CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER 
July 2007 
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HIGHLIGHTS

• ArcGIS / Google Earth Interoperability Products
• Howard T. Fisher Prize Winners Announced in June
• ESRI 2007 Technical Workshops Available Online
• CGA Purchases ESRI Business Analyst Data and Software
• New Orleans Project Geocoding Document
• ASPRS and ESRI Conference Reports
• Emerging Mashups For the Geospatial Community
• ERDAS and FME Software Upgraded

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CGA NEWS

ArcGIS / Google Earth Interoperability Products 
By using Google Earth’s KML file format it possible to display ArcGIS data and maps in Google Earth. Google Earth also provides users the ability to map features using GE’s global imagery as a basemap. The mapped data can then be loaded into ArcGIS for analysis or advanced cartography. Several software tools have been created and are very useful in helping to automate this exchange process:

• ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension - This extension is built on Safe software’s Feature Manipulation Engine technology. Accessed it through the ArcGIS interface; it’s currently available to all Harvard GIS users. More info at:
  http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/index.html 
   
• Arc2Earth - Allows the export of fully customized ArcGIS map documents into GE. The CGA owns one license and is evaluating acquiring more.
  http://www.arc2earth.com/ 
   
• Export to KML - A free tool developed by the City of Portland - simple interface and easy to use.
  http://arcscripts.esri.com/details.asp?dbid=14273 
   
• Shape2Earth - Works as a plugin to open source GIS software MapWindow – ArcGIS not required.
  http://shape2earth.com/default.aspx 
   
• Google Earth KML/CSV Converter - A free tool that provides for conversion between GE’s KML and standard CSV formats. Useful with GPS data and compatible with Garmin GPS devices.
  http://kmlcsv.pbwiki.com/

Howard T. Fisher Prize Winners Announced in June 
The Howard T. Fisher Prize for excellence in Geographic Information Science was established in 1999 to promote and reward student work in this broad and potentially interdisciplinary area, from both undergraduate and graduate students at Harvard University. Winners for the academic year 2006-2007 are Jaclyn Hatala, Adam Sachs, Kevin Bunker, and Corina Graif. Click the link below for more information about Howard T. Fisher, the award, and this year’s award winning projects.
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23202

Google Earth Pro Licenses Available 
The CGA now has a limited number of Google Earth Pro licenses available for Harvard ID holders to use. In addition to accessing the same worldwide set of aerial imagery that is provided through Google Earth (free version), a Pro license allows for the import of shape-files, movie making, saving and printing the imagery in high resolution format, and more. To decide if the functionality GE Pro offers may pertain to your work, here is a comparison chart:
http://earth.google.com/product_comparison.html 
Contact CGA for license availability and installation procedures.

ESRI 2007 Technical Workshops Available Online 
Each year ESRI provides technical workshops to educate GIS users on specific topics. These are 1.5 hour long seminars made available in audio visual format following the annual users conference, which concluded June 22 this year. CGA has uploaded the 170+ workshops for viewing, found on our Conferences and Events web page (click link below) under the 2007 ESRI Technical Workshop Sessions heading.
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7644 
Users need to be logged in to access the page containing links to the workshops, and then login again with the username and password listed to view the individual workshops.

Enhanced ERDAS Imagine Available for Download 
This enhancement addresses several urgent issues in ERDAS IMAGINE 9.1 remote sensing software. In particular, HDF, TIFF and FORMOSAT formats have undergone significant improvements and several bugs were also addressed in AutoSync, Mosaic, Viewer and Painted Relief. Find the service package available for download under the heading “ERDAS IMAGINE and Photogrammetry 9.1” at the web page below:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957

New Version of FME Available 
The CGA has Safe Software’s Feature Manipulation Engine conversion software release 2007 for Windows and UNIX. Contact CGA to upgrade your FME to this version.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

New Orleans Neighborhood Analysis Project Geocoding Document 
During the spring semester of 2007 a group of students, researchers, and professors at Harvard and Cornell University worked together on a project aimed to provide public access to neighborhood, housing, economic, and market data for New Orleans. The information provided through this project (all performed pro bono) was used directly by communities still recovering from Hurricane Katrina. As part of this venture the New Orleans Neighborhood Analysis Project (NONAP) was launched in an effort to eventually create a web-enabled internet mapping service. NONAP members are actively working on several documents to be incorporated into the web portal, one of which goes into great depth regarding lessons learned and best practices of geocoding, written by Harvard Student (’07) Irina Gumennik:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic109643.files/Geocoding_Best_Practices-draft.pdf

Another interesting article on the evolution of geocoding:
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2492&trv=1

Discount for International SPOT Imagery 
The SPOT UCSB program offers subscribed universities a significant discount on SPOT satellite imagery for North America (see http://www.spot.ucsb.edu/). Just recently, it added a 30% discount for imagery outside of North America with the same subscription fee ($10,000/yr). Please contact CGA if you think this program is worth subscribing to for Harvard.

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CONFERENCES

American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Conference Report 
CGA staff member Ben Lewis attended the 2007 ASPRS conference in May. Read his conference report under the heading “Summaries of Previous GIS Events” at the web page below.
http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7644

ESRI International Users Conference Report 
The annual ESRI users conference was held in late June. Over 13,000 GIS users from across the globe attended. The CGA was honored to receive a Special Achievement in GIS Award during the event, presented by President Jack Dangermond to CGA Director of Research Wendy Guan. A conference report can be found under the heading “ESRI User Conference Report – 2007” at the web page below.
http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7644

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Emerging Mashups For the Geospatial Community 

A mashup is a website or application that combines content from more than one source (usually public) into an integrated experience. Mapping mashups are quite common, one of the leading mashup examples is Google Maps and Earth, which allow for a novice computer user or “armchair geographer” to map features of interest on a global scale, and easily publish and share the mapped content. Additional players in the web mapping sector such as Yahoo!, Microsoft, and MetaCarta are now offering mashup interfaces. A podcast from Directions magazine nicely summarizes the emerging and growing application of mashups and how it involves the geospatial industry at:
http://www.directionsmag.com/images/podcasts/070529_don.mp3

Links to websites mentioned in the podcast:

• Yahoo Web Mapping:
  http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/ajax/index.html#ex34_8
• MetaCarta OpenLayers:
  http://openlayers.org/
• Microsoft Popfly:
  http://www.popfly.ms/Overview/faq.aspx

Mashup Examples

• Vehicle commuters unite to answer the question: Where can I find the cheapest gasoline on my route home?
  http://gasbuddy.com
• Who is sick? Ill people enter their geographic location and symptoms, and view statistics on other afflicted people in the area. Find out if your illness is the latest bug that’s been going around at:
  http://whoissick.org/sickness/

