# Articles, Publications, Presentations (Ben Lewis) Download 53 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1926731&content_filter%5B1%5D=1927016&content_filter%5B2%5D=1640514&content_filter%5B3%5D=1926771&content_filter%5B4%5D=1926766&content_filter%5B5%5D=1927001&content_filter%5B6%5D=1926931&content_filter%5B7%5D=1926976&content_filter%5B8%5D=1926966&content_filter%5B9%5D=1926936&content_filter%5B10%5D=1926761&content_filter%5B11%5D=1926996&content_filter%5B12%5D=1333512&content_filter%5B13%5D=1333511&content_filter%5B14%5D=1926851&content_filter%5B15%5D=1926756&content_filter%5B16%5D=1926856&content_filter%5B17%5D=1333026&content_filter%5B18%5D=1325751&content_filter%5B19%5D=1926636&content_filter%5B20%5D=1333648&content_filter%5B21%5D=1333646&content_filter%5B22%5D=1926861&content_filter%5B23%5D=1926926&content_filter%5B24%5D=1926866&content_filter%5B25%5D=1926986&content_filter%5B26%5D=1926956&content_filter%5B27%5D=1333509&content_filter%5B28%5D=1333027&content_filter%5B29%5D=1926961&content_filter%5B30%5D=1926951&content_filter%5B31%5D=1926941&content_filter%5B32%5D=1926871&content_filter%5B33%5D=1926891&content_filter%5B34%5D=1926661&content_filter%5B35%5D=1926646&content_filter%5B36%5D=1926651&content_filter%5B37%5D=1926881&content_filter%5B38%5D=1926886&content_filter%5B39%5D=1926876&content_filter%5B40%5D=1926656&content_filter%5B41%5D=1333017&content_filter%5B42%5D=1926946&content_filter%5B43%5D=1926901&content_filter%5B44%5D=1926896&content_filter%5B45%5D=1926846&content_filter%5B46%5D=1333647&content_filter%5B47%5D=1333019&content_filter%5B48%5D=1926911&content_filter%5B49%5D=1926906&content_filter%5B50%5D=1926916&content_filter%5B51%5D=1926921&content_filter%5B52%5D=1333018&content_filter%5B53%5D=1926836&&format=bibtex) - 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add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/3NCMB6) The Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) maintains the [Geotweet Archive](https://gis.harvard.edu/geotweets-archive-v20), a global record of tweets spanning time, geography, and language. The primary purpose of the Archive is to make a comprehensive collection of geo-located tweets available to... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/3NCMB6) ### 2024 Ben Lewis. 2024. “[Climate Resilience Resources for Cultural Heritage Toolkit](https://gis.harvard.edu/neh-climate-resilience-resources-cultural-heritage-toolkit)” Ben Lewis. 2024. “[Climate Resilience Resources for Cultural Heritage Toolkit](https://gis.harvard.edu/neh-climate-resilience-resources-cultural-heritage-toolkit)” - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract Even before Zillow removed ClimateCheck and FirstStreet risk scores from its site, this [award winning](https://blooloop.com/innovation-awards/2024/project/climate-resilience-resources/) tool was one of the best one-stop resource for climate hazard information for the US and Territories.[](https://app.resilience.culturalheritage.org/) [Here](https://app.resilience.culturalheritage.org/) is the tool.[ Here](https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a756d69c98e4e688196042a9e05a226) is the data behind the tool... ### 2022 Devika Kakkar, Ben Lewis, and Wendy Guan. 2022. “[Interactive Analysis of Big Geospatial Data With High-Performance Computing: A Case Study of Partisan Segregation in the United States](/publications/interactive-analysis-big-geospatial-data-high-performance-computing-case-study)”. Transactions in GIS Devika Kakkar, Ben Lewis, and Wendy Guan. 2022. “[Interactive Analysis of Big Geospatial Data With High-Performance Computing: A Case Study of Partisan Segregation in the United States](/publications/interactive-analysis-big-geospatial-data-high-performance-computing-case-study)”. Transactions in GIS - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12955) Researchers are increasingly working with large geospatial datasets that contain hundreds of millions of records. At this scale, desktop GIS systems typically fall short and so new approaches and methods are needed. The objective of this work is to... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12955) 2022. “[Developing the Chinese Academic Map Publishing Platform](/publication/developing-chinese-academic-map-publishing-platform)”. In Spatial Literary Studies in China, Pp. 53-80,. Cham: Springer International Publishing 2022. “[Developing the Chinese Academic Map Publishing Platform](/publication/developing-chinese-academic-map-publishing-platform)”. In Spatial Literary Studies in China, Pp. 53-80,. Cham: Springer International Publishing - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03914-0_4) Responding to the trend that humanities research is making greater use of quantitative spatiotemporal analysis and visualization, XU Yongming discusses the matter of developing the Chinese Academic Map Publishing Platform. Xu and his team developed an... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03914-0_4) ### 2021 2021. “[Construction of an Old-Map Framework for Promoting Historical GIS Research and Education](/publication/construction-old-map-framework-promoting-historical-gis-research-and-education)”. Abstracts of the ICA, 3, Pp. 1-2,. doi:10.5194/ica-abs-3-321-2021 2021. “[Construction of an Old-Map Framework for Promoting Historical GIS Research and Education](/publication/construction-old-map-framework-promoting-historical-gis-research-and-education)”. Abstracts of the ICA, 3, Pp. 1-2,. doi:10.5194/ica-abs-3-321-2021 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://ica-abs.copernicus.org/articles/3/321/2021/) ‘Historical GIS’, a fusion of historical geography and geographic information science, has undergone rapid development within Japan and overseas since the 2000s as part of the digital humanities (DH), and involving collaboration between research fields in... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://ica-abs.copernicus.org/articles/3/321/2021/) 2021. [Presentation: The WorldMap Story - From Homegrown Code to Software-As-a-Service](/publication/presentation-worldmap-story-homegrown-code-software-service) 2021. [Presentation: The WorldMap Story - From Homegrown Code to Software-As-a-Service](/publication/presentation-worldmap-story-homegrown-code-software-service) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP3bn_WpyYM) "The WorldMap Story, Chapter II: From Homegrown Code to Software-as-a-Service", 11th Forum on Spatially Integrated Humanities and Social Science - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP3bn_WpyYM) ### 2019 2019. [Interview Benjamin Lewis - Keynote Speaker - PyCon Colombia 2019](/publication/interview-benjamin-lewis-keynote-speaker-pycon-colombia-2019) 2019. [Interview Benjamin Lewis - Keynote Speaker - PyCon Colombia 2019](/publication/interview-benjamin-lewis-keynote-speaker-pycon-colombia-2019) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_g7ZetXbE) Benjamin Lewis ---------------------- Geospatial Technology Manager at the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_g7ZetXbE) 2019. [Benjamin Lewis - Keynote Speaker Conference - PyCon Colombia 2019](/publication/benjamin-lewis-keynote-speaker-conference-pycon-colombia-2019) 2019. [Benjamin Lewis - Keynote Speaker Conference - PyCon Colombia 2019](/publication/benjamin-lewis-keynote-speaker-conference-pycon-colombia-2019) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JdUSz78V4) Benjamin Lewis -------------------------------------------- Geospatial Technology Manager at the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JdUSz78V4) 2019. [WorldMap Map and Layer Search](/publication/worldmap-map-and-layer-search) 2019. [WorldMap Map and Layer Search](/publication/worldmap-map-and-layer-search) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3rNAuORZHQ) Overview of Map and Layer search. Some of these are new capabilities in WorldMap made possible by improvements in GeoNode. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3rNAuORZHQ) ### 2018 2018. “[Cga-Harvard/Bop-Ui](/publication/cga-harvardbop-ui)” 2018. “[Cga-Harvard/Bop-Ui](/publication/cga-harvardbop-ui)” - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://github.com/cga-harvard/bop-ui) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://github.com/cga-harvard/bop-ui) 2018. “[Japan Disaster Archive | Japan Disasters Archive](/publication/japan-disaster-archive-japan-disasters-archive)” 2018. “[Japan Disaster Archive | Japan Disasters Archive](/publication/japan-disaster-archive-japan-disasters-archive)” - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://jdarchive.org/en) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://jdarchive.org/en) Paolo Corti, Benjamin Lewis, and Athanasios Tom Kralidis. 