes only. The CGA does not endorse these items and makes no representations about their accuracy, completeness or quality. © Present & Fellows Harvard University. All Rights Reserved.