CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

November 2010

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HIGHLIGHTS

•    •CGA’s January GIS Camp: Spatial Thinking and Analysis with GIS

•    CGA Spring Conference: Geospatial Collaboration – New Common Ground

•    CGA Twitter Account

•    2011 URISA GIS in Public Health Conference

•    COM.Geo 2011

•    2010 NAACCR Conference and Award Application

•    ESRI Summer Internship Program

•    ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 1 Available

•    MBTA Transit Apps

•    Geospatial Data as a Capital Asset

•    The Geospatial Revolution Part II

•    Father and Son Film Outer Space

•    Free FCC Data

•    The Great European Shouting Match

•    Coming to Christ Live Webmap

•    Population Estimation Map

•    More…

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CGA NEWS

CGA’s January GIS Camp: Spatial Thinking and Analysis with GIS

The CGA is offering a four-day non-credit workshop on January 18-21, titled “Spatial Thinking and Analysis with GIS.” Harvard undergraduates have priority, but Harvard graduate students may apply also. Application Deadline is Thursday, December 9 @ noon. Go to our GIS Institutes page to learn more and apply:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322426

CGA Spring Conference: Geospatial Collaboration – New Common Ground

Our annual spring conference will be held May 6 and 7, 2011, focusing on geospatial collaboration. Geospatial technology weaves its way into our daily lives and work flows as never before, and as mapping moves from the desktop to the web, an explosion of innovation is expanding the base, not only of map users but also of map makers, to include just about anyone with an internet connection. The way we map is changing the way we work.  This two-day conference will bring web-mapping experts from across the country to Harvard to share their knowledge and experience, and to envision what lies ahead. Speakers will introduce ideas, systems, tools, and visions, and present case studies and discuss challenges.  Some will offer live demos and hands-on training.  This conference provides a forum for geospatial technologists, developers, academics and end users to engage in dialog and help shape the future of geospatial technology on the Internet. Full conference details will be published on our website and in the January Newsletter.

CGA Twitter Account

For those of you wanting a more frequent than monthly update from CGA, sign up for our recently created Twitter account: http://twitter.com/HarvardCGA

View the feed at our blog/twitter page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190010

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CONFERENCES

2011 URISA GIS in Public Health Conference

To be held June 27 – 30 in Atlanta, GA, this conference aims to provide an open and participatory forum for advancing the effective use of spatial information and geographic information system technologies across the domains of public health, healthcare and community health preparedness. Deadline for abstract submissions is Jan. 10, 2011.

http://www.urisa.org/2011health_call

COM.Geo 2011

This 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Computing for Geospatial Research and Application will be held May 23 – 25, 2011, in Washington DC.  Paper submission deadlines are Jan. 25, 2011.  For more info and to submit a paper: http://www.com-geo.org/

2010 NAACCR Conference and Award Application

The North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) has announced its 2011 Annual Conference will be in Louisville, KY from June 21-23, 2011.  Abstracts are due December 3, 2010.  For more and to submit an abstract:

http://www.naaccr.org/EducationandTraining/AnnualConference.aspx

There is also a specific call to graduate students to apply for a single travel award here:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic533305.files/2010-2011GISScholarship_CallOnly.pdf

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

ESRI Summer Internship Program

Internships are paid positions at ESRI headquarters in Redlands, CA, and are open to both undergraduate and graduate students.  Positions are generally 12 weeks long, starting between May and July, depending on the student’s schedule and hiring team’s needs. Deadline to apply is March 18, 2011.  For more info:  

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

ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 1 Available

http://resources.arcgis.com/content/patches-and-service-packs?fa=viewPatch&PID=66&MetaID=1685

MBTA Transit Apps

Since releasing real-time and schedule data about the MBTA, developers have been busy building innovative applications that make riding the T easier. View and download the apps: 

http://www.mbta.com/rider_tools/apps/

A presentation about the project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-UAujyy45k

Geospatial Data as a Capital Asset

The U.S. Government has released guidance with a primary focus on geospatial data as a capital asset, outlining a portfolio management process to manage geospatial data assets.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2011/m11-03.pdf

The Geospatial Revolution Part II

http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/episode2/complete

Global Risk Data Platform

http://preview.grid.unep.ch/

Remote Sensing for Groundwater Understanding Article

http://www.afedonline.org/Report2010/pdf/En/SpecialStudy.pdf

Haiti Cholera Outbreak Map

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

Father and Son Film Outer Space

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/73/father-and-son-film-outer-space-do-it-yourself-style.html

AT&T Marks the Spot Application

http://www.appbrain.com/app/at-t-mark-the-spot/com.att.android.markthespot

Free FCC Data

http://blog.weogeo.com/2010/11/16/data-blog-free-fcc-data/

The Great European Shouting Match

http://bigthink.com/ideas/24357?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bigthink%2Fblogs%2Fstrange-maps+%28Strange+Maps%29

Coming to Christ Live Webmap

http://greatcommission2020.com/

Population Estimation Map

http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/gpw/wps.jsp

Location Based Services Article

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/04/location-services-have-not-caught-on-report-says/

2010 Election Map

http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/#

OpenLayers Great Circle Calculator 

http://gis.ibbeck.de/ginfo/apps/OLExamples/OL26/examples/gc_example.html

Take Control of Your Maps 

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/takecontrolofyourmaps

Grassroots Mapping with Balloons

http://grassrootsmapping.org/

OneGeologoy.org

http://onegeology.org

Mapping American Health, Income, Education

http://www.measureofamerica.org/maps/

Law and the GeoWeb

http://punkish.org/geoweb/index.html

RIGEO: New Online Geographic Education Journal

http://www.rigeo.org/

You Are Where you Live

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/11/you-are-where-you-live/

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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

November 2009

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HIGHLIGHTS

·         CGA 2010 Conference Announcement: Research on Religion

·         Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names available for Harvard Use

