Maps showing patent production zip code origin and destination for the San Francisco area were produced. Arrows were added to visualize these.
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Maps showing patent production zip code origin and destination for the San Francisco area were produced. Arrows were added to visualize these.
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Analysis was performed to determine all U.S. zip codes that border states, list the states they border, and calculate distances from the zip code centroids to the three nearest state borders.
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Among other things, CGA presented how straight line, network, and route (line) buffers can be generated and used to measure various neighborhood characteristics. Summer, 2013.
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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
October 2013
HIGHLIGHTS
CGA NEWS
January GIS Institute – Extended Application Deadline
This 9-day intensive training program in January 2014 aims to teach students how to perform spatial analysis and apply GIS methods in their research. No previous GIS training required. The extended application deadline for the January GIS Institute is November 5th, 2013.
GIS for the Humanities Workshop - Call for Registration
This full-day workshop offers hands-on instruction on learning and applying several GIS and mapping techniques commonly used by scholars practicing in the Humanities. The workshop will include discussion and interactive exercises aimed to contextualize the usage of geography and maps for each participant’s individual research or teaching interests. The registration deadline is Monday, December 2nd @1:00pm, 2013.
November GIS Technical Training Workshops
CGA offers several non-credit technical training workshops relate to GIS (Free to Harvard affiliates but registration is required). The November workshops are:
Celebrate GIS Day with the CGA
Come and join us on Wednesday, November 20th, a unique fun day for GIS lovers! Admission is free. Three activities will be taking place:
Location: Meet at the entry to the Lamont Library, Harvard Yard.
Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of Howard Fisher’s appointment at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Fisher founded the Laboratory for Computer Graphics (later, the Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis), which was incubated in Memorial Hall. The Lab concentrated a series of people and projects that fashion the software and hardware which seeds the beginnings of a computer mapping approach and that of geographic information systems (GIS). Borrowing and significantly extending the process of mapping quantitative spatial information from Ed Horwood and his students at the University of Washington (the catalyst for a 1950s/1960s revival of geographic analysis), Fisher and the Lab formulated many of the methods that underpin modern representations of statistical surfaces. Among the many individuals that worked with Fisher, Jack Dangermond (MLA 1969) emerged to form Environmental Systems Research Institute (now Esri) in Redlands, CA. On GIS Day, Nov. 20th, Matthew W. Wilson, a visiting faculty at Harvard, will introduce the Howard Fisher Collection and guide participants through some of the more exciting materials, exploring the connections between contemporary digital mapping and the techniques forged in the early days of the Lab under Howard Fisher.
Location: Room S050, CGIS South building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
“3D Modeling on a Campus Scale” will be presented by Niels la Cour, Alexander Stepanov, and Lukasz Czarniecki of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Abstract: Planning on a campus scale requires adequate and up-to-date understanding and awareness of the campus physical environment, campus systems and interactions between them. Use of campus 2d/3d models, which incorporate existing GIS data, architectural drawings, building information, space and organizational use, can facilitate the planning process and foster communication between stakeholders. In addition, such integrated campus models are a necessary base for decision support systems and methodologies. However, the creation of such models from multiple and diverse sources, as well as keeping these models current, may be a challenging and time-consuming task. In this presentation we will discuss and demonstrate our approach and workflows for integrating CAD floor plans, building models (BIM/Revit), space and organizational data into the GIS environment. Specifically we will address data interoperability issues and application of Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) and CityEngine for translating and re-creating existing buildings into the GIS environment.
Location: The lobby of the CGIS Knafel building at 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
Writer Paul Salopek is walking from Africa to Tierra Del Fuego, South America, recreating the path of human migration, and writing stories along the way. The CGA’s Jeff Blossom has been making maps and managing the geographic information for Paul along his journey, and these maps will be showcased in a poster exhibit. The project is also sponsored by National Geographic, whose December issue (released November 16th) will feature the Walk as its cover story. More on the Walk: http://www.outofedenwalk.com/
CGA’s Monthly GIS Presentations – come join the discussion
Tim Cresswell, Professor of History and International Affairs at Northeastern University, will present on November 8th, 12:30 – 2:00pm, in Room S450 of CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA. Specific topic will be announced soon.
“3D Modeling on a Campus Scale” presented by Niels la Cour, Alexander Stepanov, and Lukasz Czarniecki of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. November 20th, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., in room S050 of CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA.
New CGA Affiliates
Please welcome new CGA affiliates and interns: René Westerholt, Emily Lowe, and Said Douai.
CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT
Open Geoportal National Summit 2013
The first OGP Summit will be hosting by Tufts University on October 27th and 28th in Boston, MA. Over 50 OGP participants will gather to discuss this ongoing collaborative project that’s produced the underlying technology that’s being used for the Harvard Geospatial Library.
Call for Papers: 2014 Esri Education GIS Conference
The conference with the theme “Education’s Grand Challenges-GIS Opportunities” will be held July 12-15, 2014 in San Diego, CA. The deadline to submit abstract is November 1, 2013.
2014 Esri T3G Institute
The 6th Annual T3G (Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS) Institute will be held at the Esri Headquarters in Redlands, CA, June 15-20, 2014. It is a professional event for educators from all levels to help other educators learn why and how to use GIS effectively. There is no registration fee, and the successful applicants will only be responsible for transportation to Redlands, and some meals.
The deadline to submit your application is November 25, 2013.
NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
Maps and the Geospatial Revolution: A MOOC on Cartography
Worldometers - real time world statistics
Field Photo Iphone App Developed by University of Oklahoma
Search “Field Photo” in Apple Store and get it for free. You can share your geo-tagged field photos of cropland, rangeland, forest, harmful algal bloom, wildlife, flood, and diseases around the world.
The Importance of Spatial Thinking Now
Where Poor and Uninsured Americans Live
MBTA Map Re-design Competition Winner Map
To have a look at all the finalist maps, please click here.
Map of Global Temperature rise hot spots
The Topography Map of Tweets in San Francisco, CA
Interactive 3D map of 100,000 nearby stars
Most Popular Baby Names for Girls in US Since 1960
Editors of this issue are Fei Meng and Jeff Blossom.
The CGA Newsletter is published monthly.
For previously published issues please visit: http://gis.harvard.edu/newsletter
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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
November 2013
HIGHLIGHTS
CGA NEWS
WorldMap Updates
This release includes the following features:
http://about.worldmap.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k28501&pageid=icb.page480835
WorldMap (http://worldmap.harvard.edu) is pleased to announce a new cartographic tool called “Classify” for building complex map symbolizations. The tool allows a researcher to select map variables (such as census values) and quickly render new visualizations of their data. The user can choose the number of categories to be generated, the colors used, and the classification technique employed. Classification methods include: Unique Values, Quantile, Equal Interval, and Jenks Natural Breaks. This capability was funded by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu) and the Boston Area Research Initiative (http://www.bostonarearesearchinitiative.net).
2014 Fisher Prize for Excellence in GIS
The 2014 Fisher Prize for excellence in GIS is a $500 cash award, given to one graduate and one undergraduate student for the best entry. More details at http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190018
CGA New Website Launch Soon
The CGA is planning to debut its new website in January, 2014. It will retain the main functions from the current site, but will feature substantial reorganization and a fresh look. Updates will be announced soon.
GIS for the Humanities Workshop – Last Call for Registration
This full-day workshop offers hands-on instruction on learning and applying several GIS and mapping techniques commonly used by scholars practicing in the Humanities. The workshop will include discussion and interactive exercises aimed to contextualize the usage of geography and maps for each participant’s individual research or teaching interests. The registration deadline is Monday, December 2nd @1:00pm, 2013. Read more and apply online
December GIS Technical Training Workshops
CGA offers several non-credit technical training workshops relate to GIS (Free to Harvard affiliates but registration is required). The December workshop is:
More information about technical training workshops and registrations can be found here: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup131738
WorldMap Collaborative – Every Mondays @ 5pm
This is a weekly work space for every individual who is interested in learning and using WorldMap in their projects. More information about the WorldMap Collaborative can be found there:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page493498
CGA’s Monthly GIS Presentations – come join the discussion
“Software tools for modern spatial econometrics” presented by Luc Anselin, Regents’ Professor and Walter Isard Chair in the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University, December 4th, 12:00 – 2:00pm, in Room K262 of CGIS Knafel, 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA.
This seminar series will feature an open discussion on “GIS Education, Research and Applications in Comparison between Harvard and Your Home University”. Anyone interested in this topic is welcome to attend, and translation will be offered on site if you are non-Chinese speakers. In addition, Xin Lao, one of CGA visiting fellows from China will present her research titled “The Economic Density Research Framework Construction in China’s Regional Economy Studies”. December 6th, 3:00 – 4:30pm, in Room K031 of CGIS Knafel at 1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA.
CGA GIS Data Portal for Typhoon Haiyan 2013
CGA staff have complied several datasets in a Data Portal displaying damage assessments, storm surge model outputs, and relief center locations for areas of the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan. It can be viewed at http://worldmap.harvard.edu/maps/typhoon_haiyan.