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July 2010

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HIGHLIGHTS

·         ArcGIS 10 Available for Download

·         ERDAS Imagine License Manager Update

·         GPS Logger Review

·         OSGEO Boston Meeting

·         ESRI 2010 Conference Report

·         International Workshop on Distributed Geographic Information Systems

·         Ignite Spatial Boston II

·         AAG Student Travel Award

·         Post-Doc Fellowship Opportunity

·         HistoryPin.com

·         Geotag Survey

·         Haiti Aid Map

·         iNaturalist.org

·         Top Secret America Map

·         Interactive Tweetography Maps

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CGA NEWS

ArcGIS 10 Available for Download

This software is now available for download by Harvard users.  To download, go to http://gis.harvard.edu, login at the upper right, and then follow the instructions listed here:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page222558

ESRI video of what’s new in ArcGIS 10:

http://www.esri.com/events/devsummit/videos/video2.html

Highlights of ArcGIS 10:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis10/index.html

ArcGIS 10 demo videos:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgis10/demos.html#v1

For ArcGIS 10 SDE users, the links below are important to take note of:

Geodatabase replication patch for ArcSDE users: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=37896

SQL Server express patch for ArcSDE users: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/kbase?fa=articleShow&d=37983

ERDAS Imagine License Manager Update

Harvard ERDAS Imagine users please switch your license server to license.cga.harvard.edu for renewed floating licenses. This server supports both ERDAS 2010 and ERDAS 9.x users. The old license server esri-lm.harvard.edu is valid for ERDAS licenses through July 30, 2010

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

GPS Logger Review

The CGA has recently reviewed GPS logger devices.  Read the review and info sheet:   http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189848

OSGEO Boston Meeting

The Open Source Geospatial Boston group will be meeting Tuesday, July 27th, from 6-8p.m. in Room K354 on the 3

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 floor of the CGIS North (Knafel) building at 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA.  Details at our site under Events & Calls on the right:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do

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CONFERENCES

ESRI 2010 Conference Report

The 2010 ESRI International Users Conference was held July 12 – 16 in San Diego, CA.  Some CGA members were at the conference, read the conference report:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic781295.files/ESRI_UC_2010_conf_report.pdf

International Workshop on Distributed Geographic Information Systems

The 2010 International Workshop on High Performance and Distributed Geographic Information Systems will be held November 2^nd in San Jose, CA.  paper

submissions are due August 6^th.  For more information:

http://www.cigi.illinois.edu/hpdgis10/

Ignite Spatial Boston II

This event features 5 minute lightning talks on geospatial topics by multiple speakers and will be held August 12^th in Cambridge.  More info:

http://ignite.oreilly.com/2010/07/ignite-spatial-boston-2.html

AAG Student Travel Award

The AAG Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group (GISS-SG) has announced a competition for student travel awards to be used for a 2010 GIS-related conference held outside the applicant’s country of residence. 3 awards of $500 (USD) each will be awarded to attend a peer-reviewed, academic GIS-related conference. In order to be eligible, the student must be a current member of GISS-SG and a currently enrolled graduate student. To apply, send an email with: 1. the abstract you have already submitted and the name of the conference to which it was submitted; 2. a short statement (500 words) addressing the importance of attending this conference and your financial needs; and 3. a short (2 page) CV to Jeremy Mennis (jmennis@temple.edu) by September 10, 2010.

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Post-Doc Fellowship Opportunity

The University of Saskatchewan is seeking applicants for this, the deadline is August 10.  For more info:

http://gis.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic708754.files/1279588937/Banting_Postdoc-Call_for_expression_of_interest.pdf

HistoryPin.com

A very interesting approach to visualize changes over time.

http://www.historypin.com/

Geotag Survey

Help a researcher by taking this survey:

http://argoomap.uni-muenster.de/

Haiti Aid Map

http://haitiaidmap.org/

iNaturalist.org

http://inaturalist.org/

Top Secret America Map

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/map/

Interactive Tweetography Maps

http://urbantick.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-city-landscapes-interactive.html

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July 2008

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HIGHLIGHTS

• Harvard’s CHGIS Selected for Online Humanities Award
• ArcGIS 9.3 and AutoCAD 2009 Now Available
• ESRI’s 2008/2013 Demographic Data Available
• Communication System Planning Tool
• Idrisi Software for Harvard?
• Google Earth Pro Animation Tutorial
• Using GIS for Marketing Analysis in 1980
• Submit Questions for ESRI Conference Technical Help
• Terra Cognita Workshop Call for Papers
• SAS Maps Online
• United for Africa
• New iPhone has GPS
• Hybrid Positioning System
• Earth Systems Science Agency
• More…

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CGA NEWS

Harvard’s CHGIS Selected for Online Humanities Award

The educational partnership EDSITEment - http://edsitement.neh.gov brings together online humanities resources from some of the world’s great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities.  EDSITEment has selected the China Historical GIS for inclusion on their website as one of the best online

resources for education in the humanities.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/websites_all.asp

ArcGIS 9.3 Now Available

ArcGIS 9.3 software is now available for Harvard ID holders at our Software Download page.  The license manager will be updated for 9.3 compatibility by July 18

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.  Previous versions of ArcGIS will continue to be supported.

ESRI’s 2008/2013 Demographic Data Available

CGA has received updated census data variables such as population, housing, age, income, and home value, for 2008 and projected to 2013, at all different levels of geography.  It is available through ESRI’s Business Analyst extension; contact us at contact@help.cga.harvard.edu with use questions, and see the link below for more information.

http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=23360&trv=1

Communication System Planning Tool

The CSPT is an extension to ArcGIS.  Also known as RF-Analyst in the defense community, it was developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (http://www.ntia.doc.gov/), Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/) for the Department of Defense. The tools were developed so that the power of GIS, which has become a critical part of defense planning and analysis, can incorporate existing and planned electromagnetic wave prediction models.  

ArcPad 7.1.1 available 

ArcPad 7.1.1 and ArcPad Application Builder 7.1.1, the latest versions of ESRI’s mobile GIS software for field mapping and data collection are now available for Harvard ID holders.

More info on ArcPad:  http://www.esri.com/news/releases/08_2qtr/arcpad_7.html

Download the software: http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7643

Idrisi Software for Harvard?

CGA is considering purchasing Idrisi remote sensing software to add to our software portfolio.  If you have an interest in using this product (more info at: http://www.clarklabs.org ) please let us know at contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

Google Earth Pro Animation Tutorial

CGA has put together a tutorial on creating animations using GE Pro:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic109643.files/google_fly_by.pdf

To obtain a license of GE Pro, contact us: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Using GIS for Marketing Analysis in 1980

Read an article published in the Harvard Business Review in 1980 describing numerous marketing case studies using computer mapping titled “New promise of computer graphics”.

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1531.files/HBR_article_1980.pdf

AutoCAD 2009 Now Available
In addition to AutoCAD, Harvard’s site license includes AutoDesk products 3DS Max Design and Autodesk Impression.  A significant change to AutoCAD is a revamped user interface.  More on the new software version at Autodesk’s website: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=2704278

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CONFERENCES

Submit Questions for ESRI Conference Technical Help

The ESRI International Users Conference will be held August 4 – 8 this year, in San Diego, CA.  The CGA will be there to cover the conference, and discuss any software issues with ESRI technical personnel in person.  If you have questions or data issues to ask ESRI in person, send them to contact@help.cga.harvard.edu for inclusion.