·         GeoTime Software Available for Trial

·         Harvard University Web Map

·         HealthMap on the iPhone

·         UCGIS 2010 Winter Meeting

·         Call for Papers: GIScience Research Track

·         2010 GeoDesign Summit

·         Geography of a Recession

·         WorldView-2 Satellite Launch

·         Cartography 2.0

·         Reverse Geocoding

·         Whatever Map

·         Satellite Image Search Tool

·         ScanEx Oil Spill Monitoring Project

·         Diversitydata.org

·         Google’s Free Navigation Service for Cellphones

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CGA NEWS

CGA 2010 Conference Announcement: Research on Religion

The CGA is pleased to announce our co-sponsored 2010 conference: “New Technologies and Interdisciplinary Research on Religion” to be held March 12-13, 2010.  The conference is organized by the Political Economy of Religion Program, Taubman Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and co-sponsored by the Center for Geographic Analysis, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, as well as the Sigma Xi Harvard Chapter. Conference presentations will focus on combining the content of research on religion with database design, geo-referencing, social network analysis, text-mining, remote-sensing, and spatial-temporal analysis.  The registration form, scheduled speakers, presentation abstracts, and other information are available at: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190012

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names available for Harvard Use

The CGA has obtained permission to use this dataset for Harvard research purposes, and has downloaded it for use.  More information on the dataset:

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/about.html

To obtain the data, please contact us:

contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

GeoTime Software Available for Trial

This software allows for visualization of spatial temporal data through a 3D interactive animation interface.  The CGA has a 30 day trial version (expiring on December 23) installed on one of our help desk machines for use.  More on the software:

http://www.oculusinfo.com/SoftwareProducts/GeoTime.html

To reserve a time to try the software out, please contact us at: 

contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Harvard University Web Map

This is a demonstration version of an interactive internet map application for Harvard’s campuses using ESRI’s ArcGIS Server technology. In addition to a base map showing streets and buildings, etc., it includes map layers for bicycle facilities, museums, buildings with wireless LAN access, and accessibility and alternative energy projects.  Many additional layers are under development, and suggestions are welcome. Search and query interaction is also possible. Because the data layers are available as map services, they can be directly incorporated into projects by desktop ArcGIS Map users.  View the map: 

http://www.map.harvard.edu/mapserver/campusmap.htm

Submit comments on the map and read others at the map’s blog site: http://map.harvard.edu/blog

HealthMap on the iPhone

This iPhone app allows you to search and browse H1N1 or other disease reports on an interactive map, set alerts that send notices automatically whenever an outbreak is occurring in your area, and allows for individual reporting of outbreaks.  The app is based on the Healthmap.org global disease alert map created in part by Harvard Medical School.

http://healthmap.org/iphone/

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CONFERENCES

UCGIS 2010 Winter Meeting

The University Consortium for Geographic Information Sciences Winter Meeting will feature presentations about “Research on Geospatial Measures of Efficiency, Efficacy and Equity in Government Policy”. This will include discussions about cloud computing, H1N1 and social networking, geospatial inequities in education and health policies, spatial data infrastructure for emergency management, and the smart (electrical) grid. The conference is in Washington, D.C., February 4-5, 2010.  For more details:

http://www.ucgis.org/Events/moreinfo.asp?ID=217

Call for Papers: GIScience Research Track

ESRI is accepting paper submissions through December 15, 2009 to the GIScience Research Track for the 2010 ESRI International User Conference and Educational User Conference. Papers in this special track must focus on cutting-edge research in GIScience. Full papers will be included in a special issue of Transactions in GIS to be distributed at the 2010 Conference. For more details, and to submit a paper:

http://gisandscience.com/2009/11/03/call-for-papers-giscience-research-track-at-the-2010-esri-user-conference/

2010 GeoDesign Summit

The world’s first GeoDesign Summit will be held January 6–8, 2010, in Redlands, California.  The summit will be a gathering of pioneering professionals and academics involved in transforming technology, engineering, and planning in a rapidly changing world.  For more information, to register, and submit a paper or map:

http://www.geodesignsummit.com/

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Geography of a Recession

An animated map showing U.S. County unemployment.

http://cohort11.americanobserver.net/latoyaegwuekwe/multimediafinal.html

WorldView-2 Satellite Launch

This high resolution imaging satellite was successfully launched.

http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=MultiPublishing&mod=PublishingTitles&mid=13B2F0D0AFA04476A2ACC02ED28A405F&tier=4&id=B2DA62266E144E9EA53B159E0960E64F

Cartography 2.0

A wonderful resource for interactive mapping.

http://cartography2.org/index.html

Reverse Geocoding

A free service for retrieving address listings for map coordinates is now

available:

http://www.batchgeocode.com/reverse/

Whatever Map

An iPhone that consumes OGC services and displays them to users.

http://mapserver.mendelu.cz/eng/node/92

Satellite Image Search Tool

Search a particular area of interest for DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, and EROS high resolution satellite imagery coverage.

http://search.kosmosnimki.ru/index_eng.html

ScanEx Oil Spill Monitoring Project

Project description:

http://www.scanex.ru/en/company/default.asp?submenu=about&id=project4

Interactive oil spill web map:

http://gis.transparentworld.ru/en/caspian/

Global Gravestones Project

Measuring climate change through limestone gravestone weathering.

http://www.goearthtrek.com/Gravestones/Gravestones.html

Mapping Emotional Response

http://www.biomapping.net/new.htm

The Future of Countries Video

Parag Khanna maps the future of countries - Video on TED.com.

http://www.ted.com/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries.html

Online Maps: Everyman Offers New Directions

http://www.ted.com/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries.html

Diversitydata.org

Explore how metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. perform on a diverse range of social measures that comprise a well-rounded life experience.