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this data portal, please contact CGA.
CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT
Online Mapping for Beginners – Free
Create your online maps with CartoDB, a cloud based mapping and analysis tool. Registration deadline for this online event is December 2, 2013. More information can be found here.
NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
List of Map Resources for Typhoon Haiyan
Open Source QGIS Connector for Google Maps Engine is released
Worldwide Live Data Visualization of DDoS Attacks
It allows you to explore both quality and major language patterns from massive collections of digital newspapers.
WorldPop – Free Spatial Demographic Data for Central and South America
Real-time Air Quality Index Map in Asia
Also see a Chinese language version of the similar data.
113 Years of Football Player Transfer
Geo-Located Tweets Reveal International Patterns of Human Travel
Visualizing US Births and Deaths in Real-Time
All Eight Apps Involving Geography Turn Citizens into Scientists
297 City Land Parcels Data available in China
This dataset is extrapolated from OSM, and read more about this research.
GeoGuesser Explore the World Game
GI Science in the 21st Century
Editors of this issue are Fei Meng and Jeff Blossom.
The CGA Newsletter is published monthly.
For previously published issues please visit: http://gis.harvard.edu/newsletter
For the latest information, please visit our website http://gis.harvard.edu
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Thursday May 1st 1:00pm-5:00pm: Contributors’ Meeting (by invitation only)
Friday May 2nd 9:00am-6:00pm: Open to the Public
In recent years, geospatial technologies have rapidly developed into online platforms, attested to by the rise of web-based GIS, the geoweb, and cyberinfrastructure. Although guided by different kinds of motivation and under other kinds of pressure, public and private institutions of higher education and for-profit education companies have increasingly turned to online platforms to enhance as well as diversify their outreach. From remotely delivered credit courses to massive open online courses (MOOC), education of any subject, including geospatial topics, is increasingly offered online.
What can be learned from these trends? How are they currently connected to each other, and how might new connections be made, to leverage one to enhance the other –
(1) using online education as a means to advance geospatial education, and
(2) using geospatial technology to enhance the online education of many disciplines?
This conference is aimed at reviewing the current status, achievements, lessons learned, unmet needs, challenges, potentials and perspectives of both geospatial online education and geospatial-enabled online education across the disciplines. Invited speakers will present their expert views, and engage the audience in a discussion on the following topics:
Hashtag: #harvardgis
Conference Program (Click to Download)
Opening Remarks
Keynote Address
Panel I: Higher Education Online
Panel II: Geospatial Education Online
Panel III: Geoenabled Online Education
Closing Remarks
Poster Awards
Articles about the Conference:
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Event Title: CGA系列专题讨论—GIS在中国研究中的应用
Location: CGIS Knafel K031
Language: Chinese and English (with on-site translation from Chinese to English if needed)
Agenda:
| Begin | Speaker | Topic |
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| 3:00-3:05 | All | Round robin self-introduction |
| 3:05-3:20 | Xin Lao | Title: The Economic Density Research Framework Construction in China’s Regional Economy Studies 中国区域经济研究中的经济密度研究框架建构 Abstract: With the rapid development of China’s economy, the economic density, as an important measure indicator of regional economy level, has played a positive role in coordinating regional economy and increasingly become a new perspective of the modern research on regional economy. Based on the brief review of international and domestic literatures on economic density, this article systematically establishes China’s economic density research framework respectively from the viewpoint of theoretical research and empirical research, which means constructing a complete research system including density model, dynamic mechanism, influence effect and all-around empirical research(consisting of indicators, scales, periods and methods), and provides related case studies for reference in the empirical research section. From the above, we aim at indicating the direction of further research on China’s economic density, which will have important theoretical, method and policy implications for the economic geography and regional economy studies. (Download Presentation Slide) |
| 3:20-3:25 | All | Follow up Q&A |
| 3:25-3:40 | Kai Cao | Title: The Collaborative for Historical Information and Analysis Abstract: In this talk, I will briefly introduce the background, the missions, the progress and the future research plan of CHIA project. For more information, please refer to http://chia.pitt.edu/about.html. |
| 3:40-3:45 | All | Follow up Q&A |
| 3:45-4:30 | All | Open Discussion on “ GIS Education, Research and Applications in Comparison between Harvard and Your Home University” (each visiting scholar talks for 5-10 minutes first) |
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Poster Title: Earth History in Death Valley
The committee commented: “Visually pleasing well-organized analysis with appropriate scientific rigor…” and “…effective use of modeling three-dimensional structures from digital elevation data and field recordings.”
