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GIS Colloquium April 18th: Mapping the Path off of Natural Gas - Presentation by Audrey Schulman, Co-Founder & Co-Director of HEET

April 1, 2024

Last year, Massachusetts issued an order that the state must begin to transition off of natural gas. The question is how? There are 30,000 miles of gas pipes in the state that together contain four times the energy at winter peak than our electric grid can currently hold. The once-in-a-century transition has to be planned in a street-segment and phased way to reduce costs and disruption, while delivering cleaner energy in an equitable way.   ...

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2024 EIP Award Winner

March 29, 2024
The 2024 Esri Innovation Prize has been awarded to : Femi Olamijulo, Mengyao Li, Monserrat Ocaña, Nicole Cacozza, and Zoe Iacovino for their entry “Everett Express: Transitioning a 95-acre industrial city parcel to mixed-use development in Everett, Massachusetts.” Judges comments: “A project performed with a professional level of quality from start to finish. The transportation, build-out, and 3D visual analyses are relevant, conducted with appropriate Esri technologies, and presented with engaging interactive maps. Where this project really... Read more about 2024 EIP Award Winner

CGA's Geospatial Infrastructure Enhancement project featured on NERC website

February 29, 2024
CGA's Geospatial Infrastructure Enhancement project featured on New England Research Cloud website as an example of the successful application of its cloud infrastructure. Funded by the Office of Vice Provost for Research, the goal of this project is to empower researchers by enabling the execution of geospatial big data projects across diverse use cases and provide ongoing support for CGA service projects. Leveraging computing resources at New England Research Cloud (NERC) and FASRC... Read more about CGA's Geospatial Infrastructure Enhancement project featured on NERC website

Beyond spatial analytics: The projective side of GIS

February 28, 2024
This workshop to be held at the Graduate School of Design on Thursday, Feb. 29, follows the Frances Loeb Library Colloquium "Invisible Topographies: Exploring the Impact of the Unseen" and provides a hands-on opportunity to explore workflows using Esri ArcGIS Pro, Esri CityEngine, and Esri ArcGIS Urban. Renia Kagkou and Shiori Sasaki will provide expert instruction in how to use these software tools for iterative and projective design work. Read... Read more about Beyond spatial analytics: The projective side of GIS

ArcGIS Desktop Retirement in Education Programs - Affects ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro Single/Use Concurrent Use

February 9, 2024

The date for ending delivery of ArcGIS Desktop has changed. ArcGIS Desktop will now be removed from Education Program licenses on July 1, 2024. ArcGIS Desktop enters Mature Support phase on March 1, 2024, meaning Technical Support still is available but no additional software updates or patches will be available. This change affects all Esri customers. In addition, ArcGIS named user will be the only method to license ArcGIS Pro and other ArcGIS...

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Upcoming Webinar: Using ArcGIS for Microsoft Planetary Computer

January 18, 2024

ArcGIS for Microsoft Planetary Computer is a new offering from Esri and Microsoft that combines hundreds of ready-to-use analysis tools from ArcGIS Pro with petabytes of analysis-ready Earth observation data available on the Microsoft Planetary Computer. Join this web meeting to learn more about ArcGIS for Microsoft Planetary Computer and how to get started utilizing its capabilities.

Date: Thursday Feb 22, 2024, at 11:00 am PT | 2:00 pm ET

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Student Map Gallery Exhibition November 28

November 28, 2023

Students in GOV 1008 Introduction to GIS will be showcasing their final projects in poster format in the CGIS Knafel building (1737 Cambridge St., Cambridge) Fisher Commons area on Tuesday, 11/28. Posters will be displayed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  From Noon – 2 p.m. students will be presenting their work in a lightning talk format, and will be available for questions and discussion from all visitors.