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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
September 2012
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CGA NEWS
CGA’s Ben Lewis received the NEURISA Special Achievement Award
The New England Chapter of the Urban & Regional Information Systems Association (NEURISA) has selected the CGA’s Ben Lewis to receive their 2012 Special Achievement Award. NEURISA is a professional organization that provides a forum for: promoting and facilitating the use and integration of spatial information technology, fostering relationships, professional development, and representing the interests of Geographic Information System (GIS) practitioners and Information Technology professionals across the New England region.
ArcGIS Software Licenses Now Available Online
No need to use the PDF or paper form to activate your version 10 and 10.1 ArcGIS Desktop software download. The new online license request form is available on the ArcGIS Software Download page. Harvard login is required.
CGA Learning Opportunities:
Twice per year, the CGA offers a two-week program of intensive training in geographic information systems (GIS). It is offered in January and June, and meets daily for two weeks, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. The program is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty who want to learn spatial analysis and apply GIS methods in their research. No previous GIS training required, but you must have familiarity with MS Office and Internet usage. Read more and register online.
This full-day workshop will be held on Thursday, 12/06/12. It offers hands on instruction in basic GIS tools and techniques for Humanists addressing an array of questions for both their own research interests and class pedagogy. Learning will be framed around specific tasks and results as well as the technologies to achieve, document, and analyze those findings. Instruction will include basic tools and software, GPS devices, Google Earth marking and measurements, WorldMap, and Introductory ArcGIS. Read more and register online.
Learn more about these and other workshop topics, and register online.
Access them via our Esri Self Learning page.
CGA Events:
October’s Geography Colloquium will be held on Wednesday, October 3rd in the CGIS South building, room S050 from 12 noon to 1:30 PM. Carl Steinitz will present “A Framework for Geodesign.” Learn about our Geography Colloquium series.
October’s ABCD-GIS talk will be held on Wednesday, October 17th @ noon in Room S050 of the CGIS South building at 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA. Presenters Niels Lacour and Alexander Stepanov will present “Supporting a culture of planning with web GIS technology. A case study for “Master Plan Explorer” web app” View information about our ABCD-GIS presentation series
This is a weekly workspace for faculty, students and staff at Harvard who would like to address their individual research projects that involve GIS and WorldMap more generally. Attendees can work on their individual projects in a collaborative setting with others addressing various aspects of WorldMap and GIS technology. It meets on Mondays at 5:15 PM (during the Fall Term until 12/10/12) in room K031 (Concourse Level of the Knafel Building - enter the HMDC lab, the room is on the right. Learn more about the WorldMap Collaborative and special topics.
New Esri Software Available:
Harvard CGA now has an ArcGIS Online account you can use to create interactive maps and apps and share them easily with the public or a private group. Share your live maps and data on blogs, social media posts, or via custom apps. Do this quickly and easily with nothing to install or setup. Access a rich collection of basemaps, demographic maps, image services, and data. Request access to ArcGIS Online.
Download the Esri Maps for Office add-in to be able to create interactive maps of your data directly inside Excel. Export a map slide for PowerPoint and access your live webmaps during your presentation. Request access to Esri Maps for Office.
These packages are now available online through interactive map applications, providing user friendly access to data on demographics and businesses in the USA. Business Analyst Online is a lighter package than Business Analyst ArcGIS Extension for desktop use. Request access to Business Analyst Online.
WORLDMAP NEWS
The WorldMap platform (http://worldmap.harvard.edu) is being developed by the CGA to lower barriers for scholars who wish to explore, visualize, edit, collaborate with, and publish geospatial information.
Recent WorldMap developments:
1) A gazetteer with a search interface that provides access to multiple gazetteers including the WorldMap gazetteer which supports temporal queries. WorldMap layers can be added to the WorldMap gazetteer; if you have a layer you would like to add, let us know.
2) The ability to load remote feeds as map layers. Now HGL, Picasa, YouTube, and any remote GeoRSS can be added to a WorldMap map and saved.
3) We are working on a big data platform for spatio-temporal data capable of quickly rendering maps against billions of features using commodity hardware. If this type of platform is of interest please let us know.
4) Coming soon are social features such as ratings, comments, and tagging.