http://diversitydata.sph.harvard.edu/

Google’s Free Navigation Service for Cellphones

Article 1 on this new service:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/technology/companies/29gps.html?scp=1&sq=tomtom&st=cse

Article 2:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/28/google-redefines-car-gps-navigation-google-maps-navigation-android/

ESRI Question and Answer Session

http://events.esri.com/uc/QandA/index.cfm?ConferenceID=069FD41D-1422-2418-884CB3BF346EE29E

OpenGeo Case Study:  MassGIS

http://opengeo.org/publications/massgis/

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November 2007 
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HIGHLIGHTS

• LIDAR Technology for Archaeology and Cultural Resources Seminar
• GIS Day 2007 – November 14th
• Real Time Harvard Shuttle Locations
• GIS Data for India Fundraiser
• International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling
• 2008 ESRI Users Conference Extends Deadline for Abstract Submission
• DEM Creation From Satellite Imagery
• Car Navigation GPS Incorporates User Input
• Perspectives on the Future of GIS Article
• Live Wikipedia Entry Map
• Microsoft Joins the Open Geospatial Consortium
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CGA NEWS

LIDAR technology for Archaeology and Cultural Resources Seminar 
The CGA and ABCD-GIS working group are co-sponsoring a seminar on Light Impulse Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) technology and its application in archaeology and cultural resources. The seminar will be on Wednesday, November 14th in Cambridge. Dr. Douglas Tommasi will be presenting on how this technology is used to analyze culturally relevant features (field walls, terraces, roads, etc.) for use in CAD or GIS. Please see the flier at the link below for full details.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35238.files/Whats_New/LIDAR_Seminar.pdf

GIS Day 2007 
On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 the world will celebrate GIS. Visit the official GIS Day 2007 web site for more information, and to find an event near you: http://www.gisday.com/ View ESRI’s short videos to explain GIS and its uses in our world:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7644

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

Real Time Harvard Shuttle Locations 
Harvard Transportation Services has equipped all shuttles with GPS so real time locations for all shuttles in operation can be viewed online: http://www.shuttle.harvard.edu/ More details about the project can be found in the Harvard Crimson article below.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=520015

GIS Data for India Fundraiser 
Several Universities are collaborating in a fundraising effort focused on acquiring GIS maps of Indian villages containing demographic information such as literacy, caste-wise population, public goods, and more. Harvard students are looking for feedback regarding the utility of this data. If you have an interest in this information or general questions about the fundraiser, please contact Sandip Sukhtankar at
sukhtank@fas.harvard.edu

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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 commenced in 1984, in Zurich, Switzerland, organized by the International Geographical Union Commission. The conference is run biannually and is coming to Montpellier (South of France) in 2008. Abstract submission deadline is January 15, 2008.
http://sdh-sageo.teledetection.fr/

2008 ESRI Users Conference Extends Deadline for Abstract Submission 
The ESRI users conference is the largest conference in the world devoted to GIS, and will be held August 4 – 8 of 2008. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to November 16, 2007.
http://esri.com/events/uc/papers/callforpapers.html

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

DEM creation from satellite imagery 
Using traditional photogrammetry with satellite images produces topographic maps for mineral exploration in remote areas.
http://www.geoplace.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=669CBD71935145899C7220B6CEE86E52

Car navigation GPS incorporates user input 
Car navigation GPS devices are becoming more and more popular, affordable, and advanced. The article below features a GPS that allows for display of one’s own mapped data and allows searches for restaurants, hotels and other locations – all from the dashboard.
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/10/dash-one-gps-de.html

Perspectives on the Future of GIS Article 
Two Geography professors discuss the current state of GIS, and what the future may hold for spatial technology, GIScience, and Neogeography.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1529.files/Perspective_on_the_Future_of_GIS.pdf

Live Wikipedia Entry Map 
László Kozma’s WikipediaVision is a visualization of edits to the English Wikipedia, almost the same time as they happen. This web map shifts around the Earth zooming to the location, and displaying a summary of each Wikipedia edit.
http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/index.html

Microsoft joins the Open Geospatial Consortium 
The Open Geospatial Consortium recently added Microsoft as a principal member. http://www.opengeospatial.org/pressroom/pressreleases/781 National Geographic and MetaCarta Introduce CartaLens Geospatial Digital Asset Management Solution See article at:
http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Show&id=19542&trv=1

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CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS NEWSLETTER

November 2008

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HIGHLIGHTS

• November GIS Presentations
• ArcGIS Image Server 9.3 Available
• ERDAS 2009 Update Package
• David Maguire Presentation Video Online
• AAG Student Award Application
• URISA Conference Report
• Visualizing the Past Workshop: Call for Papers
• Call for Maps: Places & Spaces Mapping Science Exhibit
• Earth Observation for Global Changes Conference
• ESRI, AAG, Conference News
• GIS Day 2008
• The Geography of Democracy
• What Can GIS Offer World History?
• 2008 Election Maps
   

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CGA NEWS

November GIS Presentations

The CGA is hosting the presentation “A Scientific Management Model for Geographic Information Sciences (GIS)” by Dr. Carmen Reyes, General Director of CentroGeo (Mexico) on Monday, November 17^th.  The CGA and ABCD-GIS working group are hosting the presentation “Case Studies of the Utilization of GIS for Watershed Environmental Management in Asia” by Dr. Akiyuki Kawasaki, a CGA and SEAS visiting scholar on Wednesday, November 19^th. For more details see the fliers:

Reyes:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Carmen_Reyes_11_17_08.pdf

Kawasaki: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Akiyuki_Kawasaki_11_19_08.pdf

ArcGIS Image Server 9.3 Available

CGA has received the ArcGIS Image Server 9.3 installation and tutorial media. It is available for check out from the CGA lab.  Email us: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu if interested.