Terra Cognita Workshop Call for Papers

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers in a growing field of Semantic Web research and examine the intersection between Semantic Web data and geospatial data and applications.  Call for papers deadline is July 21st, the conference is in September, 2008, in Germany.

http://asio.bbn.com/terracognita2008/index.htm

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

SAS Maps Online

SAS is a popular statistical analysis software suite that can integrate mapping. See their online mapping and download site:

http://support.sas.com/rnd/datavisualization/mapsonline/

United for Africa

A real time violence and persecution reporting application that uses GIS and user supplied content.

http://www.unitedforafrica.co.za/index.asp

New iPhone has GPS

http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/gps.html

Gutenkarte.org

Gutenkarte  is a geographic text browser, intended to help readers explore the spatial component of classic works of literature.

http://gutenkarte.org/

Hybrid Positioning System

Skyhook Wireless has rolled out a positioning system that combines Wi-Fi, GPS and cell tower signals to produce the best possible location regardless of environment.

http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=23475&trv=1

SD Memory Card Uses WiFi Positioning System

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/technology/personaltech/26pogue.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

New England Beach Map

http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/summer/special/beachmap/

The Africa Atlas of Our Changing Environment

The United Nation’s Website: http://www.unep.org/dewa/africa/AfricaAtlas/

And a nice article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jun/10/climatechange.conservation

Earth Systems Science Agency

Senior federal officials have called for the creation of a new agency, formed by merging the USGS and NOAA: 

http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=23580&trv=1

Where will the geospatial industry and technology be in 10 years

An article by Vincent Tao, director of Microsoft Virtual Earth.

http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=119CFE3ACE2A48319AA7DE6A39B80D66&nm=News&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=4BF728F06074454BB0782BE2663C2B0B

The Big Picture: Dynamic Information Modeling, GIS and the Future of Visual Data Integration

An article on integrating civil, building, facility, and geospatial information:

http://208.106.162.71/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=119CFE3ACE2A48319AA7DE6A39B80D66&nm=News&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=B045C763B93F45F68E6829A359DA32E3

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July 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS

·         ArcGIS 9.3.1 Available for Download

·         ESRI Software Site License Renewed

·         CGA GIS Summer Workshops

·         ArcGIS Business Analyst Online Trial Subscription

·         ArcPad 8 and StreetMap Premium North America Available

·         Fisher Prize in GIS 2008-2009 Awards

·         Global Potential for Wind-generated Electricity

·         Multi-Level Modeling Workshop Report

·         ESRI User Conference 2009 Report

·         AAG GIS Specialty Group 2009 Student Travel Awards

·         Consolidated Slide Set of 69th OGC Technical Committee at Boston

·         Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship

·         MapHappy – An Online Map Library Catalog

·         Online Public Transportation Planning

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CGA NEWS

ArcGIS 9.3.1 Available for Download

ArcGIS version 9.3.1 is now available on CGA’s website for download and installation. ArcGIS 9.3.1 features improved performance of dynamic map publishing and sharing of geographic information. For more details, please visit http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/whats-new/index.html

For software download:

http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page222558

ESRI Software Site License Renewed

If you have seen warnings saying your ArcGIS product will expire in several days when you launch ArcGIS recently, don’t panic! CGA has renewed Harvard’s ESRI Software Site License, so the warnings will disappear soon.

CGA GIS Summer Workshops

CGA is offering these popular non-credit GIS workshops again this summer. On July 31, Jeff Blossom will teach Wrangling Data into Maps. On August 10, Sumeeta Srinivasan will teach Making Sense out of Spatial Data.  Both workshops are from 1pm to 3pm on Fridays at CGA training room. For reservation and details, please visit:

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

ArcGIS Business Analyst Online Trial Subscription

ArcGIS Business Analyst Online is a web based service that offers extensive demographic, consumer spending, and business data for the entire U.S.  The CGA has obtained a free trial license to use this product, available to any Harvard ID holder by contacting us at contact@help.cga.harvard.edu.  For more information on BA Online:

http://www.esri.com/software/bao/index.html

ArcPad 8 and StreetMap Premium North America Available

ArcPad 8 GIS software for mobile devices and the ESRI StreetMap Premium North America 2008 Release 1 dataset are now available to Harvard ID holders.  Please contact us at contact@help.cga.harvard.edu for access. 

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Fisher Prize in GIS 2008-2009 Awards

The Center for Geographic Analysis and the Committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science, Harvard University, are pleased to announce the awardees for the academic year 2008-2009:  

Undergraduate Category 

·         Ms. Shubha Lakshmi Bhat

Harvard College Class of 2009, for the entry entitled “Element of Survival: Isolating the causal effect of access to iodized salt on child health in India,” prepared as part of a Senior Thesis in Economics and Health Policy. 

Graduate Category 

·         Ms. Alisha Holland

Department of Government, for the entry entitled “The Electoral Battle After the War; A Spatial Analysis of Crime and Conservative Party Politics in El Salvador,” prepared as part of a final project for Gov 1016. 

We congratulate Ms. Bhat and Ms. Holland for their achievements and wish them future success.

To view the winning papers and learn more about Fisher Prize and previous winners, please visit:

http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190018

Global Potential for Wind-generated Electricity

This is a paper written by Harvard’s Xi Lu, published by the National Academy of Sciences.  A significant amount of mapping and analysis using GIS was necessary to accomplish this research.  The CGA provided initial consultation and ad hoc help along the way.  Read the paper:

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/06/19/0904101106.full.pdf+html

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CONFERENCES

Multi-level Modeling Workshop

The CGA’s Sumeeta Srinivasan attended this five-day workshop, led by Kelvyn Jones of University of Bristol, U.K., and S.V. (Subu) Subramanian of Harvard University.  The workshop introduced the concepts and applications of multilevel statistical modeling, particularly in a spatial and demographic context. This course can be taken online at:

http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/course.shtml

The software used in the course is available on the computers in the HMDC computer lab in Cambridge.

ESRI User Conference 2009 Report

CGA’s GIS Specialist Guoping Huang is just back from the 2009 ESRI User Conference. He brought back a detailed report on the conference that includes information on ESRI’s lastest products, news and trends of GIS, and some cool posters.  Check out the report here:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic457622.files/ESRI%20User%20Conference%202009.pdf

AAG GIS Specialty Group 2009 Student Travel Awards

The American Association of Geographers Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group (GISS-SG) is pleased to announce a competition for student travel awards to be used for a 2009 GIS-related conference held outside the applicant’s country of residence.  Awards consist of $500 (USD) each to attend a peer-reviewed, academic GIS-related conference.  For more information and to apply:

http://www.ucgis.org/Events/moreinfo.asp?ID=200

Consolidated Slide Set of the 69th OGC Technical Committee at Boston

This slide set has the slides from the presentations (except for Peter Baumann’s) as well as all of the Domain and Standards Working Group Reports from the 69th OGC Technical Committee in Boston.

http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=34655

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Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship

The Scholars’ Lab at the University of Virginia Library is now accepting applications for an NEH-funded “Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship,” to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia in November 2009 and May 2010.