Publication by CGA in Annals of GIS:
WorldMap – a geospatial framework for collaborative research
Authors: Weihe Wendy Guan, Peter K. Bol, Benjamin G. Lewis, Matthew Bertrand, Merrick Lex Berman & Jeffrey C. Blossom (Apr 2012)
Usability Survey of WorldMap and HaitiData Mapping Applications
To solicit feedback on usability, OpenGeo developed a survey. Participate in the survey and view the results.
WorldMap Statistics:
As of September 15th, 2012:
WorldMap Visits by Country & City:
HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS
Harvard Map Collection
The Map Collection has purchased the latest ORNL Landscan Global Population dataset (Landscan 2011) from the exclusive vendor, East View Cartographic. It is available on disc in the Map Collection now, and you can come by and extract what you need from the data file. In the next few weeks, it will be available in a few other ways: via download from HGL, in a web browser (view only) via a link from the HOLLIS record, and as a WMS for use in GIS software.
Harvard Map Collection Learning Materials: “Getting Started with GIS and Computer Mapping”
Data Modeling and Management Workshop Series @ GSD
This series of workshops sets out a strategy for developing re-usable information about places and design proposals. The workshops introduce a framework for digital asset management that develops a catalog of project resources and an integrated four-dimensional model of site and context. The model view of the data collection may be used to explore and explain existing conditions and alternative futures. The catalog view facilitates the aggregation of individual compilations into a framework for collaborative research and institutional memory. Workshops will be held once per week beginning the week of September 10, 2012. Read more and register.
CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT
Sabbatical Opportunities @ Esri
Dr. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist at Esri, announced an opportunity for academic scholars to spend time at Esri ranging anywhere from 2 weeks to several months, collaborating with Esri scientists and researchers. If you are interested, please review the guidelines and then contact Dr. Dawn Wright at dwright@esri.com directly: Dawn Wright, Ph.D., GISP, Esri Chief Scientist, Esri, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373. T 909-793-2853, ext. 2182 .
AAG 2013 Health Symposium
This special Symposium “Geography, GIScience, and Health: Spatial Frontiers of Health Research and Practice” will explore new research frontiers in health and social environments, and also address progress generated by the AAG Initiative for an NIH-wide Geospatial Infrastructure for Health Research. View flyer. Abstract deadline is October 24. Submit your abstract.
CFP: Esri UC 2013 - deadline 10/26
Are you an industry expert? Are you building new innovative solutions with ArcGIS 10.1, ArcGIS Online, or the latest in mobile technology? Do you have a GIS story to change the world? Can your insights inspire your colleagues within 30 minutes? Deadline is October 26. Bring your story to life and share your work experiences and expertise with more than 15,000 of your GIS colleagues at the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego on July 8 - 12, 2013. Storytellers Wanted.
12th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems
The 12th International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems will be held on 4-5 April 2013 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. This Symposium is intended to provide an up-to-date review of advances in recent development of Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems. We invite submissions that address both theoretical and technical issues of W2GIS. Deadline for full paper submission is October 30, 2012. W2GIS 2013
Esri Seminar about ArcGIS 10.1 - October 9
This free ArcGIS 10.1 seminar by Esri, themed “Transform Your Organization”, will be held on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Omni Parker House, 60 School Street, Boston, MA 02108. Register online.
NEURISA Day - 10/15
Join colleagues on October 15th at the Oliver Wright Tavern at Old Sturbridge Village in centrally located Sturbridge, Massachusetts. Topics include LiDAR, mobile technology, open source GIS, unmanned aircraft systems and more. See the CGA’s Ben Lewis accept the NEURISA 2012 Special Achievement Award. NEURISA Day 2012
Workshop: “Making Geodatabases Work for You” - 10/18
The UNH Cooperative Extension Geospatial Technologies Training Center will teach this workshop on Geodatabases. Improve your GIS data storage by incorporating GDB files into your workflow. The workshop will be held on October 18th from 9am to 4pm at the NH Fish & Game Department in Concord, NH. Register online.
October Conferences in GIS (a sampling):
View more conferences on our External Events page.
Local Employment Opportunities in GIS:
View details and links on our employment page.
NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
Esri Details Upcoming Tools to Manage ArcGIS Online
USGS US Topo Website Now with Lower 48 States
Apple Maps Underwhelms: What Does it Mean to Consumer Mapping and Professional GIS?
NASA 100 years of global temperature change
Revolver Maps show web site visitors geographically where other users are coming from
Video of September Costa Rican earthquake ripple effect in North America
The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory
OnTheMap for Emergency Management
Are GIS programs in higher education adequately preparing students for the job market?
The measure of the Web’s growth
$2 Million in Grants Available for Natural Resource Imagery Projects
Mapping Acceptance of Same-Sex Marriage
Odd Things Happen When You Chop Up Cities And Stack Them Sideways
3D Mapping for Flood Control and other Government GIS News
Outlook for European cities: higher temperatures and longer heat waves
LandScan Global 2011 Launched by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and East View
USGS Historical Maps, Lots of em! 161,000 topo maps from past 130 years
Web Map Tip – Seattle Parking Map, Seattle.gov
OpenStreetMap among 6 media innovation ventures to share $2.2 million
Geopaparazzi is a tool developed to do very fast qualitative engineering/geologic surveys
Springsteen in the USA: 40 years of Touring as a Study in Spatial Diffusion
Call for Georeferenced Photos for Global Geo-Referenced Field Photo Library
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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
September 2011
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January GIS Institute Application Deadline: 10/23
Integrating Spatial Thinking and Geospatial Technology Into Harvard Classrooms
WorldMap Update
Conference Report: FOSS4G 2011
The Future of Spatial Analysis, Visualization, and GIS in Planning – Presentation by Luc Anselin on 9/29
Tenure Track Positions Open at Clark University
OpenLayers Editor
Hydrographic Feature Placename Distribution Map
Pop vs. Soda Map
Map of NY Times Reader’s Photos From Hurricane Irene
Historic Compass Roses
Weather on Google Maps
Emergency Preparedness Maps for Personal Safety
Tool for OSM and GoogleMap Comparison
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CGA NEWS
January GIS Institute Application Deadline: 10/23Twice per year, the Center for Geographic Analysis offers a two-week program of intensive training in geographic information systems (GIS). It is offered next in January of 2012, and meets daily for two weeks, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.
The program is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty who want to learn spatial analysis and apply GIS methods in their research. No previous GIS training is required. The deadline to apply for the Institute is October 23. To learn more and register:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322426
Integrating Spatial Thinking and Geospatial Technology Into Harvard Classrooms
Kirk Goldsberry joined the CGA as a visiting scholar in July 2011. His primary duty is to integrate spatial reasoning and geospatial technologies within existing Harvard courses. Kirk is currently working with several professors around campus to develop course materials that take advantage of geographic concepts and geospatial technologies, including WorldMap. The goal is to expose students and faculty to the powerful abilities of GIS and spatial thinking.
Kirk will be speaking about this work, and presenting his own research during the next ABCD-GIS presentation scheduled for Wednesday, October 19. See the full details here: http://bit.ly/pK7D0B
WorldMap UpdateWorldMap, a web platform designed to allow collaborators to explore, visualize, and publish geographic information, was released in beta mode this July. Currently there are 592 registered users, 232 maps have been published, and 1,078 data layers have been added. WorldMap is being used in several Harvard classes, and the next training session being offered will be on October 7
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. For a more detailed picture of WorldMap usage, recently added functionality, and tools in development, please visit the WorldMap recent developments blog post here: http://bit.ly/nmw6dJ
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Conference Report: FOSS4G 2011Matt Bertrand of the CGA recently attended the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference in Denver, CO. Read his conference report:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic133949.files//2011/FOSS4G_2011.pdf
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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
The Future of Spatial Analysis, Visualization, and GIS in Planning
This presentation by Luc Anselin is open to the public, and will be on Thursday, September 29th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in room E14-648 on the 6
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floor of the MIT Media Lab building at 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge. Luc Anselin is the Director and Walter Isard Chair at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. He is also the Director of the GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation. Anselin is the developer of the SpaceStat and GeoDa software packages for spatial data analysis, and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2008.
