#  Newsletter July 2018 

 



 **CGA Newsletter July 2018 PDF ([Download](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/CGA_Newsletters/2018/CGA_NEWSLETTER_July_2018.pdf))**

Sort    **HIGHLIGHTS** 

   - [Roland Wagner presents on IT and GeoIT](#cga-news)
- [200 Years of Harvard Map Collection](#hvd-news)
- [Recent Publications by CGA Associates](#cga-pubs)
- [Conferences, Call for papers, Jobs](#conf)
- [National Transportation Noise Map](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/CGA_Newsletters/2018/CGA_NEWSLETTER_July_2018.html#bottom)
- [125 Million Building Footprints](https://cga-download.hmdc.harvard.edu/publish_web/CGA_Newsletters/2018/CGA_NEWSLETTER_July_2018.html#bottom)
- [More ...](#bottom)
 
 

 



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Sort    **CGA NEWS** 

    <a class="hwp-link"></a>**[Dr. Roland Wagner](https://www.geoiotworld.com/bio/dr-roland-wagner)** visited Harvard on June 26th and presented *Technology Ages in IT and GeoIT* for a CGA lunch seminar. Slides and Audio of the seminar available [here](/events/seminar-series/technology-ages-it-and-geoit).

 

 



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Sort    **HARVARD GIS COMMUNITY NEWS** 

    <a class="hwp-link"></a>**Harvard Map Collection** celebrates it's 200th Anniversary with a special exhibition, [Follow the Map](http://harvardmaps200.org/) which opened on June 26th. A symposium to celebrate 200 years of the collection will be held on October 25th - 26th.

 

 



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Sort    **CGA ASSOCIATE PUBLICATIONS** 

    **"Association of Prenatal Exposure to Population-Wide Folic Acid Fortification With Altered Cerebral Cortex Maturation in Youths."**   
Authors: Hamdi Eryilmaz, PhD, **[Jeffrey C. Blossom](/people/jeff-blossom)** (CGA), Joshua L. Roffman, MD, MMSc, et. al   
Published by: *JAMA Psychiatry. July 3, 2018. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1381*   
[Full Text Online](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2686139)

 

    **"Hypermap Registry: an open source, standards-based geospatial registry and search platform."**   
Authors: **[Paolo Corti​](/people/paolo-corti)** (CGA), Athanasios Tom Kralidis, , **[Benjamin Lewis](/people/ben-lewis)** (CGA)   
Published by: *Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, (2018) 3: 8. <https://doi.org/10.1186/s40965-018-0051-x>*   
[Full Text Online](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40965-018-0051-x)

 

 



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Sort    **CONFERENCES, CALLS &amp; JOBS** 

    *Conference*: **Geospatial Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning in Earth Sciences**, will be a session of **[AGU 18, Washington D.C.](https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/abstract-submissions/)** See Session ID 50531, when applying.**Deadline: Aug 1st, 2018**

 

    *Conference*: As part of **GIS-Pro &amp; CalGIS 2018**, in Palm Springs, California (October 9-12, 2018), URISA's Vanguard Cabinet of Young Professionals is organizing [Inspiring the Future of GIS](https://gisprocalgis2018.sched.com/overview/type/Inspiring%20the%20Future%20of%20GIS). University students are encouraged to enter the [Lightning Talks Competition](http://www.urisa.org/gispro-studentsyps) **Deadline: Aug 31st, 2018**

 

 



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Sort    <a class="hwp-link">**NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES**</a> 

    

    [](https://goo.gl/kP4dDM) 

  [](http://geospatialtraining.com/microsoft-generates-125-million-building-footprints-using-ai-and-deep-learning/) 

  [](http://xpmethod.plaintext.in/torn-apart) 

  [](http://ryantm.io/population/) 

    [National Transportation Noise Map of the U.S.](https://goo.gl/kP4dDM) \[USDOT &amp; ESRI\]

 [125 million Building Footprints with AI and Deep Learning](http://geospatialtraining.com/microsoft-generates-125-million-building-footprints-using-ai-and-deep-learning/) \[Microsoft\]

 [Seperados / TornApart map of ICE immigration facilities](http://xpmethod.plaintext.in/torn-apart) \[Mobilized Humanities\]

 [Owners vs. Renters dot density map of the U.S.A.](http://ryantm.io/population/) \[Ryan McCullough\] More on how the map was made [here.](https://hackernoon.com/renters-and-owners-visualizing-every-person-in-the-us-ba97d3c49c02)

 [Wayback – 81 Flavors of World Imagery](https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/imagery/wayback-81-flavors-of-world-imagery/) \[ESRI\]

 [EarthTime maps to visualize population movements and cities around the world. ](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-44575392/maps-reveal-hidden-truths-of-the-world-s-cities)\[BBC Video\]

 [Urban Data Pioneers are using data and maps to improve urban life in Tulsa.](https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/07/the-data-brigade-of-tulsa-oklahoma/564167/) \[CityLab\]

 [Deploying drones to map lava flows during volcanic eruption.](https://statescoop.com/amid-hawaiis-volcanic-eruption-drones-and-maps-revealed-hidden-fissure) \[CRASNAR at Texas A&amp;M\]

 U.N. Economic and Social Council adopted a ["Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters"](http://ggim.un.org/documents/UN-GGIM_Strategic_Framework_Disasters_final.pdf) on 2 July 2018. \[United Nations\]

 

    

 



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