This program will bring together humanities scholars, software developers, and librarians and other cultural heritage professionals to discuss and develop geospatial tools, content, methods, policies, and infrastructure, in the context of open source and open access. Thirty-one leading academics, developers,

and higher-ed administrators serve on the faculty and advisory board of the Institute. For more details and to apply: http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/scholarslab/geospatial/

MapHappy - An Online Map Library Catalog

A pretty cool data repository search tool and the developer circumvented the Google Maps limitations by presenting just 10 search results at a time. 

http://www-dev.lib.umn.edu/scieng/

Online Public Transportation Planning

In addition to providing driving and walking directions, Google Maps can also now be used to plan trips using public transportation:

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/transit/#utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=ha&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-sk-trs&utm_term=cape%20cod%20buses

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CGA NEWS

Passing the Torch 

On July 1 the CGA assumed responsibility for Harvard’s GIS Software License Server and the GIS Software Download Site.  The CGA has also inherited the role of distributing single-use ESRI licenses.  On behalf of the Harvard GIS Community, we would like to thank Paul Cote, Stephen Ervin and the rest of the Graduate School of Design Computer Resources staff for their skillful management of these services over the past several years.

The name of the primary license server (esri-lm.harvard.edu) has not changed,  but the backup server has a new name: esri-lm2.hul.harvard.edu  .  This information is provided on the new GIS Software Download Site,  which can be found on the CGA Website under CGA Services.  Please let us know if you experience any problems with the GIS Software License Server or the GIS Software Download Site: contact@cga.harvard.edu 

Software Usage Survey 

The CGA is interested in knowing the full range of software products that are being used at Harvard for spatial analysis, mapping, image processing and other GIS related activities.  Please email us at contact@cga.harvard.edu to let us know if you use software other than the three site licensed packages (ESRI, Leica & FME) for GIS related tasks.  Examples may include but are not limited to Autodesk products, Matlab, MapPoint, MapInfo, and GeoDa.  Your responses will help us direct our limited resources to better support software that is widely used in the community.


Remote Sensing Workshop this Fall 

The Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) jointly with the Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) is planning to host a Remote Sensing Technology and Applications workshop sometime this fall. The objective is to provide useful information to faculty members and senior researchers by showcasing ongoing research at Harvard that uses remote sensing and to provide a high level, up-to-date overview of the technology and applications in this field. Topics may include:

•    sensors (e.g. multi-spectrum, hyper-spectrum, LiDAR, Radar, etc.),
•    data sources (e.g. Landsat, SPOT, IKONOS, IRS, Airborne images, etc.)
•    sensor/data evaluation (e.g. resolution, quality, frequency, reliability, accessibility, cost, etc.),
•    software (e.g. Leica, ENVI, eCognition, Feature Analyst, etc.),
•    analytical methods (e.g. classification, fusion, feature extraction, etc.)
•    application cases (e.g. environmental studies, public health, urban and social studies, anthropology, forestry, etc.), and
•    vendor services in this field

We are looking for Harvard faculty and staff who have been doing remote sensing related research, both in the application fields and in sensors, data or analysis technologies, to form a RS workshop advisory group and a presentation panel. If you are interested in serving in either the advisory group and/or the presentation panel, please contact wguan@cga.harvard.edu or Richard_Minard@harvard.edu. We may also invite some external technology providers to give presentations, based on your inputs.


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GIS COMMUNITY NEWS 

GIS in Public Health Call for Presentations 

URISA is now accepting submissions for its inaugural GIS in Public Health Conference, taking place in New Orleans, May 20-23, 2007.  The Program Committee invites examples of GIS and spatial analysis, including case studies and empirical analysis, in the following topic areas:

•   Hazard Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Disease Surveillance
•   Environmental Health
•   Infectious & Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks
•   Urban Health
•   Social Factors in Health
•   Chronic Disease
•   Maternal and Child Health
•   Public Policy and Health Advocacy
•   Models, Methods and Spatial Data Infrastructure 

Submissions are due on October 6, 2006.   Please visit the Call for Presentations website for more information.

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GIS INDUSTRY NEWS 

ESRI Releases Service Pack 2 for ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=43&MetaID=1162 

C Tech is offering a free instructional version of their Environmental Visualization System (EVS) and Mining Visualization System (MVS) software packages as part of a university initiative.  Both packages provide extensive 3D visualization and modeling tools.
http://www.ctech.com/industry_solutions/university_initiative.htm 

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January 2010

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HIGHLIGHTS

·         Haiti Earthquake Assistance

·         Call for Posters: New Technologies and Interdisciplinary Research on Religion Workshop

·         Call for Participation: H. T. Fisher Prize in GIS at Harvard

·         Call for Maps: Bizarre Map Challenge

·         GITA New England Scholarship Opportunity

·         Call for Papers: GeoWeb 2010 Conference

·         Call for Abstracts for “Representing Reality: Imagery in the Cognitive, Social and Natural Sciences”

·         Batchgeocode.com 2010 updates

·         2010 MA Senate Election Map

·         Map of EPA Enforcement Actions

·         Is Mashup the True Spirit of GIS and Geography?

·         Helium Balloon Imagery

·         Planet Action – Spot Satellite Images

·         Map of EPA Enforcement Actions

·         2010 ESRI Mashup Challenge

More…

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CGA NEWS

Haiti Earthquake Assistance

The CGA created the Haiti Earthquake Data Portal and printed large scale satellite maps for a team of Boston University scholars that met with the Haitian President.  The portal, pictures, and news articles:

http://cegrp.cga.harvard.edu/haiti

Call for Posters: New Technologies and Interdisciplinary Research on Religion Workshop

Share your research on religious studies or GIS analytical work with the Harvard GIS community at the Research on Religion Poster Session. Students, faculty, researchers and technology/industry leaders representing the spectrum of religious studies and geographic analysis techniques will be at the event to trade ideas and expertise. All members of the Harvard Community are invited to join the forum by submitting a poster summarizing their completed or ongoing projects which involve religion and/or spatial analysis techniques.  More details on the flier:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic533305.files/Calls/CFP_Religion_Workshop_2010.pdf

More workshop details and to register:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page148866

ArcGIS Products Available

The CGA now has the media for ArcGIS Server Geoportal Extension 9.3.1 and the   ESRI StreetMap Premium North America for ArcLogistics 2009 Release 2 for use by Harvard affiliates.

If interested in using either software please contacts us at:

contact@help.cga.harvard.edu  

ERDAS Software Available

This is now online for download by Harvard affiliates (after logging in):

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189839

Call for Participation: H. T. Fisher Prize in GIS at Harvard

The Center for Geographic Analysis, IQSS calls all students at Harvard University in good standing to participate in the H.T. Fisher Prize in GIS. Two prizes will be awarded to students in good standing according to both the undergraduate category and the graduate category. For further information and details please visit the Fisher Prize web page.