Tenure Track Positions Open at Clark UniversityTwo tenure track professor positions are open at Clark University for the 2012 academic year. One is with the Graduate School of Geography; one is with the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment (IDCE). Both positions call for experience with GIScience. To view this full job announcement and other job announcements go to our employment page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/employment
OpenLayers Editor A toolbar for precise and efficient editing of geodata in the browser: http://bit.ly/pBDayu
Tool for OSM and GoogleMap Comparison
Hydrographic Feature Placename Distribution Map
Pop vs. Soda Map
Map of NY Times Reader’s Photos From Hurricane Irene
Historic Compass Roses
Weather on Google Maps
Emergency Preparedness Maps for Personal Safety
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September 2007
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CGA NEWS
GIS Credit Courses This Fall
Two GIS courses are being offered by the Department of Government this Fall. Sumeeta Srinivasan will be teaching “Introduction to Geographic Information Systems” and a new seminar entitled “Mapping the Census”. In addition, Wendy Guan of the Center for Geographic Analysis will teach “Introduction to GIS” at the Harvard Extension School.
http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23199
GIS Training Workshops
This Fall CGA will be offering four non-credit training workshops: “Introduction to GIS”, “Turning Data into Maps with ArcGIS”, “Getting the Most Out of Google Earth”, and “Making Sense of Spatial Data Using ArcGIS”. The workshops will be held from 12:00 to 2:00pm on 9/28, 10/26, 11/30, and 12/21. The order of workshops will be announced soon.
http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23199
GeoEye Imagery Agreement
CGA is excited to announce an agreement with GeoEye which will provide Harvard researchers access to more than 290 million square miles of high resolution satellite imagery. Imagery is from the IKONOS, OrbView-3, and GeoEye-1 sensors and will range from 1999 to the present. To obtain imagery, researchers must submit an application outlining their research goals and objectives to GeoEye. It is anticipated that most awards will consist of a few hundred square kilometers and will be made to support specific research projects. CGA will assist all Harvard users in applying. Please email contact@cga.harvard.edu to make an appointment. Received images will be made available to other users within Harvard through the Harvard Geospatial Library.
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Dr. Farouk El-Baz Lecture on Darfur Groundwater Basins Study with Remote Sensing
The Committee on African Studies presents a lecture titled “Groundwater Basins in Darfur and Surrounding Desert” by Farouk El-Baz. The talk will be held Tuesday, October 16th at 4:15 in Room S020, on the CGIS Concourse, at 1730 Cambridge St.
Kennedy School - Cross Boundary Transformation with GIS
Here are materials from a recent event entitled “Cross Boundary Transformation: Making it Happen with GIS”.
http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/xchat-transcript.html?chid=81&featured=1
You must register to view the materials.
CGA Completes Work on 4D Animations for Business School
Ben Lewis of CGA worked with Geoffrey Jones, Isidor Straus Professor of Business History and Director of Research, and Carla Tishler, Director of Program Innovation for the Educational Technology Group, to develop time series animations for a variety of global phenomena. Animations include immigration to US, spread of communism, GDP wealth, petroleum output, coffee exports, and others. The project has also digitized and made available 10 related historical maps from the Baker Library Collections. The materials are being used by Professor Jones in his Elective on Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism and also in his Doctoral seminar on Business History. For more information please contact Carla at ctishler@hbs.edu.
News from UCGIS
Harvard has been a member of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Systems (UCGIS) since last February, and the UCGIS Summer Assembly took place in late June at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Highlights of the meeting included a research plenary on global change, a workshop on “What’s next for UCGIS Research”, an education plenary on Geospatial Literacy Education, integrating GIScience teaching and research, and student paper presentations. For details see http://www.ucgis.org/summer2007/Schedule.htm. Harvard delegates did not attend this meeting.
ArcGIS 9.2 Manuals Online
A useful collection of ArcGIS manuals is now available as PDFs online.
The link to the manuals is titled “ESRI Library of Manuals for ArcGIS 9.2”
on the CGA Services > Technical Support page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23178
bottom left topic, only viewable if the user is logged in.
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CONFERENCES
GIScience Call for Papers
“ESRI invites you to present a peer-reviewed paper presentation in a special joint GIScience Research Track for the 2008 ESRI International User Conference and Educational User Conference. Papers in this special Track must focus on cutting-edge research in GIScience.” The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2007. For questions or guidelines please see: www.esri.com/GIScience or contact Ann Johnson: ajohnson@esri.com.