ERDAS 2009 Update Package

CGA has just received the ERDAS 2009 update package, which includes IMAGINE (remote sensing) and LPS (photogrammetry) software.  This package requires different installation procedures, which we are in the process of documenting.  An announcement will be made when the software is available for Harvard use.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

David Maguire Presentation Video Online

The video of Dr. David Maguire’s seminar on September 26, “Current and 

Future Trends in Modeling Geographic Systems,” is now available for viewing at:

http://stream.fas.harvard.edu/ramgen/permanent/seas/20080926_maguire.rm

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CONFERENCES

AAG Student Award Application

The Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group (CISG) of the American Association of Geographers has announced their student paper award competition, to be held at the AAG Annual Meeting in March, 2009. The deadline for paper submittal is November 12, 2008. More information and the application form:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/AbstractCISG_11_12_08.doc

Other noteworthy AAG 2009 agenda items include a Symposium on Geography, HIV/AIDS, and Drug Abuse, and a Population Estimation Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies paper session.  More at the conference website:

http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm

URISA Conference Report

Wendy Guan of CGA recently attended the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association annual conference held in New Orleans.  Read her conference report at: http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page23189

upper right of the page.

The URISA website:

http://www.urisa.org/

Visualizing the Past Workshop: Call for Papers

The workshop “Visualizing the Past: Tools and Techniques for Understanding Historical Processes” will be held February 20 – 21 at the University of Richmond, in Richmond, VA.  The workshop will focus on how to best enable the massive amount of digital historical and social data for visualization and analysis via the internet.  Deadline for paper submission is December 15, 2008.  For more, see the flyer:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Visualizing_12_15_08.pdf

Call for Maps: Places & Spaces Mapping Science Exhibit

This exhibit was created to inspire cross-disciplinary discussion on how to best track and communicate human activity and scientific progress on a global scale. The exhibit reviews map submissions and accepts the best 10 maps into its exhibit each year.  View the flyer for more information:

http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Sciencemaps_01-09-09.pdf

The Exhibit website: http://scimaps.org/

Earth Observation for Global Changes Conference (EOGC)

The Second International EOGC Conference will be held May 25-29, 2009 in Chengdu, China.  Abstract deadline is December 1, 2008.  View the flyer: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/EOGC2009_Call_Dec1_08.pdf

Conference website: http://www.eogc2009.com.cn/

ESRI 2009 Users Conference Call for Papers

The deadline to submit a paper for presentation at the 2009 International ESRI Users Conference is November 14^th.  More information here:

http://www.esri.com/events/uc/submit_work/callforpapers.html

The conference will be held in San Diego, July 13 – 17^th 2009.  The conference website:  http://www.esri.com/events/uc/

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

GIS Day 2008

GIS Day will be celebrated November 19

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, 2008 (more info: http://www.gisday.com/), in conjunction with National Geography Awareness Week, November 16 – 22: http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/

City of Boston will hold GIS Day activities, to be announced at:

http://www.cityofboston.gov/maps/

The Geography of Democracy

An online service made by Avencia that returns legislative district IDs, geographic boundaries, and elected officials for a given address:

http://www.avencia.com/cicero/

What Can GIS Offer World History?

An online discussion that looks at the role of GIS in world history.

http://historycompass.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/debate-what-can-gis-offer-world-history/

Election Maps

Lots of interesting political related maps:

http://politicalmaps.org/

Yahoo!’s political dashboard:

http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard

Google’s 2008 election map gallery:

http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/#2008_election

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November 2006 
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CGA NEWS

CGA Colloquium: GIS-Based Resolution of Geographic Problems 
By Joshua Comenetz, Ph.D., Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, November 16, 2006, 4:00pm-5:00pm, CGIS Knafel Building, Rm. N262 Digital cartographic methods can be used to combine multiple layers of information and incompatible data sets to answer demographic questions. Better results are achieved when census and other digital data sets are enhanced with information from non-GIS-based sources, such as historical maps and the literature of international relations and sociology. Studies of the demographic consequences of climatic disaster in Ethiopia, and the settlement patterns of American Indians and Hasidic Jews in the US, illustrate this process.

GIS Training Workshop 
CGA plans to organize short technical training workshops to introduce GIS concepts and teach the basics on how to use GIS software. The first workshop has been scheduled: Topic: Introduction to GIS Instructor: Sumeeta Srinivasan Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 Time: 12:00-2:00pm Location: TBD (will be posted on the CGA website)

Software Upgrades 
CGA has recently received ERDAS IMAGINE Ver.9.1, Leica Photogrammetry Suite ver.9.1, ArcPad ver.7.0.1 and ArcPad Application Builder ver. 7.0.1. Leica products will be available for user download from the CGA website (http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957) in a few working days. ArcPad will be available by individual request immediately. Please email contact@cga.harvard.edu if you need the upgrade. Based on a recent notice from ESRI, ArcGIS ver.9.2 should be shipping shortly. CGA will make the software available on our download site within a few working days from receiving the package.

Update on the Remote Sensing Technology and Applications Workshop 
The workshop has been scheduled on Friday, February 16th, 2007. For updated information about the event, please visit http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic34492.files/announcements/RSTAworkshop.html.

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A Geographic Information Sharing Tool for Google Earth 
Lex Berman of the China Historical GIS Project will introduce and demo a new tool for sharing geographic data using Google Earth at the November meeting of the ABCD-GIS Working Group. Wednesday November 15th at noon in the Lamont Forum Room, 5th floor, Lamont Library.

URISA Conference Summary 
David Siegel attended the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)’s annual conference in September 2006 at Vancouver, Canada. To read his summary on this conference focusing on open source tools for GIS desktop and web applications development, please visit http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic34492.files/announcements/URISA_06.html.