A “Q&A” session, with all information including the required pre-registration, will be held on Friday, February 12, 2010 between 12-1:30pm at CGIS Building, Room K031, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, 02138 by Lucia Lovison-Golob for all prospective students.

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CONFERENCES

Call for Maps: Bizarre Map Challenge

This UNDERGRADUATE-only map design competition is hosted by the National GeoTech Center (http://www.geotechcenter.org/ - funded by National Science Foundation) and San Diego State University. The goal of this event is to promote spatial thinking and geospatial technology awareness in high schools, community colleges, and universities in the United States and to inspire curiosity about geographic patterns and map representation for students and the broader public. Cash prizes are awarded to the top 10, starting with a $5000 1

^st

 place award. Accepting map entries from the BMC website (URL to be announced on March 1st, 2010) during March 1 - 22, 2010.  See the flier:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic533305.files/Calls/BMC_04_2010.pdf

GITA New England Scholarship Opportunity

Each year the New England Chapter of the Geospatial Information and Technology Association awards scholarships and internship opportunities to students who have made a commitment to study disciplines related to geospatial technology and to obtain practical experience in this field. The internships and scholarship are for $2,000 each.  Application deadline is February 15, 2010.  More details: http://gita.org/chapters/new_england/nengland.asp#scholarships

Call for Papers: GeoWeb 2010 Conference

Call for presentations and workshops deadline is March 12

^th

 for this event to be held July 26-30 in Vancouver, B.C.

http://geowebconference.org/

Call for Abstracts for “Representing Reality: Imagery in the Cognitive, Social and Natural Sciences”

The conference, hosted by the GIScience IGERT at the University at Buffalo, will be held on May 12-15, 2010. It aims to attract Ph.D. students and faculty who incorporate innovative image resources into their research or address the conceptualization of reality as a digital format. There is funding available for IGERT students wishing to attend the conference. Deadline for abstracts is January 31, 2010.

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic533305.files/Calls/IGERT_05_10.pdf

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Batchgeocode.com 2010 updates

This very useful, free geocoding service has been enhanced to report back geocoding result accuracy levels, and allows the use of the Google or Yahoo! Geocoding API. Read more on this topic on the CGA blog:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190010&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent464962&view=message&viewParam_message_id=381277#a_icb_pagecontent464962

Geocommons Finder! Online Mapping Tool

Upload, organize, map, and share your geographic data:

http://finder.geocommons.com/

Diabetes and Obesity Rates Map

http://jmp-help.hsph.wikispaces.net/Your+turn

2010 MA Senate Election Map

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/01/19/us/politics/massachusetts-election-map.html

Is Mashup the True Spirit of GIS and Geography?

http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=13B2F0D0AFA04476A2ACC02ED28A405F&tier=4&id=E88F156C756C42ACA788D35EBFE1CD8E

Helium Balloon Imagery

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/23/activist-mit-cartogr.html

Geography and Religion Maps and blog

http://www.floatingsheep.org/

Planet Action – Spot Satellite Images

If your project is environmentally oriented and can use some free satellite imagery, apply here:

http://www.planet-action.org/web/3-home.php 

Map of EPA Enforcement Actions

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/reports/endofyear/eoy2009/2009-map-allactions.html

2010 ESRI Mashup Challenge

http://www.esri.com/software/mapping_for_everyone/api/mashup.html

UUorld Visualization Software

http://www.uuorld.com/

ArcGIS Version 10

ESRI has decided to change their next ArcGIS release from 9.4 to 10 due to significant improvements to the software:

http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/whats-new/whats-coming.html

A podcast from ESRI President Jack Dangermond:

http://www.esri.com/news/podcasts/audio/speaker/dangermond_arcgis10.mp3

Spatial Statistics Workshops

This is a virtual course, offered via interactive teleconferencing, over five consecutive Tuesday afternoons from 4-5:30.  More info:

http://blogs.nitle.org/techne/2009/12/14/nitle-spatial-statistics-workshop/

Navteq 3D Models

Navteq is creating 3D models and maps of the U.S.  Read the article:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10426465-264.html 

See the map gallery here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/2300-31045_7-10002107-1.html?tag=mncol;txt

ArcGIS Online Maps Migrated to Google / Bing Maps Tiling Scheme

This change means more detailed maps rendered faster for ArcGIS Online Services.  They’ve also added more maps:

http://blogs.esri.com/Support/blogs/arcgisonline/archive/2009/12/22/arcgis-online-maps-updated-and-migrated-to-google-maps-bing-maps-tiling-scheme.aspx

More information:

http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisonline/about/Content/migrating_tiling.htm

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January 2011

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HIGHLIGHTS

•    Harvard Geospatial Library Desktop Tool for ArcMap

•    CGA Acquires Marine Radio GPS

•    Student GIS Technician Position Open

•    Harvard iPhone App

•    Nearer is Better Article

•    URISA Journal Special Issue Call for Papers

•    Call for Applications: Vespucci Summer Institute on GIS

•    GITA’s 2011 Geospatial Solutions Conference

•    Call for Applications: ESRI Internships and UC Assistantships

•    Real Time Haiti Cholera Outbreak Maps

•    Google Earth Engine

•    Crowd Sourcing Historic Weather Data From Royal Navy Ships

•    National Library of Scotland Maps and Applications

•    ArcGIS and Ushahidi iPhone Apps

•    How Digital Maps Are Changing the Landscape of the 21st Century

•    Natural Earth: Datasets For Cartographers

•    Mapping America:  Every City, Every Block

•    More…

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CGA NEWS

Harvard Geospatial Library Desktop Tool for ArcMap

The HGL Desktop Tool is a free extension developed by HUL/OIS that allows Harvard ArcMap users to search the extensive holdings of the Harvard Geospatial Library and access the data directly from within the ArcMap software package. Login to access it via the Custom Tools for ArcGIS topic on our ESRI Software page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page222558

CGA Acquires Marine Radio GPS

The Entomology Department of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology has generously donated a Lowrance marine radio GPS to the CGA.  The device is available for use by any Harvard ID holders, contact us at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu  to reserve it.