Crime Mapping Conference in Brussels
The IQPC International GIS Crime Mapping Conference will be held September 25th-26th in Brussels.
https://kb.iqpc.co.uk/events/3801/topic/11
Africa Communications Technology Conference in Addis Ababa
The 2007 ICT (Information Communication Technology) Africa Conference will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 1st to 5th.
http://ictafrica.nepadcouncil.org/
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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
Amazon Indians Use GIS to Save Land
The nonprofit Amazon Conservation Team (ACT)is working with local governments in Surinam, Brazil, and Columbia to enable Indians to protect their lands. GPS, Google Earth, and the internet are being used to catalog and protect ancestral rainforests by monitoring deforestation and preventing illegal operations.
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1114-google_earth-act.html
Mechanical Turk Used for Image Processing
If you are not familiar with Amazon’s Mechanical Turk platform for developing or accessing jobs which use people to do computational heavy lifting, check it out: http://www.mturk.com/mturk/help?helpPage=whatis. A job has been set up using GeoEye imagery to find explorer Steve Fossett’s plane.
http://www.mturk.com/mturk/preview?groupId=9TSZK4G35XEZJZG21T60&kw=Flash
The GeoTag
Tags are a new way to create metadata for online content using keywords. A new kind of tag (the GeoTag) uses lat/longs to go a step further and spatially enable online information.
http://news.com.com/Geotagging+links+photos+to+locales/2100-1041_3-6205734.html
Interview on University GIS Education
The GIS Monitor presents an interview on developments in GIS education with Penn State Geography Professor David DiBiase, and ESRI’s Education Manager Mike Phoenix.
http://www.gismonitor.com/news/newsletter/archive/archives.php?issue=20070913&style=web&length=full#GISEd
Time Bar Released for ArcMap
Applied Science Associates, Inc. has announced the release of a time slider bar for ArcGIS 9.2.
http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=18999&trv=1
GIS Meets the Gaming World
The latest version of Google Earth now contains the hidden functionality of a flight simulator. Type Ctrl+Alt+A to start.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/01/2038210&from=rss
India Mapping
Good street level maps and directions for India have been hard to find. Now there is a commercial portal which is starting to pull it together:
http://mapmyindia.com/
Mapping the Human Body
Stanford, NASA, and Google are teaming up to bring us “Google Earth for the human body”.
http://www.nbc11.com/health/14100380/detail.html
Linking Photos to GPS Tracks
“GPicSync automatically inserts location in your photos metadata so they can also be used with any ‘geocode aware’ application like Picasa/Google Earth, Flickr, loc.alize.us, etc.”
http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync/
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September 2008
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CGA’s Fall Workshop Dates
Each semester CGA offers instructor-led non-credit technical training workshops to introduce GIS concepts and teach the basics on how to use GIS software. Workshops are free, offered on Friday afternoons. Learn more about them, view the schedule, register online, and even download the materials for self-study at:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page24711
CGA Office Relocation; Help Desk Change to Tuesday
Beginning October 1, 2008, the CGA will move from our 2 offices on the 3rd floor of the CGIS North building into a much larger space on the concourse (basement) level of the same building. The new space is adjacent to the HMDC computing facility, and will feature 3 large screen TV’s displaying CGA and GIS content, visible to passerbys on the concourse level. The move will create a reception area for CGA, and a new place to conduct the Cambridge Help Desk. Also starting in October the weekly Help Desk hours will be moved from Mondays to Tuesdays, 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
ArcLogistics and PLTS for ArcGIS available
CGA has received ArcLogistics Route 3 Tele Atlas Data (1st quarter of 2008) and the ArcGIS 9.3 Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) media kit, which are available for use by any Harvard ID holder. To get a copy of these products please contact us:
contact@help.cga.harvard.edu
IDRISI Software Available for Download
Clark Labs software products are now available for download from our web site. We have the “Idrisi Andes” GIS and Image Processing software system, the “CartaLinx” data management tool and the “Land Change Modeler” software extension for ArcGIS. Access them from our download software page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957
ArcGIS 9.3 Stand Alone Student Versions are Here
CGA has received the student versions of ArcGIS 9.3. They are stand-alone, non networked versions of ArcGIS ArcView software, version 9.3, on DVD. To get a copy please contact us: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu. Due to decreased operating speed and known bugs with 9.3, CGA recommends using version 9.2 until this 9.3 service pack is available, unless you need the added functionality 9.3 offers.