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GIS INDUSTRY NEWS

A new LIDAR extension for ArcGIS (LP360 version 1.3 from QCoherent Software) can access and draw LIDAR points directly from LAS files in ArcMap, eliminates the costly requirement of developing and managing multiple derivative ASCII and Grid deliverables. http://www10.giscafe.com/goto.php?http://www.QCoherent.com

NAVTEQ announced the availability of NAVTEQ Parcel Boundaries that encompasses over 50% of the US population. It hopes to provide a consolidated, one-stop source for parcel boundaries. Parcel boundaries will provide more accurate information than street addresses for a variety of spatial analysis. http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20061108/08nov20061112.html

Microsoft released Virtual Earth 3D on Nov.6. It’s not a stand-alone application like Google Earth. Rather, a 5Mb download of a browser plug-in, and you have to use Internet Explorer 6 or 7. 3D models of 15 cities are available now: San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, San Jose, Phoenix and Houston. More than 100, including international cities, are expected by summer 2007 and perhaps 5,000 in five years. Microsoft offers a developer API for the 3D environment similar to its existing one for Virtual Earth. (Unfortunately, Virtual Earth hang the browser window repeatedly when this editor was trying to explore the 3D cities.)

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GIS RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Earth Observatory publishes new image on population density of the US and the World http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17439

Stephen Weinberg, associate professor and director of linguistics at George Mason University, has collected more than 600 samples of regional accents around the world, and mapped a subset of them. http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_atlas.php (source: Direction Magazine).

An article about Contemporary GIS and Future Directions, by Joseph Berry http://www.geoplace.com/uploads/FeatureArticle/0611_BeyondMapping.asp

For readers with a Harvard ID, the following link leads to an article by Jeffrey R. Young: With Digital Maps, Historians Chart a New Way Into the Past - A push to make historical data more visual could yield a better understanding of events. http://chronicle.com.ezp1.harvard.edu/weekly/v53/i12/12a03301.htm

For those who wish to learn more about geography in higher education in recent years, a good place to start will be “Geography’s Place in Higher Education in the United States” by Alexander Murphy in the 2007 volume of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education. The Association of American Geographers’ Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas is also worth browsing. (Information provided by George E. Clark, Ph.D. in Geography, Environmental Resources Librarian, Harvard College Library)

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May 2011

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HIGHLIGHTS

•    Fisher Prize Winner

•    CGA Spring Conference Wrap-up and Online Material

•    2011 Summer GIS Institute

•    CGA Conference Reports

•    Updated Geographic Stories Page

•    UCGIS Summer Meeting 2011

•    2011 Spatial Epidemiology in Megacities Summer School

•    ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 2 Released

•    Geospatial Revolution Video Episode 4 Released

•    Using Phone Data to Map the World

•    ESRI Change Matters Viewer

•    Census 2010 Interactive Population Map

•    Census Data Availability Schedule

•    Open Heat Map

•    Open Paths

•    A Week on Foursquare

•    Gigwalk Mobile Workforce

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CGA NEWS

Fisher Prize Winner

The Committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science, Harvard University, is pleased to announce the recipient of the award for the academic year 2010-2011 as Mr. Dustin Duncan, PhD candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health for his poster presentation: “Spatial Analysis of the Neighborhood Crime on the Body Mass Index of Urban Adolescents”.  The poster is online on CGA’s Fisher Prize winners site:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322287

CGA Spring Conference Wrap-up and Online Material

The annual CGA spring conference “Geospatial Collaboration: New Common Ground” co-sponsored by metaLAB@Harvard was held May 6-7 in Cambridge.  On Friday the conference featured 27 lightning style presentations on a variety of topics. A poster and video session was held Friday evening, featuring 17 poster and 7 video presentations.  Saturday involved 15 different topical sessions, 2 hands on training classes for conference attendees, and the Fisher Prize presentation.  Total attendance for the event was around 100 people.  Conference materials are now available online:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page420114

If you were a conference attendee, please fill the evaluation form at:

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

2011 Summer GIS Institute

The 2011 Summer GIS Institute will start on May 31st at the CGA. The class

is composed of 21 graduate students, 2 faculty members and 8 post doc researchers. The two-week training will conclude on June 10th when each student will present their project work to an open audience at the CGIS South Belfer Case Study Room. Registration is now open for the next Institute which is scheduled for January 2-13. For details, see:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322426.

CGA Conference Reports

Several CGA members attended conferences this spring.  Their conference reports / write-ups can be found under the “Summaries of Previous GIS Events” topic on our Public Events page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup126182

Updated Geographic Stories Page

This page has been updated recently with several additional stories:

http://gis.harvard.edu/stories

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CONFERENCES

UCGIS Summer Meeting 2011

This meeting will be held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado June 22-23, 2011. The location is chosen to reflect on how GIScience may contribute to the rapidly changing human environment with wide ranging issues related to climate change, urban communities, sustainable development, and many others.  All GIS-related scholars and practitioners, from either UCGIS or non-UCGIS institutions, are welcome to attend.  More information:  http://www.ucgis.org/summer2011/Default.aspx

2011 Spatial Epidemiology in Megacities Summer School
This summer school program: “Spatial Epidemiology in Megacities: Statistical and spatial analysis of Health under a changing climate” will be held in Bielefeld, Germany, September 12 – 16, 2011.  The course focuses on various dimensions of environment and health in megacities, such as megacity development, diseases burden, health determinants as well as climate change. The aim is to combine theoretical and lab work on statistical/epidemiological and geospatial analysis and modeling techniques in a trans-disciplinary approach.  For more information:

http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/ag2/summerschoolmc/

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

ArcGIS 10 Service Pack 2 Released

This service pack has been released by ESRI.  More information about what it contains, and to download:

http://resources.arcgis.com/content/patches-and-service-packs?fa=viewPatch&PID=17&MetaID=1752

Geospatial Revolution Video Episode 4 Released

http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/

Using Phone Data to Map the World

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/technology/26locate.html?_r=1&src=busln

