Web GIS, as the combination of the web and GIS (Geographic Information Systems), is a new and promising field. It has unlocked the power of GIS, and put online maps and geospatial intelligence in the offices of millions and the hands of billions. This course aims to provide students with the essential web GIS knowledge needed for managing web GIS projects, teach students the latest web GIS technologies needed for building modern web GIS apps, and inspire students with real world application case studies. This course focuses on Esri’s web GIS platform, the most widely used GIS technology in government and business information systems. Products taught in this course include ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS web, and mobile apps including Story Maps, Web AppBuilder, Collector, Survey123, AppStudio, Operations Dashboard, Insights, Drone2Map, ArcGIS Earth, and 3D web scenes. ArcGIS API for JavaScript, internet of things, GeoEvent Server, big data, and GeoAnalytics Server are also introduced. Access to Harvard ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and other ArcGIS software is provided.     See Course Catalog Listing

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This seminar will use mapping as a methodological technique to examine social and environmental issues. Students will be expected to use mapping software to examine spatial data for a location and topic of their choice for their final paper. Weekly discussions will be conducted in class on various mapping related topics. References will range from books like “How to lie with Maps” to current journal articles examining the use of GIS in social science.

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This course introduces the basic principles of tourism master planning, enabling students to learn how communities, governments, business, and civil society can take a more inclusive and sustainable approach to planning tourism destinations worldwide. Students learn to present quantitative and qualitative economic, sociocultural, and environmental data, to determine the best management of vital natural and social resources, and to build scenarios that include the impacts of climate change, including approaches to mitigation and adaptation, over the next 20-30 years. A live interactive session is held using interactive geodesign methods to address key decisions in the process of design for tourism growth. Students participate in applying digital tools and analyses to a specific case. Each student generates scenarios and learns how to manage these scenarios through new approaches to governance.

Prerequisites: Basic familiarity with spreadsheet software required. Course work in GIS from such organizations as ESRI or ISMT E-150 would enhance the course experience. However, the course is designed for all levels, and allows students to move through the course according to their own capacity. Individuals who are working on tourism planning are encouraged to bring their existing planning documents to the course for review and to build upon them for their final project.

To register please click here.

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Introduction to GIS workshop for students of Transnational Historical Sociology (Sociology 219)

Jan. 12, 2018

9:30 – 9:45 – Introductions, tour the CGA

9:45 – 10:30 – Presentation: GIS Basics and the CGA

10:30 – Noon – Create a general reference map with QGIS.  Explore some “Imperiia GIS” data.

Noon – 12:30 – Discussion

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Speaker:    Cody Benkelman, Technical Product Manager for Imagery at ESRI, will be at Harvard to present this workshop on tools and techniques for working with imagery from drones (but applicable to other sources) within ArcGIS. Download Agenda

Cody will discuss specific tools for working with imagery, and provide advice and best practices regarding using and managing imagery within ArcGIS.  This presentation will be valuable to GIS users trying to integrate imagery data from a variety of sensors and sources into their spatial analysis, models, and workflows.

Cody will introduce and demonstrate several ESRI imagery tools and allocate time for interactive question and answer sessions on a range of topics as guided by the attendees.

Specific tools to be demonstrated and discussed are

• Drone2Map (http://esri.com/drone2map) for processing of overlapping still frames to generate orthorectified mosaics, digital surface models, and 3D textured meshes and point clouds.
• Full Motion Video (http://esri.com/FMV) for working with georeferenced video.

Introductory material related to these products are relatively easy to review via the web.  As much as possible, Cody would like to encourage attendees to learn about Drone2Map and FMV in advance of the workshop, so he can focus on more advanced discussions of workflows/best practices. 

Other topics related to imagery and drones may also be addressed:

Cody invites your feedback on these topics prior to the workshop, or in discussions during the workshop.

If possible, please review this recording from last spring (http://chgis.fas.harvard.edu/drone/THURSDAY/THU_PM_Esri_Cody.mp4 and note the following resources are available at any time: 

Drone2Map: 

• Introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8QT9FTu2iA
• Presentation & demos:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63qAQJZGab8  
• Several training courses at www.esri.com/training/Bookmark/P3CFZL2XS

FMV: 

• Demo video showing basic features http://esriurl.com/FMVdemoUC2016
• Self paced tutorial http://esriurl.com/FMVTutorial

Cody would like to encourage attendees to send questions to him in advance at cbenkelman@esri.com, and this will help to focus our in-person discussions.  He also requested any available sample data from workshop attendees, to provide his expertise for how to work most effectively with our data. 

One note in particular, with regard to video, is that FMV was designed to support professional/military format video with location & orientation metadata embedded in the video stream (in MISB format – see http://www.gwg.nga.mil/misb/zip_pubs.html ).  Since this is not applicable to most drones, Esri has created a geoprocessing tool (the “Video Multiplexer”) to add metadata into drone video, and this is one specific tool that Cody will review.

Links:
Drone2Map_1.3.zip
FMV.zip
ArcGIS_Pro_2.1.zip
WebAppbuilder+ImageWidgets.zip

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Esri Business Analyst Data Package for the United Stated is accessible to Harvard affiliates only. The CGA has the Business Analyst Data Package published from year 2006-2017, which includes Demographic Data, Business Data, Major Shopping Centers, Consumer Spending, Segmentation Data, and Street Data. To know more about this data package, please click here.

Please fill out the request form below to access the data, and make sure you choose” Require Access to : Esri Business Analyst Data” from the picklist, and specify the data types and years (!!!). 

Esri Business Analyst Data Request form

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The Business and Local Government Data Research Centre  (United Kingdom) provides a framework and support for data owners and researchers. We help researchers, local authorities and businesses to explore data, enhance knowledge and empower their communities. The Centre provides a range of services and academic expertise from the universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent and LSE to help analysts and researchers use data more effectively.

The Data Portal lists data sets which are currently held by the Centre for the purposes of research which has the potential to benefit society. Open data sources can be downloaded instantly

Links:
UK Open Data Portal

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An introduction to QGIS for beginners, this workshop will cover the basic methods for opening various data formats, dealing with projections, joining tabular data to vector GIS layers, symbolization, and exporting data. No previous knowledge of GIS or statistics is required.   

See related online QGIS Workshop website.

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The Center for Geographic Analysis is developing WorldMap (http://worldmap.harvard.edu/), an open source platform designed to encourage collaboration between researchers who need access to geospatial information. Despite the many ways in which research materials can now be accessed and shared across the web, the methods suitable for geospatial materials lag. The reasons are many and interconnected: 1) the sparse implementation of standards, 2) the size and complexity of geospatial datasets, 3) the lack of a platform to support geospatial collaboration that is easy to access, 4) the lack of an incentive for researchers to upload geospatial datasets to a system that supports eventual sharing. WorldMap attempts to address all of these problems. Participants will learn about how WorldMap works and how to use it to become an accomplished online map maker.

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