What’s new in ArcGIS 9.3:
http://www.esri.com/library/brochures/pdfs/arcgis-93-whatsnew.pdf
ESRI has announced service pack 1 for ArcGIS 9.3 will be available in November, 2008.
Seminar on Geographic Information Science
Dr. David McGuire, the Chief Scientist at ESRI, will be presenting a Seminar at Harvard on Friday, September 26th. Two sessions will be held, one at SEAS and one at CGIS. More details will follow in a separate announcement.
Global Data Visualization Project
CGA has recently completed the Global Data Visualization (GDV)project for the Harvard Business School. The project goal was to animate historical data on globalization to facilitate the teaching of business history. In particular, it provides key background historical data for topics covered in the MBA EC elective on Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism. The resulting animations CGA helped create are online:
http://people.hbs.edu/jmartini/gdv/gdv2.html
The tool used to batch create the maps for the animation can be applied to any shapefile or feature class, and is available for download to any Harvard affiliate (after logging in) on the lower left of our download page:http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957
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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS
HIV Spatial Data Repository
The HIV Spatial Data Repository is a new website especially designed for GIS users interested in mapping HIV indicators. The website provides geographically-linked HIV-related data for mapping and analysis, and includes a gallery where users can post maps they’ve created. Harvard School of Public Health is a contributing member of the effort, which is funded by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
http://www.hivspatialdata.net/
GIS Related Courses at Harvard – Fall 2008
“Introduction to GIS” and “Mapping Social and Environmental Space” are two of the GIS related course offerings at Harvard this fall. For more information visit our teaching page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23199
European Landscape Convention at the Harvard GSD
A one-day conference will be held at Harvard Graduate School of Design on the European Landscape Convention and its implications for education and practice. The conference will explore the developing public awareness of landscape, and the landscape planning policies and practices now evolving as a result of the Convention. Speakers will include Michael Batty, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London. Attendance is free and open to all interested persons. All Attendees must register by October 15th. Date: Saturday October 25, 2008 from 9am to 4pm Location: Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA. View full conference details:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/EURO_LAND_CONV_10_25_08.pdf
GIS Books at Harvard
The HMDC computing lab has recently acquired a number of GIS books. It represents a significant addition to the overall GIS book collection at Harvard. View both of these collections and a ‘wish list’ of GIS books Harvard doesn’t have under the GIS Resources on Campus topic at this page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7645
New AutoDesk Representative to Visit Harvard
AutoDesk will be on site October 2nd to introduce a new sales representative for Harvard. If you are an AutoDesk user and interested in meeting with them to discuss additional programs to be included with the Harvard site license, product plans for the future, or anything else please contact CGA to sign up for the meeting
contact@help.cga.harvard.edu
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AAG Undergraduate Achievement Award
The Association of American Geographer’s Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Awards are accepting applications, with an October 15th deadline. These awards aim to recognize excellence in academic performance by undergraduate students from the United States and Canada who are putting forth a strong effort to bridge geographic science and computer science as well as to encourage other students to embark upon similar programs. The awards include cash prizes and credit toward book purchases. More info:
http://www.aag.org/grantsawards/marble_boyle.htm
Call for Papers and Proposals at CAA 2009
The 37th annual conference on Computer Applications to Archaeology (CAA) will take place at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia from March 22 to 26, 2009. The conference will bring together students and scholars to explore current theory and applications of quantitative methods and information technology in the field of archaeology. Submissions due by October 15, 2008. More on the submission guidelines:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&state=popup&topicid=icb.topic35229&view=view.do&viewParam_name=call_CAA_2009&viewParam_fname=
The CAA website: http://www.caa2009.org/
Call for Presentations for the 2009 ESRI UC
The 2009 International ESRI Users Conference will be held July 13 – 17 in San Diego, CA. Paper submissions are due by October 17, 2008. More info on the conference:
http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html
GIS Conferences this Month: NEARC, ICGIS, ESRI Health
Northeast Arc Users Group conference: September 21 – 24 in Hyannis, MA
http://www.northeastarc.org/
5th International Conference on Geographic Information Science: September 23 – 26 in Park City, UT.