ESRI Change Matters Viewer

http://www.esri.com/landsat-imagery/viewer.html

Census 2010 Interactive Population Map

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/popmap/

Census Data Availability Schedule

http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/glance/files/At_A_Glance.pdf

Open Heat Map

http://www.openheatmap.com/

Open Paths

https://openpaths.cc/

A Week on Foursquare

http://graphicsweb.wsj.com/documents/FOURSQUAREWEEK1104/

Gigwalk Mobile Workforce

http://gigwalk.com

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May 2012

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• CGA Post-Doc, Junior GIS Specialist and Research Assistant Positions Open
• CityEngine for ArcGIS Available
• Census 2010 Geography Available
• June ABCD-GIS Presentation on ENVI 5
• WorldMap and Wildlife Enforcement
• Applied Geography Conference
• Burma Conflict Maps
• Value-by-alpha Maps
• ORBIS – The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
• GIS at Stanford Article
• ArcGIS Product Slides for Teaching and Learning
• Free online ESRI GIS Training
• Summer Internships Opportunities at ESRI
• Topomapper split screen
• Earth On a Drive
• Trimble Buys SketchUp from Google
• AirCasting – Smartphone Environmental Mapping

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CGA NEWS

CGA Post-Doc, Junior GIS Specialist and Research Assistant Positions Open

Please see our Jobs page for descriptions of these positions:

http://gis.harvard.edu/employment

CityEngine for ArcGIS Available

CityEngine for ArcGIS allows for generation of high quality 3d content within ArcGIS, and can be of great use for urban designers, planners, and modelers.  The CGA has purchased licenses of this product for use by Harvard affiliates.  If interested in using CityEngine, please contact the CGA at: contact@help.cga.harvard.edu

More on CityEngine: http://www.esri.com/software/cityengine/index.html

Census 2010 Geography Available

Census 2010 block groups, tracts, core based statistical areas, and many more geographic layers are now available at the HMDC lab at 1737 Cambridge St., for any Harvard affiliates to use.  They are in the T:/Census_2010 folder, in ESRI layer package format.

June ABCD-GIS Presentation on ENVI 5

The next ABCD-GIS presentation will be on Wednesday, June 6th, from Noon - 1:30, in Room S050 of the CGIS South building at 1730 Cambridge St.  The presentation will be “ENVI 5: The Next Generation of Image Analysis” by Brian Farr and Adam O’Connor, of Exelis Visual Information Solutions.  

View the flyer: http://hvrd.me/K89HVW

WorldMap and Wildlife Enforcement

A Harvard Gazette article “New tool to battle illegal trade in animals”: http://hvrd.me/Jx4WCB

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CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

Applied Geography Conference

This conference will be held in Minneapolis, 10/10 – 10/13 of 2012.  Abstract submissions are due June 3^rd, 2012.  More on the conference, and to submit an abstract: http://applied.geog.kent.edu/

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Burma Conflict Maps

https://conflictsinburma.crowdmap.com/#

http://www.handheldhumanrights.org/

http://www.burma2010election.com/

Value-by-alpha Maps

http://www.cartogrammar.com/blog/value-by-alpha-maps/

ORBIS – The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World

http://orbis.stanford.edu/

GIS at Stanford Article

http://bit.ly/JB2rBI

ArcGIS Product Slides for Teaching and Learning

http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc11/tech-workshops.html

Free online ESRI GIS Training

http://training.esri.com/gateway/index.cfm?fa=search.results&cannedsearch=2

Summer Internships Opportunities at ESRI

http://www.esri.com/careers/students/summer-internships.html

Topomapper split screen

A nice way to view different imagery side by side for the same location:

http://www.topomapper.com/splitscreen.html

Earth On a Drive

Global imagery datasets for purchase:

http://www.earthondrive.com/

Trimble Buys SketchUp From Google

The announcement:http://ww2.trimble.com/3d/

An article: http://bit.ly/Kf6BBM

AirCasting – Smartphone Environmental Mapping

http://aircasting.org/

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May 2010

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HIGHLIGHTS

·         New tools within AfricaMap and HGL

·         H. T. Fisher Prize Award Recipients for 2009-2010

·         Call for Participation: UCGIS Summer Assembly 2010 - June 15-16

·         Call for ESRI Developer Questions

·         LiDAR Data Quickly Maps Mayan City

·         Geographic File Creation Sites

·         ArcGIS 10 to be Released This Summer

·         Gulf Oil Spill Maps

·         Tuft’s GIS Poster Exhibit

·         ArcGIS Online – Maps and Apps for Everyone

·         DARPA Social Network Mobilization Challenge Report

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CGA NEWS

New tools within AfricaMap and HGL

The ability to download data sets from the Harvard Geospatial Library while working in the AfricaMap (WorldMap) Framework was recently released. Also, the HGL Standing Committee has prioritized interoperability as a strategic goal, and now HGL data layers selected by keyword searches can be exposed as a dynamic GeoRSS data feed. View details on CGA’s blog page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page190010&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent464962&view=message&viewParam_message_id=454020#a_icb_pagecontent464962

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

H. T. Fisher Prize Award Recipients for 2009-2010

The Committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science, Harvard University, is pleased to announce three recipients of the award for the academic year 2009-2010: Tiziana Smith, Katherine Levine and Yuin Mae Ng. The Committee observed that between them these three submissions show the breadth of topics and approaches in geo-spatial analysis, including both statistical sophistication and cartographic eloquence, and addressing both scientific and socio-economic themes.  Read the papers on our Fisher Prize winners page:

http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page322287

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CONFERENCES

Call for Participation: UCGIS Summer Assembly 2010 - June 15-16

“GIS&T: Transformation, Education and Futures” will be held on June 15-16, 2009 at the Crown Plaza Beach Resort in Hilton Head Island, SC.  More information:

http://www.ucgis.org/summer2010/

Call for ESRI Developer Questions

ESRI’s upcoming release of ArcGIS version 10 contains many significant upgrades, and will be the focal point of the ESRI Users Conference this year, held July 12 – 16 in San Diego.  The CGA’s Jeff Blossom will be attending this conference, and will have the chance to speak directly with ESRI developers regarding specific functionality and changes.  If you have a question to ask an ESRI developer, send it to Jeff at jblossom@cga.harvard.edu 

