The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) seeks a full-time, PhD-level Research Associate to work on a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded-project entitled “Burden of Disease and Deprivation in India across Micro and Macro Public Policy Units” led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor ...

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The Harvard Library Geospatial Working Group invites you to attend StoryMaps: A Hands-on Workshop.  This workshop will teach how to use Esri’s StoryMaps platform to create stylish...

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Need help with making maps & using spatial data? Want to talk through your idea for a mapping based project? Have a question about using GIS or finding the right method for your task? Drop by the Harvard Map Collection help desk hours to get answers! Or email: maps@harvard.edu. 

The help desk will be held on Wednesdays from 2-4 and will take place in the Media Lab in Lamont Library (level B). The first session will open on September 18th. 

Mapping is an effective tool for reconstructing the past, which reveals the spatial relationships that stimulated cultural, social and political change over time. In this workshop for Harvard affiliates, we will introduce digital tools and workflows for visualizing and interpreting historical data. We will cover the basics of QGIS, web mapping with Leaflet, georeferencing historical maps, incorporating time-based geographic data, creating multilayer historical web maps, and more. Mapping History will be led by... Read more about Mapping History Workshop Oct. 30 and 31

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