#  GIS Institute Winter 2020 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **January 7 - January 17, 2020** 

 09:30AM - 05:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **CGIS Knafel K050, 1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138**  



 

 



 

 **GIS Institute Instructors**:  
 [Scott Bell](/people/scott-bell) and [Jill Kelly](/people/jill-kelly)

 ****Registration Schedule****:

1. **Application deadline**:   
    Friday, October 25, 2019, 11:59 pm - **Extended to Friday, November 1st, 2019, 12:00 pm** (*Late applications can join the waitlist.*)
2. **Notification of acceptance**:   
    Friday, November 8, 2019
3. **Registration fee due** ($100 for Harvard affiliates and $3,150 for others) :   
    Friday, November 22, 2019 (Seat is guaranteed when registration fee is paid)
4. **Deadline for meeting with instructors** to finalize project/data:   
    Friday, December 13, 2019
5. **Institute begins**:   
    Tuesday, January 7, 2020
6. **Final project presentation**:   
    Friday, January 17, 2020

 **How to Apply:**

- For Harvard Affiliates, please submit your application by clicking the GREEN **"HARVARD APPLY"**  button and following the instructions on the form (HUID login required).
- For Non-Harvard applicants, please submit your application by clicking the BLUE **"NON-HARVARD APPLY"**  button and following the instructions on the form.

 [HARVARD APPLY](https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/cga-pin/gis-institute-registration-harvard-affiliates) [***GIS INSTITUTE SCHEDULE (PDF)***](/file_url/347)

 **DOWNLOADS for GIS INSTITUTE**

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  **Day One: Tuesday Jan 7th**

 **9:30 am** Welcome and Intro to GIS ([Intro](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/welcome_and_intro_to_GIS_final_2020.ppt))

 **11:00 am** CGA project examples ([lecture slides](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/CGA_Projects_Winter_Institute_2020.pptx))

 **1:00 pm** Basic Mapping in ArcGIS ([lab instructions](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/harvard-gis-institute_1-4_intro-to-ArcGIS.docx))([lab data](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/harvard-gis-institute_1-4_intro-to-ArcGIS_data.zip))([editing legends](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/Guide_to_Editing_Legends.docx))

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  **Day Two: Wednesday Jan 8th**

 **9:30 am** Geocoding and Georeferencing ([lecture](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/Geocoding_and_Georeferencing.ppt))

 **10:30 am** Mapping Tabular Data ([lecture](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/MappingTabularData_Lecture.pptx))([lab instructions](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/MappingTabularData%20Lab%20Instructions%20ArcGIS.docx))([lab data](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/Data%20for%20MappingTabularData.zip))

 **1:00 pm** Geocoding ([lab data](/http:/cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/Geocoding_lab.zip))

 **2:30 pm** Spatial Analysis 1: Vector Data([lecture](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/SpatialAnalysisVector.pptx))([lab instructions](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/Vector_Lab_Instructions_ArcGIS.docx))([lab data](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/Vector_Lab_Data.zip))

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  **Day Three: Thursday Jan 9th**

 **9:30 am** Spatial Analysis 2: Raster Data ([lecture](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/Raster_Lecture.pptx))([lab instructions](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/Raster_Lab_Instructions_ArcGIS.docx))([lab data](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/Raster_Lab_Data.zip))

 ****11:00 am**** 3D Visualization ([lecture](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/3D%20Viz.pptx))([lab data](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/3D_Viz_Lab_Data.zip))([demo package](https://yalemaps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6b2e2bd9906f43e89108937b0c496d10))

 ****1:00 pm**** Georeferencing ([lab instructions](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/harvard-gis-institute_3-3_georeferencing-and-digitizing.pdf))([lab data](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/harvard-gis-institute_3-3_georeferencing-and-digitizing_data.zip))

 ****2:30 pm**** Spatial Statistics: Overview ([lecture](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/Spatial_Stats.ppt))

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  **Day Four: Friday Jan 10th**

 **9:30 am** Spatial Statistics 1: Exploratory Data Analysis ([lab instructions](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/OpenGeoDa1_2018.docx))([lab data](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/GeoDa2018.zip))

 **11:00 am** Spatial Statistics 2: Regression and Autocorrelation ([lab instructions 2](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/OpenGeoda2_2018.doc))([lab instructions 3](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/website_files/GIS_Institute/OpenGeoDa3_2018.doc))

 **1:00 pm** Cartography and Data Management([lecture](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/Data_organization.pdf))

 ([abstract template](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/Firstname_Lastname_GISInstitute_abstract_2020.docx)) ([link to cost distance project](https://yalemaps.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2889e3a91aad4582b593fc7df6b808bd)) ([cost distance handout](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/GIS_Institute/2020_winter/Cost%20Distance.docx))

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