Specs on the GPS:

http://www.alphanautical.com/catalog/product_info.php?language=en&currency=USD&products_id=107351

Student GIS Technician Position Open

The Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health and Social Medicine is seeking a student with ArcGIS experience to assist with a global health research project assessing the epidemiology of surgical disease in Haiti.  For more information, see the CGA employment page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190008

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Harvard iPhone App

Use the campus map, search Harvard libraries and more with this app for the iPhone: http://m.harvard.edu/about/

Nearer is Better Article

Research by Harvard Medical School suggests that the physical proximity of researchers strongly correlates with the impact of their work.  Read the article: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/12/nearer-better/

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CONFERENCES

URISA Journal Special Issue Call for Papers

The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association is seeking paper submittals for a Journal Special Issue named “Urban and Regional Modeling versus Planning Practice:  Bridging the Gap”.  The abstract submittal deadline is February 15, 2011.  For more, and to submit an abstract:

http://fromto.hig.se/~bjg/urisa/

Call for Applications: Vespucci Summer Institute on GIS

The 9th Annual Summer Institute on Geographic Information Science will be held in Florence, Italy in June of 2011. The topic of Week 1 is “Volunteered Geographic Information” with facilitators Michael Goodchild, Max Craglia, and Michael Gould.  The application period to attend is open until April, 2011.  For more information and to apply:  http://vespucci.org/registration

GITA’s 2011 Geospatial Solutions Conference

This conference will take place in Grapevine (Dallas), Texas from April 10-14, 2011.  For conference details and to register:

https://www.gitaservices.org/websites/gita2011/index.php?p=1

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Call for Applications: ESRI Internships and UC Assistantships

Applications are now being accepted for ESRI’s Summer Internship Program and the ESRI UC Student Assistantship Program.  Both programs provide great work experience, financial compensation, and opportunities to network with professional GIS users and explore career options.  For more details:

http://www.esri.com/careers/category/summer-programs.html

Real Time Haiti Cholera Outbreak Maps

http://haiti.youdop.org/

http://new.paho.org/hq/images/Atlas_IHR/CholeraOutbreak/atlas.html

http://healthmap.org/haiti/

Google Earth Engine

The largest collection of imagery together with the largest computing platform, all geared to modeling the earth: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-google-earth-engine.html 

Academic GIS Center Interactive Map

http://ags.ou.edu/~myuan/UCGISCenters/index.html

Twitter Profanity Map

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/25/5916017-map-reveals-where-twitter-profanity-is-worst-or-best

Open Piste Map

http://openpistemap.org/

Crowd Sourcing Historic Weather Data From Royal Navy Ships

To participate:

http://www.oldweather.org/

An article about it:

http://financial.tmcnet.com/news/2011/01/09/5233731.htm

Free IP Address to Latitude Longitude Converters

http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity

http://www.hostip.info/use.html

National Library of Scotland Maps and Applications

Loads of interactive historic maps of places throughout the UK. http://geo.nls.uk/maps/

ArcGIS iPhone App

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arcgis/id379687930?mt=8

Ushahidi iPhone App

A new field tool for crisis mapping: Ushahidi for the iPhone. The app makes it possible to view incidents near one’s location and report new incidents.  The goal is to get people to actionable items as quickly as possible.   They are looking for feedback regarding the app.

http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/09/16/the-ushahidi-iphone-application-please-critique/

How Digital Maps Are Changing the Landscape of the 21st Century

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/you-are-here-finding-cartographys-place-new-digital-ladscape

Remote Sensing Analysis of the Merowe Dam on the Nile

http://www.archaeogate.org/egittologia/article/1332/1/the-merowe-dam-on-the-nile-by-amelia-carolina-sparavign.html

MapQuest Partners with OpenStreetMap

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101216005402/en/MapQuest-Enables-Consumers-Edit-Enhance-Maps-Partnership

Google Ancient Places

http://googleancientplaces.wordpress.com/

Natural Earth: Datasets For Cartographers

http://www.naturalearthdata.com/features/

Twitter getting more Geographic

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/12/08/twitter-should-be-getting-more-useful-at-the-geographical-level

Child Forced Labor Maps

http://www.productsofslavery.org/

Facebook Connections Map of the World

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11989723

Mapping America:  Every City, Every Block

http://projects.nytimes.com/census/2010/explorer?hp?hp

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January 2008 
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• Georeferencing Workshop in March
• Spring Training Workshop Dates
• Presentation on the Geography of Alcohol Outlets and Violence
• Presentation on Remote Sensing Emissions in China
• Harvard Mapping and Geography Poster Session
• HBS Interactive Industrial Pollution Map
• Tutorials for Geocoding and Georeferencing
• Ripple Effects From 2007 GIS Advancements
• Antarctica Imagery
• Mysteries of the Waldseemuller Map
• Maps of the Week

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CGA NEWS

Geo-referencing Workshop in March 
On March 21, 2008, the Center for Geographic Analysis, the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and a number of other departments and collections at Harvard will hold a workshop on the state of georeferencing. This free workshop is intended for Harvard faculty, student, staff and affiliates in all disciplines who are interested in assigning geographic location to digital information. The workshop is designed to introduce the general concept and broad scope of georeferencing; explain why georeferencing is useful to many disciplines; explore common issues and challenges, and exchange methodologies, standards, and achievements. The workshop primarily will focus on georeferencing digital records in museums, libraries, data archives and research collections, which includes gazetteer building, geo-tagging unstructured text, and address geocoding. For more information about the workshop including agenda, speaker and panelist list and an online registration form please visit:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page24711

Spring Training Workshop Dates 
CGA offers instructor-led non-credit technical training workshops periodically to introduce GIS concepts and teach the basics of how to use GIS software. Upcoming workshops for the Spring 2008 semester are:

1. Making Sense out of Spatial Data:   01/18/08, 01/25/08, 05/02/08 and 05/09/08.
2. GIS Basics with ArcGIS:   02/01/08 and 02/08/08.
3. Getting the Most out of Google Earth:   03/07/08 and 03/14/08.
4. Wrangling Data into Maps:   04/04/08 and 04/11/08.

Workshops are free, but you must register to attend. For workshop times, descriptions, and online registration go to: 
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page71692 

Tutorial For Batch Geocoding Addresses 
A tutorial has been published for using Batchgeocode.com to quickly geocode a list of addresses directly onto a Yahoo! Map. Click on “Batch Geocoding Instructions” under the Tools Outside ArcGIS topic at:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23178

Tutorial For Georeferencing Images in ArcMap 
A tutorial has been published explaining how to georeference scanned maps or images using map coordinates or existing GIS layers. Click on “Georeferencing scanned Maps and Images in ArcGIS” under the Tools Outside ArcGIS topic at:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23178

ArcPad Version 7.1 Now Available 
The CGA has received ESRI ArcPad Version 7.1 software for use on GPS devices, and interoperability with ArcMap. Please email contact@cga.harvard.edu to obtain this upgrade or for more information.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Presentation on the Geography of Alcohol Outlets and Violence 
The ABCD-GIS working group is sponsoring the presentation: “The Geography of Alcohol Outlets and Violence” by Dr. Robert Lipton of Harvard Medical School, Research Director in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Lipton will be discussing geographical-spatial methods in public health research he developed while at the Prevention Research Center in Berkeley, CA. The presentation will be Wednesday, January 16 at noon in the Lamont Forum Room, Lamont Library in Harvard Yard. Lunch will be provided.