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

LiDAR Data Quickly Maps Maya City

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/science/11maya.html?pagewanted=all 

California Geology Maps

http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/GMC/stategeologicmap.html

http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/FAM/faultactivitymap.html

Geographic File Creation Sites

Use this site to immediately map and convert coordinates into kml, GeoJSON, and other formats:

http://www.geotruc.net/

This site allows for polygon and line entries, and converts into kml, GeoJSON, and other formats:

http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/vector-formats.html

ArcGIS 10 to be Released This Summer

An overview of the new features:

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

Gulf Oil Spill Maps

Compare to the spill map on your city:

http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/#

Google crisis response:

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/oilspill/

Interactive multimedia map:

http://mapapps.esri.com/disasters/oil-spill/gulf-2010/index.html

Tuft’s GIS Poster Exhibit

https://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/GISatTufts/Tufts+GIS+Poster+Expo

ArcGIS Online – Maps and Apps for Everyone

http://www.arcgis.com/home/

DARPA Social Network Mobilization Challenge Report

https://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/ProjectReport.pdf

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May 2008 
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Georeferencing Workshop Materials Available Online
• New Harvard Geospatial Library Datasets
• Photo GPS Now Available for Harvard Use
• GIS Book Requests
• LandScan Data – China Earthquake Map
• ArcGIS 9.3 Available for Evaluation
• ERDAS Imagine 9.2 Available for Download
• ASPRS and O’Reilly where 2.0 Conference Summaries
• Free Registrations Available for the ESRI Users Conference
• Landscape in Language Workshop Call for Participants
• UCGIS Summer Assembly
• Temporal GIS Workshop
• Remote Mapping of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar
• AAG’s Achievement Award in GIS
• ESRI Development Center Program for Universities Launched
• Summer Course at Boston University
• Microsoft Enhances Virtual Earth 3D Live
• More…

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CGA NEWS

Georeferencing Workshop Materials Available Online 
Material from the Georeferencing Workshop held in March is now available for viewing and download. Material includes presentation videos, PDF files of the presentations, posters, and handouts associated with the workshop.
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page24711

Photo GPS now available for Harvard Use 
CGA has purchased an ATP photofinder GPS that is now available for use by Harvard ID holders. This GPS is simple to use. Synchronizing the GPS time with your camera’s time, turning the unit on while taking photos, and then inserting your camera flash card into the unit will stamp each photo with latitude longitude of the picture location. Uploading the photos to Picasa will automatically make a Google map showing the photo locations. The GPS data can also be exported into KML format. Contact us at contact@cga.harvard.edu if interested in using.

GIS Book Requests 
The CGA has acquired funding to purchase GIS books for inclusion into the Harvard Library system. What books are of interest? Browse a list of potential books and/or add a book of interest. Harvard login is required.
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page105453&pageContentId=icb.pagecontent325094&state=maximize

LandScan Data – China Earthquake Map 
The LandScan Dataset is a worldwide population database compiled on a 30” X 30” latitude/longitude grid. Census counts (at sub-national level) were apportioned to each grid cell based on likelihood coefficients, which are based on proximity to roads, slope, land cover, nighttime lights, and other information. LandScan has been developed as part of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Global Population Project for estimating ambient populations at risk. LandScan datasets are released annually, and CGA has acquired the latest release (2006). More info on LandScan:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/landscan/landscanCommon/landscan_doc-main.html 
CGA used LandScan and USGS data to create a map showing the affected regions of the recent China earthquake displaying a population density grid and epicenter magnitude and location information:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Earthquake_May15.jpg

ArcGIS 9.3 Available for Evaluation 
CGA has received from ESRI the ArcGIS 9.3 release candidates for the following products: ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor ArcView), ArcGIS Server (Windows and UNIX), and ArcIMS. If you are a Harvard ID holder and want to evaluate these products, please email contact@cga.harvard.edu to borrow the install DVD.

ERDAS Imagine 9.2 Available for Download 
The latest release of this photogrammetry and remote sensing software is now available for Harvard ID holders to download. Visit CGA’s download page at:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page28957

CGA Adds Tutorials 
Two tutorials have been added to CGA’s technical support page: How to map tabular U.S. States data, and Geocoding Best Practices. Go to the link below and look on the right side of the page.
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&pageid=icb.page137934

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

New Harvard Geospatial Library Datasets 
The Harvard Geospatial Library has new historic datasets available as part of the Harvard Map Collection’s Imaging the Urban Environment Project. Antiquarian and (copyright free) modern maps were digitally photographed at high resolution, then georeferenced, and these georeferenced images can be downloaded from HGL. New York City is heavily represented with 65 maps dating from 1730 to 1961. Also available are 12 maps of New Orleans, 13 of Washington, DC, and 24 of Philadelphia. Soon to be added are historic maps of San Francisco, Denver, London, Paris and many other cities around the world. Go to http://hgl.harvard.edu to view and download these maps.