2018. “[Hypermap Registry: An Open Source, Standards-Based Geospatial Registry and Search Platform](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40965-018-0051-x)”. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, 3, 1, Pp. 8 Paolo Corti, Benjamin Lewis, and Athanasios Tom Kralidis. 2018. “[Hypermap Registry: An Open Source, Standards-Based Geospatial Registry and Search Platform](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40965-018-0051-x)”. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, 3, 1, Pp. 8 - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40965-018-0051-x) On the web there is a large number of useful geospatial datasets available, exposed via web map services using open standards or open protocols. Just as web search engines enable users to reliably search and find relevant documents, a similar capability... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40965-018-0051-x) Paolo Corti, Athanasios Tom Kralidis, and Benjamin Lewis. 2018. “[Enhancing Discovery in Spatial Data Infrastructures Using a Search Engine](/publications/enhancing-discovery-spatial-data-infrastructures-using-search-engine)”. PeerJ Computer Science, 4, Pp. e152 Paolo Corti, Athanasios Tom Kralidis, and Benjamin Lewis. 2018. “[Enhancing Discovery in Spatial Data Infrastructures Using a Search Engine](/publications/enhancing-discovery-spatial-data-infrastructures-using-search-engine)”. PeerJ Computer Science, 4, Pp. e152 2018. [Demo of Using HHypermap to Searching Large Geospatial Catalog by Time and Space](/publication/demo-using-hhypermap-searching-large-geospatial-catalog-time-and-space) 2018. [Demo of Using HHypermap to Searching Large Geospatial Catalog by Time and Space](/publication/demo-using-hhypermap-searching-large-geospatial-catalog-time-and-space) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JkiyWizS0) Demo of using HHypermap to searching large geospatial catalog by time and space - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4JkiyWizS0) 2018. “[GitHub - Cga-Harvard Hhypermap-Bop: HHypermap BOP -- Harvard Hypermap, Billion Object Platform (using Apache Solr)](/publication/github-cga-harvardhhypermap-bop-hhypermap-bop-harvard-hypermap-billion-object-platform)” 2018. “[GitHub - Cga-Harvard Hhypermap-Bop: HHypermap BOP -- Harvard Hypermap, Billion Object Platform (using Apache Solr)](/publication/github-cga-harvardhhypermap-bop-hhypermap-bop-harvard-hypermap-billion-object-platform)” - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://github.com/cga-harvard/hhypermap-bop) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://github.com/cga-harvard/hhypermap-bop) 2018. [How to Map Data in Dataverse Using WorldMap](/publication/how-map-data-dataverse-using-worldmap) 2018. [How to Map Data in Dataverse Using WorldMap](/publication/how-map-data-dataverse-using-worldmap) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9jx9AGVMCM) This is a brief how-to video covering the three geospatial data types which can be mapped in Dataverse: 1) Lat/long tables, 2) Shapefiles, 3) Tables with a column for a well known area. Additional documentation on the process is here: ... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9jx9AGVMCM) ### 2017 Alenka Poplin, Wendy Guan, and Ben Lewis. 2017. “[Online Survey of Heterogeneous Users and Their Usage of the Interactive Mapping Platform WorldMap](/publications/online-survey-heterogeneous-users-and-their-usage-interactive-mapping-platform)”. The Cartographic Journal, 54, 3, Pp. 214-32 Alenka Poplin, Wendy Guan, and Ben Lewis. 2017. “[Online Survey of Heterogeneous Users and Their Usage of the Interactive Mapping Platform WorldMap](/publications/online-survey-heterogeneous-users-and-their-usage-interactive-mapping-platform)”. The Cartographic Journal, 54, 3, Pp. 214-32 Benjamin Lewis, Weihe Wendy Guan, and Alenka Poplin. 