Presentation on Remote Sensing Emissions in China 
Harvard China Project Research Associate Dr. Wang Yuxuan’s presentation “Understanding Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from China Using Satellite Observations” is scheduled for February 14th:
http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminars/2007-1/wang-yuxuan

Harvard Mapping and Geography Poster Session 
Anyone in the Harvard community that wants to showcase how they’ve used mapping, geography, or geographic analysis is welcome to submit a poster for inclusion during a poster session to be held April 17th. The audience for the poster session will be attendees of the American Association of Geographers conference. More details at:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Call_for_Posters_AAG2008.pdf

HBS Interactive Industrial Pollution Map 
Harvard Business School Assistant Professor of Business Mike Toffel collaborated with Duke and Dartmouth business school scholars to create a website depicting locations and information about industrial pollution sites in America. The map and several news articles: http://mapecos.org/map A Harvard Gazette story about the project:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/12.13/11-mapecos.html

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CONFERENCES

International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling 
The International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH) is the “premier international research forum for Geographic Information Science”. It is convening in Montpellier, France, June 23 – 25, 2008. Abstract submission deadline for the conference is January 15, 2008.
http://sdh-sageo.teledetection.fr/

International Conference on Information Fusion 
An interesting conference on a topic the geospatial industry may be headed toward:
http://www.fusion2008.org/Conferences_en/Fusion+2008/Call+for+Papers/

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Ripple Effects From 2007 GIS Advancements 
An article by Directions Magazine that includes comments from many industry leaders on what 2007 brought and what the future looks like for GIS, Location Based Services, and 3D / Building Information Modelling.
http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2645&trv=1

Industry Outlook 2008 – Peering Through the Looking Glass 
An article comparing predictions made 10 years ago with the current state of the geospatial industry:
http://geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=FE107EDA7DF94A4188670CCD0B47C665

Antarctic Imagery 
Cloud free satellite images of Antarctica were seamed together to produce a map of the entire continent.
http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=CD2DEA73451A40FB81A6D03C735CEFDD

Mysteries of the Waldseemuller Map 
The only surviving copy of the 500-year-old map that first used the name America goes on permanent display this month at the Library of Congress, but even as it prepares for its debut, many aspects of the 1507 Waldseemuller Map remain a puzzle for researchers.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2007-12/05/content_6300107.htm

Map of the Week 
mapoftheweek.blogspot.com features a unique map with a different theme each week. Some recent Maps of the Week:

Transit Map of the World:
http://mapoftheweek.blogspot.com/2007/12/map-of-week-103-transit-maps-of-world.html

Real time simulation of births, deaths, and carbon emissions
http://mapoftheweek.blogspot.com/2007/04/motw-73.html

West Virginia Slaw Mapping:
http://mapoftheweek.blogspot.com/2007/12/map-of-week-104-west-virginia-slaw.html

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January 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS

• AfricaMap Workshop
• CGA Spring Workshops Scheduled
• International Science Proceedings DVD Available
• Press for AfricaMap
• CGA Website Facelift
• ERDAS Imagine 9.3 Available
• New Look for the Harvard Geospatial Library
• HealthMap.org Article
• Harvard Summer Research Program in Ecology
• ISPRS Call for Chapters
• Trulia Hindsight
• Wikimapia
• Geospatial Technology 2008 Overview
• The Year in Maps
• The Spread of Walmart
• National Geospatial Advisory Committee Report 

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CGA NEWS

AfricaMap Workshop

CGA will host a one day, hands-on workshop on the AfricaMap Beta application March 25th. AfricaMap is the beginnings of an open source, web-based mapping framework (and portal) designed to make data on Africa easier to discover and explore.  While currently focused on Africa, the technology could be used to organize information for any region of the world, large or small. Please see http://africamap.harvard.edu.  Attendance will be limited to 30 people, but if there is enough demand we will run a second workshop.  If you are interested in attending please send your area of interest and a couple sentence bio to Ben Lewis at blewis@cga.harvard.edu.  No prior experience with web or geospatial technology is required.

CGA Spring Workshops Scheduled

Each semester CGA runs 4 different free, non-credit GIS workshops open to any Harvard affiliate.  Below is a list of workshops, dates, and locations.

GIS Basics with ArcGIS
Cambridge: 02/06/09
Longwood: 02/13/09

Wrangling Data into Maps
Cambridge: 03/06/09
Longwood: 03/13/09

Making Sense out of Spatial Data
Cambridge: 04/03/09
Longwood: 04/17/09

Getting the Most out of Google Earth
Cambridge: 05/01/09
Longwood: 05/08/09

Register for one or all workshops online at:
http://gis.harvard.edu/

International Science Proceedings DVD Available

CGA has received the 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings DVD. Contact us at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu to check  it out.

Press for AfricaMap

CGA’s AfricaMap project is featured in an article by Directions Magazine, and the Harvard Crimson mentions it in their review of the recently held Digital Humanities fair.

Directions Magazine article: 

http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/5172-Harvards-AfricaMap-Launches.html

Harvard Crimson article: 

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/12.18/11-digitalfair.html

CGA Website Facelift

A redesigned CGA website is ready to be unveiled.  The new website contains the same content as the current site, and features an interface that will be easier to navigate. The CGA’s top-level URL http://gis.harvard.edu/  will remain the same, but all other dependent URLs will change as of January 26, 2009.  The updated Site Map will be a good reference to find topics.

ERDAS Imagine 9.3 Available

The newest ERDAS Imagine remote sensing, image-processing and geospatial information management software suite is now available on our download software page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

New Look for the Harvard Geospatial Library 

After extensive user testing, a complete redesign of the Harvard Geospatial Library (http://hgl.harvard.edu) will be unveiled on January 26, 2009.  The map navigation tools will use the open source OpenLayers interface, and will be more intuitive.  Updates to the metadata database and better indexing will give users more reliable and meaningful search results, and we have added an “advanced search” screen that will allow searches by title, topic, location, and date.  The site will still let users view multiple GIS layers on demand and download data from the collection of over 6,000 vector layers, raster layers and scanned historic maps.  There is also a spatial browse that will list the layers that have features within the area shown on the map - change the map area and the list will automatically update. 



Anyone can use and search HGL, although about one quarter of the layers are limited to Harvard affiliates due to licensing restrictions.  For more information about HGL, please email: hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu.

HealthMap.org Article

An article on the Harvard created HealthMap.org is featured on the Harvard Science website:

http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/predicting-pandemics

Harvard Summer Research Program in Ecology

Using GIS to help identify landscape changes is part of the curriculum for this program.  For more information and to apply (application deadline is Feb. 1, 2009):

http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/education/reu/reu_harvard.html

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

ISPRS Call for Chapters

The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing’s Book Series volume on “Advances in Web-based GIS, Mapping Services and Applications” is accepting chapter submissions.  The deadline for submitting chapters for the book is January 31, 2009.

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/ISPRS_Book_CFP.pdf

Trulia Hindsight

An interesting site with many urban development / real estate related map animations.

http://hindsight.trulia.com/

Wikimapia

A Wikipedia-ish informational site built on a Google Map.

http://www.wikimapia.org/

Geospatial Technology 2008 Overview

http://www10.giscafe.com/nbc/articles/view_weekly.php?articleid=631498&page_

The Year in Maps

An article from the Boston Globe.