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CONFERENCES

ASPRS and O’Reilly where 2.0 Conference Summaries 
CGA members recently attended the 2008 American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing conference held in Portland, OR, and the O’Reilly where 2.0 conference held in Burlingame, CA. The conference reviews cover new products, tools, data resources, technical sessions, and cite numerous websites featuring the latest developments in geoweb technology. CGA also has some beta programs and data samples available to check out that were made available at the conferences. See the reviews:
http://gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7644

Free Registrations Available for the ESRI Users Conference 
CGA has free registration passes available for Harvard ID holders to attend the International Users Conference in San Diego August 4 – 8. This is the world’s biggest GIS conference, showcasing all kinds of innovative geospatial technology. Contact us at contact@cga.harvard.edu for a free pass. Travel expenses are not covered. More info on the conference:
http://www.esri.com/events/uc/index.html

Landscape in Language Workshop Call for Participants 
Participants are sought for a trans-disciplinary workshop on landscape in language and thought to be held on the Navajo Reservation in New Mexico and Arizona October 26 - November 1, 2008. Responses are due May 21st. See the flyer for more details:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Call_Landscape_Nov08.pdf

UCGIS Summer Assembly 
Students can attend this 2 day conference in GIScience for $100. More info:
http://www.ucgis.org/summer2008/

Temporal GIS Workshop 
A workshop titled “Temporal GIS: the past 20 years and next 20 years” will be held September 23 in Park City, Utah. To register and for more info:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/temporal_GIS_9_23.pdf

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Remote Mapping of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar 
GISCorps volunteers performed change detection mapping in areas affected by the cyclone using Google Earth.
http://www.giscorps.org/burma.php

AAG’s Achievement Award in GIS 
The Association of American Geographer’s Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement 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 application period is June 15 - October 15, 2008. See the flyer:
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/Marble-Boyle_award_10_08.pdf

ESRI Development Center Program for Universities Launched 
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2008/may/02/news4.html

Summer Course at Boston University 
BU is offering the introductory course: Geospatial Methods in Environmantal Studies this summer.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic35229.files/GE360_flyer.pdf

Microsoft Enhances Virtual Earth 3D Live 
Microsoft’s latest release of 3D Live contains vastly enhanced 3D modeling of cities.
http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!14129.entry?wa=wsignin1.0

Historical Aerial Photos 
Viewing aerial photography from the 1930’s to present is possible at this website.
http://www.historicaerials.com/

Federal Government uses Google Earth for Wildfire Response / Prediction 
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=3493588

Google Ocean 
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931412-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

MapTube 
MapTube is a free resource for viewing, sharing, mixing and mashing maps online.
http://www.maptube.org/home.aspx

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May 2007 
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HIGHLIGHTS

• Trimble GPS Unit Available
• GIS Prize Deadline
• Detailed China Census Data Becomes Available
• ISPIRE Directive for European Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Microsoft SQL Server to go Spatial
• JPEG 2000 Specification Supports Web Streaming
• Geocoding Sound

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CGA NEWS

Trimble GPS Unit Available 
CGA has a Trimble GeoExplorer3 GPS unit with 1-3 meter accuracy available for check-out on a first come, first serve basis. Email contact@cga.harvard.edu

GIS Prize Deadline Fast Approaches 
The submission deadline for the Howard T. Fisher Prize in GIS is May 18th at 5PM.http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/academic/fellowships/prizes/gisprize/

ESRI Business Analyst in Testing 
The Business Analyst package represents a combination of software and data which runs in ArcGIS, providing access to high quality United States census data, business data, shopping center data, street information and other items. CGA currently has one license and wants to gauge interest in the product. Please contact Guoping Huang atghuang@cga.harvard.edu if you are interested.

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HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS

On the Relationship Between GIS and Geography 
Michael Goodchild writes about trends in the New Geography and Harvard’s roll past and present.http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0407/feature.html

New China Datasets Available 
The data company SRC and the University of MichiganÆs China Data Center have joined forces to offer subscription-based access to a detailed version of the China 2000 census data which includes township level data and thousands of variables: www.DemographicsNowChina.com

Harvard has two higher level China data publications available for use by Harvard affiliates on CD in the Map Collection or from HGL with a Harvard ID number and PIN.ááThe first is the historical county population census data from 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2000. The variables are different for each year, but at a minimum they include the total population per county and the number of households. The layers in this publication can be accessed directly: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.gisdata:009900120.

The second dataset is the China 2000 county population census which includes 2000 county boundaries integrated with more than 1,900 variables from the 2000 population census data for counties and urban districts. These layers can be accessed from: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.gisdata:009898629.á Each layer for the 2000 census has many variables, and column names are cryptic. The descriptive column names are included in the metadata for each layer so it is important that users download the metadata file with the data.

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NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) Directive Goes into Force May 15th 
“The initiative intends to trigger the creation of a European spatial information infrastructure that delivers to the users integrated spatial information servicesà The target users of INSPIRE include policy-makers, planners and managers at European, national and local level and the citizens and their organisations.” http://inspire.jrc.it/

Gridded Population of the World (GPW) 
A KML which provides a map and legend for the GPW data showing global population density is available:http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/download.php?Number=337628

Microsoft’s SQL Server to Support Spatial Data 
http://www.directionsmedia.net/newsletters.archive/index.php?ID=868

JPEG 2000 Supports Sophisticated Streaming 
JPIP, a portion of the JPEG 2000 file format, supports streaming over HTTP thus making it easier to serve very large files from small servers. http://www.jpeg.org/jpeg2000/j2kpart9.html

Imagery Makes a Point 
Satellite imagery from the University of British Columbia provides compelling evidence of the environmental disruption caused by fishing boats. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/science/15mud.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin

Embedded GPS 
GPS is finding its way into familiar items. An example is the Pileus umbrella designed in Japan by the center for Human Interaction Design at the Keio University Okude Lab. http://www.pileus.net/. Kids shoes are also getting space enabled:http://www.i4u.com/article7740.html.

FreeSound Project 
The FreeSound project geocodes sounds from around the world. http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/geotagsView.php

One Meter Mapping of Martian Geologic Features 
“The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) is flying onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission. HiRISE will investigate deposits and landforms resulting from geologic and climatic processes and assist in the evaluation of candidate landing sites.” http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/

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