The City of Cambridge is looking for a part-time GIS Intern. The major theme of this position will be working on a project with Census data to establish new voting districts in Cambridge. Other work will include data maintenance and review, day to day operations in GIS, and working on the City’s 3D GIS program. The ideal candidate will have at least one year’s experience using ESRI ArcGIS Desktop, including data editing workflows, worked with relational databases, and has experience...
In the wake of much public data science and public data visualization (as related to covid-19, elections, police violence, evictions, etc.), how is geographic knowledge translated to various publics? What are the important GIScience principles that get muddied in the rush toward storytelling with data, including long-standing concerns around choropleth thematic maps, polygonal transformations, data normalization, scales, projections and more. In this forum, we invite geographers and data-based journalists in a variety of organizations to offer thoughts on the roles and means of...
Background In late 2019, the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and resulting illness, COVID-19, in Wuhan, China rapidly expanded across the globe resulting in the declaration of a global pandemic by WHO in early 2020. A highly contagious disease, the rapid transmission of the virus resulted in...
Abstract:Media regarding COVID-19 fatality counts is crucial, affecting policy and health measures nationwide. However, misinformation regarding other causes of death has led to dubious claims about the seriousness of the coronavirus. This research aims to...
The Harvard Planning Office has an open position for a GIS Manager. This position is responsible for managing Harvard University's administrative geographic information system.
Harvard University Project on Environmental and Climate Impacts of China’s Overseas Investments
RA will have the opportunity to gather and pre-process data for a project on the environmental and energy impacts of China’s overseas investments. RA will gain practical experience in all aspects of research design, including data collection, preparation, and quantitative analysis.
Job highlights:
-Competitive hourly salary depending on skills and experience
This position is with the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA)/IQSS at Harvard. The project is to conduct research on the design and development of an online platform for geospatial data management, analysis and visualization. The platform is the core infrastructure for case-based study and training.
Since 2019, the project (and the resulting platform) has evolved from China Data Lab to Spatial Data Lab, a joint initiative between Harvard University’s Center for Geographic Analysis, China Data Institute and Future Data Lab. The project’s objective is to enable researchers to...
Period of Work: Flexible from now to the end of August.
Remuneration: GBP68/day or ~USD94/day over 21 days, hourly basis is also possible
Location: Remote
Research Assistants sought to support a study on the impact of infrastructure improvement on quality of life in Zambia, funded through the International Growth Centre at the London School of Economics.