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/12/28/the_year_in_maps/

The Spread of Walmart

An interesting web map animation:

http://projects.flowingdata.com/walmart/

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Report

A well written, concise history and overview of the geospatial landscape: 

http://www.fgdc.gov/ngac/NGAC%20Report%20-%20The%20Changing%20Geospatial%20Landscape.pdf

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January 2007 
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Workshop
• Two New Staff Joining CGA in Early February
• 2nd Boston 3D City Modeling Symposium
• Shore Lines: Mapping Coastal Massachusetts
• China Historical GIS Version 4
• ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 1 Now Available
• Google SketchUp Pro 6 - New Features
• MassGIS Opens Its Web Mapping Services to Everyone

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CGA NEWS

Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Workshop

Friday, February 16, 2007. 1:00-6:00pm, at CGIS South Building, Rm.010, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA.

We have all seen beautiful images of the earth from space, and detailed photos of cities taken from airplanes. As of today, many different satellites are orbiting the earth, mounted with diverse sensors. Countless aircrafts have flown, or can be scheduled to fly, along designated paths, to take conventional or specialty pictures of the earth surface. Both space-borne and airborne sensors can cover a wide range of electromagnetic spectrum, generating enormous amounts of valuable data. Applications of such remotely sensed data are diverse. Examples include wild fire monitoring, crop production estimation, weather forecasting, urban sprawl trend detection, and many more.

Come join us to learn more about GIS and remote sensing technology, and possible applications to your areas of teaching and research:

• Hear an overview of this dynamic discipline from Professor John Jensen, Carolina Distinguished Professor;
• See how Harvard faculties and scientists use remote sensing technology in their research fields, including public health, ecology and environmental studies, archaeology and history;
• Learn the commonly used remote sensing data types and sources from a NASA scientist;
• Participate in a discussion on how the Center for Geographic Analysis may better serve the Harvard user community; and
• Take away reading materials about public and commercial services on remote sensing data, image analysis software, and consultation.

Please register (free) and view the detailed program of this event.

Two New Staff Joining CGA in Early February

CGA is happy to announce that two Senior GIS Analysts, Jeff Blossom and Ben Lewis are joining the team in early February.

Jeff Blossom has over 11 years working in the GIS industry as a technician, analyst, developer, and manager. Prior to joining the CGA, Jeff was the GIS Photogrammetry Administrator for the City and County of Denver. Jeff’s responsibilities at Denver included managing all aspects of Denver’s impervious surface mapping effort for stormwater utility billing, providing project management for imagery and data acquisition projects, and serving as Chairman of Denver’s GIS Steering Committee. Jeff earned a M.A. in Geography from the University of Denver in 2002. For his Masters project Jeff created a DEM and derived mapping products for sediment studies in a Colorado watershed severely burned by wildfire. Jeff’s work experience also includes serving as a GIS Analyst for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, the U.S.G.S. in Lakewood, CO, and an internship at ESRI’s Denver office.

Ben Lewis has been a project manager with Advanced Technology Solutions of Pennsylvania since 1999, where he led the company in adopting platform independent approaches to GIS system development. Ben studied Chinese at the University of Wisconsin and has a Masters in Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. After U. Penn, Ben worked at the UC Berkeley GIS Lab, managed the GIS group for the transportation engineering firm McCormick Taylor, and coordinated the Land Acquisition Mapping System for the South Florida Water Management District. Ben is especially interested in technologies that lower the barrier to GIS access.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

2nd Boston 3D City Modeling Symposium

The Boston Virtual City Collective 2nd Boston 3D City Modeling Symposium will be held on Friday, January 26th, 2007 at Harvard University, Gund Hall. Please RSVP by Friday January 19 or request for additional information by email to:pbcote@gsd.harvard.edu.

Shore Lines: Mapping Coastal Massachusetts

Pusey Library Exhibit “Shore Lines: Mapping Coastal Massachusetts” opens through March 15, 2007. For more information and visiting hours please see: http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/index.html#surveying

China Historical GIS Version 4

Release is scheduled for early February, 2007.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis

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GIS SOFTWARE UPDATES

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 1 Now Available for Download

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 1 is now available from the ESRI Support Center. This service pack contains several performance improvements and maintenance fixes. ESRI recommends that all ArcGIS users download and install ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 1 at their earliest convenience to ensure the highest-quality experience when working with ArcGIS 9.2. This includes users of ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView, and ArcReader), ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS, and ArcSDE. The download site is: http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=43&MetaID=1224

Google SketchUp Pro 6 - New Features

Google SketchUp Pro 6 is now available for download and purchase. The biggest addition to SketchUp Pro 6 is LayOut (beta). LayOut is a collection of new tools for Google SketchUp Pro 6 that makes it easy to build professional looking design presentations from SketchUp models. The download site is: http://www.sketchup.com/index.php?id=1956. New Features are:

• Photo Match - Use photos to build accurate 3D models much more easily than starting from scratch.
• Styles - Personalize your model by creating your own Style with the new display settings, Sketchy Effects and Watermarks.
• Sketchy Effects - Renders edges to look as if they were drawn by hand. Choose from a variety of line strokes such as Graphite on Bond, Loose Marker and Shakey Pen.
• Watermarks - Place 2D images behind or in front of models.
• Fog - Adds atmospheric haze and a sense of depth to your model.
• 3D Text - Create signs and letters and choose from simple outlines, filled surfaces, and fully extruded 3D text.

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

MassGIS Opens Its Web Mapping Services to Everyone

Several new developments at MassGIS (source: MassGIS GISette http://www.mass.gov/mgis/GISette.htm, December 2006):

• Strategic Plan for Massachusetts’ Spatial Data Infrastructure is online (http://www.mass.gov/mgis/stratplan.html).
• MassGIS now invites anyone to use its web mapping services. Previously, the policy was to restrict their use to government projects (http://lyceum.massgis.state.ma.us).
• MassGIS participates in the USGS National Map Viewer. Certain MassGIS datalayers are now being streamed to the USGS National Map Viewer ( http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/Run.htm).

Scientists Warn of Diminished Earth Studies From Space

The nation’s ability to track retreating polar ice and shifting patterns of drought, rainfall and other environmental changes is being put “at great risk” by faltering efforts to replace aging satellite-borne sensors, a panel convened by the country’s leading scientific advisory group said. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/science/space/16nasa.html

Mediterranean Archaeology GIS available on-line (MAGIS 1.0)

The Collaboratory for GIS and Mediterranean Archaeology (CGMA) is pleased to announce the release of its on-line, browser-based GIS inventory of regional archaeological surveys in the greater Mediterranean area. MAGIS is located at:http://cgma.depauw.edu/MAGIS/.

OGC Demos Results of OGC Web Services Test-bed (OGC Press Release)

The objective of OWS-4, which began in June, 2006, was to collaboratively demonstrate and extend a set of OGC specifications and show their value in providing access to multiple sources of geospatial information in decision support activities (http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/653).

Demography & Census

Susan Haynie and Shuming Bao recently published a paper discussing the availability of census data in the U.S. and China, focusing on the applications of geodemographics, particularly those relating to business and commercial applications…. Development Asia Pacific, December 2006, Vol.10 Issue 12
( http://www.gisdevelopment.net/magazine/years/2006/dec/26_1.htm).

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