http://www.giscience.org/
2008 ESRI GIS Health Conference: September 28 – October 1 in Washington D.C.
http://www.esri.com/events/health/index.html
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October ArcGIS Seminars in Danvers, MA
Improving your Entire GIS Workflow (Free):
http://events2.esri.com/info/index.cfm?fuseaction=seminarRegForm&shownumber=11734
ArcGIS Server Tips, Tricks, and Creating Mashups ($95 for one or $165 for both):
http://www.esri.com/events/seminars/arcgis93_server/index.html
Affordable Nikon GPS Camera
This $500 13.5 megapixel GPS camera offers hassle free geotagging:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0808/08080702nikonp6000.asp#press
U.S. Pop vs. Soda Map
View this and other unique maps at:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
John Hopkins Launches Online Certificate in GIS
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2008/sep/03/news6.html
GeoEye to Provide Imagery to Google
http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/reuters/2008/08/28/2008-08-29T015418Z_01_N28372244_RTRIDST_0_GEOEYE-GOOGLE-PICTURE.html
Google Gears adds a Geolocation API
http://gearsblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/gears-04-is-here.html
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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
September 2010
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HIGHLIGHTS
· ArcGIS 10 Single Use DVDs Available
· CGA Hires GIS Developer
· CGA Visiting Fellows
· CGA Series II Workshops
· Additional Data in Harvard Geospatial Library
· Northeast URISA Conference
· NEARC Conference
· Where 2.0 Call for Papers
· ESRI How-to Videos
· The Peutinger Map
· The Geospatial Revolution Videos
· China Economic and Social Indicator GIS
· Maps in JMP for SAS
· ESRI Map Book Submittals
· Mapping Roadkill
· Afghanistan Maps and Data
· More…
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CGA NEWS
ArcGIS 10 Single Use DVDs AvailableThese full functionality ArcInfo level versions of ArcGIS 10 do not require a Harvard network connection to run, are licensed for a year, and are ideal for a laptop. Contact us at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu if interested in getting a DVD. Available for Harvard affiliates.
CGA Hires GIS DeveloperThe CGA is pleased to have recently hired Matt Bertrand as a GIS web map developer. Matt has worked as a software engineer for various Maine-based companies over the last 10 years. He earned an M.S. in Spatial Information Science & Engineering from the University of Maine, and an M.E.S. in Conservation Science from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. More about Matt on our People page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190006
CGA Visiting FellowsThe CGA has recently added visiting fellows Kai Cao, Rui Yang, and Humphrey Southall. To read biographies about our new fellows, scroll to the bottom of our People page:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190006
CGA Series II WorkshopsThe series II workshops CGA offers begin in October. Series I will also be offered again in November at the Longwood campus. Workshop dates and registration:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page189848
GIS Institute Application DeadlineA reminder that the application deadline for the CGA Winter GIS Institute is Monday, October 18, 2010.
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322426
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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS
Additional Data in Harvard Geospatial LibraryHGL has recently added the following data layers: Georeferenced maps of Antwerp, Calcutta, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Frankfurt, Gdansk, Geneva, Genoa, Liverpool, the Hague, Lyon, Milan, Munich, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Dublin, and Lisbon. All are available to the public.
Additional datasets restricted to Harvard users include ESRI Data & Maps 2009 updates and City of Cambridge 2009 updates. To download these maps and layers and search for others, go to HGL: http://dixon.hul.harvard.edu:8080
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CONFERENCES
Northeast URISA ConferenceThis one day conference will be held October 18th in Sturbridge, MA. For more information and to register:
http://neurisa.camp8.org/events?eventId=150847&EventViewMode=EventDetails
NEARC ConferenceThe Northeast Arc users group conference will be held November 7 – 10, in Newport, RI. Register before October 25th to avoid a late fee. For more information and to register:
http://www.northeastarc.org/2010/index.html
Where 2.0 Call for PapersThe 2011 Where 2.0 conference will be held in Santa Clara, CA, April 19-21. Deadline to submit papers is October 25th, 2010. For more info and to submit a paper:
http://where2conf.com/where2011/
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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES
ESRI How-to VideosESRI has put a series of “how-to” videos online to help users with the
deployment of ArcGIS 10, including: ArcGIS 10 Quick Tour, Installing ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS 10 Best Practices. The videos are between 10-30 minutes long, and are available through the Esri Training web site:
http://training.esri.com/Courses/CustomerCareUS/index.cfm
Signing up for a free ESRI Global Account is required.