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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
September 2013
CGA NEWS
GIS for the Humanities Workshop - Call for Registration
This full-day workshop offers hands on instruction on learning and applying several GIS and mapping techniques commonly used by scholars practicing in the
Humanities. The workshop will include discussion and interactive exercises aimed to contextualize the usage of geography and maps for each participant’s
individual research or teaching interests. The workshop will be on Thursday, December 5th, 2013. Read more and apply online
A New GIS Technical Training Workshop - Three-Dimensional GIS
One of our CGA affiliates, Paul Cote, will teach 3D GIS on November 13, 1:00 – 3:00pm, in Room B127 of Northwest Building, 52 Oxford St. Room B127 (location info)
More information about technical training workshops and registrations can be foundhere
WorldMap Update
The WorldMap platform (http://worldmap.harvard.edu) was part of a successful NSF application spearheaded by the
Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI). This grant will fund a number of enhancements to WorldMap to improve its interoperability with other systems.
CGA’s Monthly GIS Presentations – come join the discussion
This seminar series will feature our visiting scholars and fellows from China, who will exchange their research results and ideas in Chinese. Anyone
proficient in Chinese language and interested in the topics is welcome to attend. September 27th, 2:00 – 3:30pm, in Room K354
of CGIS Knafel at 1737 Cambridge St. View Flyer
Celebrate GIS Day with CGA
This year GIS Day will be on Wednesday, November 20th. Here at CGA we will host several events, including an ABCD-GIS Presentation and
demonstration of 3-D GIS, and exhibits featuring artifacts from the Harvard Lab for Computer Graphics, and Out of Eden Walk cartography. More details will
follow. Come and join us to celebrate this unique fun day for GIS lovers!
Also, check out the GIS Day events around the globe: http://www.gisday.com/gis-day-events-map.html
New CGA Affiliates
Please welcome new CGA affiliates: Guibo Sun, Haibin Zhu, and Mark Henderson.
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page447877
HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS
New GIS Service in the Loeb Library
The Loeb Library has hired Mapping TAs for students and faculty to answer GIS questions. The TAs will respond via email ( mapping@gsd.harvard.edu), or meet in person during their office hours.
Location: Study Room A, Loeb Library
Office Hours: Mondays 4-6pm, Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm, and Fridays 11-1pm
New Datasets from HGL
PolicyMap from Harvard Library
PolicyMap is a web-based online data and mapping application that provides access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime,
mortgages, health, jobs and more. Harvard Affiliates can login with your HUID for free use.
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:policymap
China Geo-Explorer II from the University of Michigan China Data Center
China Geo-Explorer II is a web based spatial data service that allows easy access to a rich collection of unique, authoritative, and comprehensive
information from government statistics, population and economic Census, and many other data sources in a spatially integrated system with many powerful
functions for exploratory spatial data analysis. It will be available until October 24, 2013, and can be accessed from the existing Harvard
subscription to the China Data Center. HUID login required.
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:chinadat
CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT
Learn How CityEngine is Transforming Planning & Urban Design
This free webinar from Esri will be on Thursday, September 26th, 2013.
register online
Esri Dev Meet Up
It is a “technical social” for developers to meet and discuss geospatial, geolocation, spatial analysis, and GIS. Developers at all levels are welcome.
Free event are held across the Northeast. For more information: http://www.meetup.com/DevMeetUpNortheast/
2013 Fall Spatial Ignite Boston
AvidGeo is hosting this event, to be held on November 7, at the Arnold Arboretum, in Boston. Call for presentations: http://goo.gl/6psNJY.
The conference website: http://www.avidgeo.com/2013-avidgeocon/
NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
QGIS 2.0.1 is Released
What is new about 2.0: http://qgis.org/en/docs/user_manual/preamble/whats_new.html
Open Access to IJDE Cloud Computing Special Issue Articles
Open Source Geospatial Lab established at CAGIS, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
More details at http://gis.uncc.edu/
Where Prisoners Are Guaranteed
Mapping Slow-moving Seismic Waves in Earth’s Upper Mantle Reveals Hotspot Volcanoes
Live Transportation Visualization in Netherlands
Ethnicity Map of Syria and Lebanon
Live 3D mapping technology demonstrated at MIT
“American Futures” and the Power of Maps
Also, you can access to USGS Colorado Flood Database: http://co.water.usgs.gov/projects/COFloodDB/
Map of Moonwalks Overlaid on a Baseball Diamond
40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World
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Editors of this issue are Fei Meng and Jeff Blossom.
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