2017. “[Evaluating the Current State of Geospatial Software As a Service Platforms: A Comparison Study](/publications/evaluating-current-state-geospatial-software-service-platforms-comparison-study)”. In Citizen Empowered Mapping, Pp. 53-85. Springer Benjamin Lewis, Weihe Wendy Guan, and Alenka Poplin. 2017. “[Evaluating the Current State of Geospatial Software As a Service Platforms: A Comparison Study](/publications/evaluating-current-state-geospatial-software-service-platforms-comparison-study)”. In Citizen Empowered Mapping, Pp. 53-85. Springer - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://books.google.com/books?id=1AMmDwAAQBAJ) The goal of this chapter is to evaluate and compare Geospatial Software as a Service (GSaaS) platforms oriented toward providing basic mapping capabilities to non-GIS experts. These platforms allow users to organize spatial materials in layers, perform... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://books.google.com/books?id=1AMmDwAAQBAJ) Devika Kakkar and Ben Lewis. 2017. “[Building a Billion Spatio-Temporal Object Search and Visualization Platform](/publications/building-billion-spatio-temporal-object-search-and-visualization-platform)”. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4, Pp. 97 Devika Kakkar and Ben Lewis. 2017. “[Building a Billion Spatio-Temporal Object Search and Visualization Platform](/publications/building-billion-spatio-temporal-object-search-and-visualization-platform)”. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4, Pp. 97 Corti and Lewis. 2017. “[Making Temporal Search More Central in Spatial Data Infrastructures](/publications/making-temporal-search-more-central-spatial-data-infrastructures)”. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4, Pp. 93 Corti and Lewis. 2017. “[Making Temporal Search More Central in Spatial Data Infrastructures](/publications/making-temporal-search-more-central-spatial-data-infrastructures)”. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 4, Pp. 93 2017. [BOP Demo](/publication/bop-demo) 2017. [BOP Demo](/publication/bop-demo) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tib6M_fgHok) This is a brief how-to video covering the three geospatial data types which can be mapped in Dataverse: 1) Lat/long tables, 2) Shapefiles, 3) Tables with a column for a well known area. Additional documentation on the process is here: ... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tib6M_fgHok) 2017. [WorldMap - Open Source Infrastructure for Geospatial Collaboration](/publication/worldmap-open-source-infrastructure-geospatial-collaboration) 2017. [WorldMap - Open Source Infrastructure for Geospatial Collaboration](/publication/worldmap-open-source-infrastructure-geospatial-collaboration) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2r-QwyRnV4) Are you interested in learning how Open Source technology components were used to architect Harvard University’s WorldMap (), a scalable map editing and publishing platform viewer that is being used by a diverse community of... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2r-QwyRnV4) 2017. [Hhypermap Search Quick Demo](/publication/hhypermap-search-quick-demo) 2017. [Hhypermap Search Quick Demo](/publication/hhypermap-search-quick-demo) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARtEBEfxOYU) hhypermap search quick demo - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARtEBEfxOYU) ### 2016 2016. [HHypermap: A Platform to Enable Geospatial Search](/publication/hhypermap-platform-enable-geospatial-search) 2016. [HHypermap: A Platform to Enable Geospatial Search](/publication/hhypermap-platform-enable-geospatial-search) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdEk_J4jOzM) by Ben Lewis There is currently no comprehensive search capability for online spatial information, a critical body of data - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdEk_J4jOzM) 2016. [H-Hypermap: Heatmap Analytics at Scale - David Smiley, D W Smiley, LLC](/publication/h-hypermap-heatmap-analytics-scale-david-smiley-d-w-smiley-llc) 2016. [H-Hypermap: Heatmap Analytics at Scale - David Smiley, D W Smiley, LLC](/publication/h-hypermap-heatmap-analytics-scale-david-smiley-d-w-smiley-llc) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzAH5QEl9hQ) The Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis has established the HHypermap (Harvard Hypermap) system, comprised of multiple open-source projects aimed at searching vast amounts of spatial data. This talk centers on a system based on SolrCloud that can do... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzAH5QEl9hQ) Paolo Corti, Benjamin Lewis, Tom Kralidis, and Jude Mwenda. 2016. [Implementing an Open Source Spatio-Temporal Search Platform for Spatial Data Infrastructures](/publications/implementing-open-source-spatio-temporal-search-platform-spatial-data). PeerJ Preprints Paolo Corti, Benjamin Lewis, Tom Kralidis, and Jude Mwenda. 2016. [Implementing an Open Source Spatio-Temporal Search Platform for Spatial Data Infrastructures](/publications/implementing-open-source-spatio-temporal-search-platform-spatial-data). PeerJ Preprints - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract [Full text](https://peerj.com/preprints/2238/) ### 2015 Weihe Wendy Guan, Alenka Poplin, and Benjamin Lewis. 2015. “[Understanding Today’s Online GIS User Through the Lens of a WorldMap Survey](/publications/understanding-todays-online-gis-user-through-lens-worldmap-survey)”. Transactions in GIS, 19, 3, Pp. 417-38 Weihe Wendy Guan, Alenka Poplin, and Benjamin Lewis. 2015. “[Understanding Today’s Online GIS User Through the Lens of a WorldMap Survey](/publications/understanding-todays-online-gis-user-through-lens-worldmap-survey)”. Transactions in GIS, 19, 3, Pp. 417-38 2015. [The Latest in Spatial & Temporal Search](/publication/latest-spatial-temporal-search) 2015. [The Latest in Spatial & Temporal Search](/publication/latest-spatial-temporal-search) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_DLMyk7hMI) Presented by David Smiley Presented at Lucene/Solr Revolution. Learn more: - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_DLMyk7hMI) ### 2014 2014. [Peter Bol on Open Access for Historians](/publication/peter-bol-open-access-historians) 2014. [Peter Bol on Open Access for Historians](/publication/peter-bol-open-access-historians) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5xqOg-v1VI) Harvard Professor Peter Bol discusses how Open Access affects his work as a historian, and how people around the world are collaborating to produce innovative maps that combine the geographical and the historical. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5xqOg-v1VI) 2014. [Worldmap EdX Connector Demo](/publication/worldmap-edx-connector-demo) 2014. [Worldmap EdX Connector Demo](/publication/worldmap-edx-connector-demo) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TU3UE3wAJE) This is a demo of the alpha-level release of the Harvard WorldMap-edX connector. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TU3UE3wAJE) 2014. [Introduction to the WorldMap Warper Tool](/publication/introduction-worldmap-warper-tool) 2014. [Introduction to the WorldMap Warper Tool](/publication/introduction-worldmap-warper-tool) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxhFZA6O6FM) This is a brief introduction by Kirk Goldsberry to the Warper tool hosted by Harvard University. In addition to downloading the resulting file as a GeoTIFF, it is also possible to bring you map into another system using the WMS link also available on the... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxhFZA6O6FM) ### 2013 2013. [Mapping Genetic History](/publication/mapping-genetic-history) 2013. [Mapping Genetic History](/publication/mapping-genetic-history) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdiekbiwEqQ) Ben Lewis of the Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis developed materials to geographically represent the genetic history of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., for the PBS documentary African American Lives 2, segment The Past Is Another Country... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdiekbiwEqQ) 2013. [WorldMap: Embedding a WorldMap in Any HTML Page](/publication/worldmap-embedding-worldmap-any-html-page) 2013. [WorldMap: Embedding a WorldMap in Any HTML Page](/publication/worldmap-embedding-worldmap-any-html-page) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPr9KS0sRyM) Here is a demo of using the Link tool to create an embed snippet that you can then copy-paste to any HTML page to bring you map into, for example, your blog. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPr9KS0sRyM) 2013. [WorldMap: Adding a Layer from Picasa](/publication/worldmap-adding-layer-picasa) 2013. [WorldMap: Adding a Layer from Picasa](/publication/worldmap-adding-layer-picasa) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul3cxGDJgOc) Here is a demo of adding a layer to WorldMap by filtering the Picasa photo archive using a keyword (poaching) and spatial coordinates set by the map extent. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul3cxGDJgOc) 2013. [WorldMap Overview -- Excerpt from UNU Talk](/publication/worldmap-overview-excerpt-unu-talk) 2013. [WorldMap Overview -- Excerpt from UNU Talk](/publication/worldmap-overview-excerpt-unu-talk) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjS3uHM-nI) This demo by Wendy Guan was made to a United Nations University conference on March 6th, 2013. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjS3uHM-nI) . “[Tweetmap](/publication/tweetmap)” . “[Tweetmap](/publication/tweetmap)” - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://irevolutions.org/tag/tweetmap/) Posts about Tweetmap written by Patrick Meier - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://irevolutions.org/tag/tweetmap/) Harvard CGA. “[TweetMap, WorldMap, and a New Big Data Platform for Spatio-Temporal Data - by Ben Lewis](/publication/tweetmap-worldmap-and-new-big-data-platform-spatio-temporal-data-ben-lewis)” Harvard CGA. “[TweetMap, WorldMap, and a New Big Data Platform for Spatio-Temporal Data - by Ben Lewis](/publication/tweetmap-worldmap-and-new-big-data-platform-spatio-temporal-data-ben-lewis)” - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3doxe7MwP4) This talk by Ben Lewis is part of a panel at Harvard CGA s "Creating the Policy and Legal Framework for a Location-Enabled Society" conference on May 2nd, 2013. Other panelists included Todd Mostak of MIT, Jeff Blossom of Harvard, and Chris Tucker of the... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3doxe7MwP4) ### 2012 Weihe Wendy Guan, Peter Bol, Benjamin Lewis, Matthew Bertrand, Merrick Lex Berman, and Jeffrey Blossom. 2012. “[WorldMap–a Geospatial Framework for Collaborative Research](/publications/worldmap%E2%80%93-geospatial-framework-collaborative-research)”. Annals of GIS, 18, 2, Pp. 121-34 Weihe Wendy Guan, Peter Bol, Benjamin Lewis, Matthew Bertrand, Merrick Lex Berman, and Jeffrey Blossom. 2012. “[WorldMap–a Geospatial Framework for Collaborative Research](/publications/worldmap%E2%80%93-geospatial-framework-collaborative-research)”. Annals of GIS, 18, 2, Pp. 121-34 2012. [Google I O 2012 - Google Maps Sandbox](/publication/google-io-2012-google-maps-sandbox) 2012. [Google I O 2012 - Google Maps Sandbox](/publication/google-io-2012-google-maps-sandbox) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://youtu.be/3pASpPN4UsE?si=eZ6qYK0px6ZJZs96&t=214) Envista Harvard World Map Hipmunk - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://youtu.be/3pASpPN4UsE?si=eZ6qYK0px6ZJZs96&t=214) 2012. [WorldMap How To: Creating a Map Linked to Images and Video](/publication/worldmap-how-creating-map-linked-images-and-video) 2012. [WorldMap How To: Creating a Map Linked to Images and Video](/publication/worldmap-how-creating-map-linked-images-and-video) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiEzu-j61ic) Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiEzu-j61ic) 2012. [Twitter Visualization Using GEOPS](/publication/twitter-visualization-using-geops) 2012. [Twitter Visualization Using GEOPS](/publication/twitter-visualization-using-geops) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2VMNZmQdbg) Filtering on tornado in last week of February, 2012. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2VMNZmQdbg) 2012. [TweetMap Query for "coffee"](/publication/tweetmap-query-coffee) 2012. [TweetMap Query for "coffee"](/publication/tweetmap-query-coffee) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX8LLDMXb4E) TweetMap was developed by Ben Lewis and Todd Mostak and was the first geospatial big data platf - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX8LLDMXb4E) ### 2011 Benjamin Lewis. 2011. “[WorldMap: A Strategy to Allow Researchers to Scratch Their Itches Online Thereby Improving Data Access for All](/publications/worldmap-strategy-allow-researchers-scratch-their-itches-online-thereby-improving)” Benjamin Lewis. 2011. “[WorldMap: A Strategy to Allow Researchers to Scratch Their Itches Online Thereby Improving Data Access for All](/publications/worldmap-strategy-allow-researchers-scratch-their-itches-online-thereby-improving)” Benjamin Lewis and Weihe Guan. 2011. “[Jump-Starting the Next Level of Online Geospatial Collaboration: Lessons from AfricaMap](/publications/jump-starting-next-level-online-geospatial-collaboration-lessons-africamap)”. Advances in Web-Based GIS, Mapping Services and Applications. London, Taylor and Francis, Pp. 255-76 Benjamin Lewis and Weihe Guan. 2011. “[Jump-Starting the Next Level of Online Geospatial Collaboration: Lessons from AfricaMap](/publications/jump-starting-next-level-online-geospatial-collaboration-lessons-africamap)”. Advances in Web-Based GIS, Mapping Services and Applications. London, Taylor and Francis, Pp. 255-76 2011. [WorldMap Quick Start](/publication/worldmap-quick-start) 2011. [WorldMap Quick Start](/publication/worldmap-quick-start) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajctx6h1t5s) This is a quick overview of some of the basic functionality of WorldMap. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajctx6h1t5s) 2011. [WorldMap Overview - ABCD Talk](/publication/worldmap-overview-abcd-talk) 2011. [WorldMap Overview - ABCD Talk](/publication/worldmap-overview-abcd-talk) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSXsbaEZ59Q) This was a talk given by Ben Lewis to the ABCD technology group at Harvard on November 14, 2011. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSXsbaEZ59Q) 2011. [Loading Layers to a Map in WorldMap](/publication/loading-layers-map-worldmap) 2011. [Loading Layers to a Map in WorldMap](/publication/loading-layers-map-worldmap) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvh4Udkj6W8) WorldMap is available at This tutorial demonstrates three ways to load Layers to a Map. Loading from the WorldMap database, pointing to a web map service on a remo - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvh4Udkj6W8) 2011. [Creating a Map from Scratch In WorldMap](/publication/creating-map-scratch-worldmap) 2011. [Creating a Map from Scratch In WorldMap](/publication/creating-map-scratch-worldmap) - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiOWTshF9Xg) WorldMap is available at This is a brief tutorial on creating a map then, adding a layer, and saving it. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiOWTshF9Xg) ### 2009 John Gerring, Nathan Nunn, Robert Woodberry, Peter Bol, Wendy Guan, and Ben Lewis. 2009. “[A Global Historical GIS (GH-GIS) Project](/publications/global-historical-gis-gh-gis-project)” John Gerring, Nathan Nunn, Robert Woodberry, Peter Bol, Wendy Guan, and Ben Lewis. 2009. “[A Global Historical GIS (GH-GIS) Project](/publications/global-historical-gis-gh-gis-project)” - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract [https://www.academia.edu/120228262/A\_Global\_Historical\_GIS\_GH\_GIS\_Proje…](https://www.academia.edu/120228262/A_Global_Historical_GIS_GH_GIS_Project) ### 1997 1997. “[A Holistic Approach to Modeling Outdoor Acoustic Environments](/publication/holistic-approach-modeling-outdoor-acoustic-environments)”. GEO INFO SYSTEMS, 7, 5 1997. “[A Holistic Approach to Modeling Outdoor Acoustic Environments](/publication/holistic-approach-modeling-outdoor-acoustic-environments)”. GEO INFO SYSTEMS, 7, 5 - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://trid.trb.org/View/1166112) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://trid.trb.org/View/1166112) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page") See also:- [ Projects ](/research/project) - [ Social Science - FAS ](/school/social-science-fas)