The Peutinger MapThis is the only map of the Roman world to come down from antiquity. An elongated object full of colorful detail and featuring land routes across Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, it was mysteriously rediscovered around 1500 and then came into the ownership of Konrad Peutinger, for whom it is named.
More info:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/index.html
A map viewer:
http://peutinger.atlantides.org/map-a/
The Geospatial Revolution Videoshttp://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/
China Economic and Social Indicator GIShttp://www.supergeotek.com/Library_2_201009_2.aspx
Maps in JMP for SASThe latest version of this statistical analysis software includes quick map making capabilities. See a short demo video by clicking the orange play button on the lower right of this page:
http://www.jmp.com/software/jmp9/jmp9_prerelease.shtml
ESRI Map Book SubmittalsSubmit your map for possible inclusion in the next edition of the ESRI Map Book. Deadline is November 19
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: http://www.esri.com/apps/mapbook/
Maps as Online Passwordshttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39276642/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Mapping Movinghttp://moritz.stefaner.eu/projects/map%20your%20moves/
The Wilderness DowntownAn interactive movie that uses Google Earth in a browser.
http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
Mapping Roadkillhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/technology/13roadkill.html?_r=1 GIS Books Listhttp://www.directionsmag.com/books/
Afghanistan Maps and Datahttp://afghanistanelectiondata.org/open
OpenGeo Traininghttp://opengeo.org/products/training/
ESRI Demographic Webmaphttp://maps.esri.com/sldemos/demographics/default.html
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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER
September 2006
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CGA NEWS
New GIS Preceptor
In September, Summeeta Srinivasan joined CGA and the Government Department as a GIS preceptor. She is teaching GIS courses at FAS, and working on adding GIS short courses at HMS and HSPH in January. Summeeta has been affiliated with the China Project at Harvard University. Her research interests include the integration of transportation and land use planning and the use of quantitative methods to study urban growth. She has worked on urban issues in India, China and the US. She has a PhD from MIT, Cambridge, MA., and has taught GIS and spatial analysis courses in DEAS Harvard, and Boston University.
Introduction of CGA Services & Relevance to Medicine
The Center for Geographic Analysis invites you to attend an Introduction of CGA Services & Relevance to Medicine on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at Countway Library Minot Room, 5thFloor, at 4pm.
Followed by a Poster Session & Reception in the Lahey Room.
This event is sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health and the CGA.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic34492.files/cga_talk.pdf
Research Progress: Spatially Enabling HMDC ? requirements document
The CGA has an ongoing research project on spatially enabling the Harvard-MIT Data Center quantitative social science datasets. You can download an intermediate draft document from this project here (http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic34492.files/h_SVDC_URD.pdf). Please email your comments to Nicole Alexander (nalexander [at] cga.harvard.edu)
ArcGIS Extension: Data Interoperability Now Available
ArcGIS Extension: Data Interoperability is now available to Harvard GIS users through our GIS site license. To use this extension, you just need to activate it in ArcGIS 9.1. To learn more about what this extension can do, please visit ESRI website:
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/datainteroperability/index.html
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Harvard GIS COMMUNITY NEWS
The CGA has compiled a list of GIS related courses available at Harvard University for 2006-2007.
http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23199
A resent article about Harvard and CGA on GeoWorld Magazine:
Harvard, Geography and GIS: A Race to the Top
http://www.geoplace.com/uploads/FeatureArticle/0609_EDGENODES.asp
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GIS INDUSTRY NEWS
Google Earth Has More Contents from New Partners
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-6115177.html?part=rss&tag=6115177&subj=news
Denver Takes Lead in Accelerating Geospatial Industry Growth
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2006/sep/14/news3.html
ENVI 4.3 Now available
http://www.ittvis.com/edm/envi_43_0906/index.asp?s=2365&wid=10050059
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