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Read our new Nature - Scientific Data paper on our Global Sentiment Index based on social media!

October 14, 2023

Our new paper in Nature - Scientific Data on our Twitter Sentiment Geographic Index (TSGI) is out now! This is a joint work between our center and MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab. TSGI is global high-frequency dataset to understand expressed sentiment using Tweets. It is also now part of ... Read more about Read our new Nature - Scientific Data paper on our Global Sentiment Index based on social media!

Resolved: Technical Error on ArcGIS Online Login with Harvard Key

October 3, 2023

Harvard users experienced a technical error when trying to login to ArcGIS Online with Harvard Key today (10/3/2023). We have reported the problem to HUIT and Esri Support Service, and are actively working on resolving this issue. Updates will be posted here promptly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

10/4/2023: The same problem occurs on...

Video recordings now available for our Python for Geospatial Big Data and Data Science workshop

October 2, 2023

Video recordings are now available for our workshop on Python for Geospatial Big Data and Data Science using FASRC. This... Read more about Video recordings now available for our Python for Geospatial Big Data and Data Science workshop

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Walking the Alleyways of Beijing

April 26, 2024

Recently released as part of the Out of Eden Walk project, this story map takes the reader through the "hutong" alleyways of Beijing. Read the introduction. View the... Read more about Walking the Alleyways of Beijing

CGA Researchers Win Best Paper

April 23, 2024

CGA visiting scholar Jan Kinne and CGA visiting fellow Bernd Resch, and their co-authors, received the Regional Studies Association's (RSA's) 2024 Spatial Economic Analysis Best Paper Award for their paper, "The digital layer: alternative data for regional and innovation studies... Read more about CGA Researchers Win Best Paper

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. ...

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 Newsletter for March and April

March 19, 2024

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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

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