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Michael Stein: Statistical Modeling of Environmental Time Series by Harvard Data Science Initiative

November 27, 2018

On Tuesday November 27th at 4 PM, join us for a talk by Michael Stein titled “Statistical Modeling of Environmental Time Series”. Please RSVP. Michael L. Stein is Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor in the Department of Statistics and the College at the...

Trimble eCognition Developer version 9.4.0 available

November 15, 2018

Trimble eCognition Developer version 9.4.0 is now available. See https://gis.harvard.edu/trimble-ecognition-developer for details.

New Generation GIS Workshop

October 31, 2018

The New Generation GIS workshop was organized by the NSF Spatiotemporal Innovation Center (STC) and hosted by Harvard University Center for Geographical Analyses on Oct 11, 2018. Click here for a report about the event.

GIS Institute winter 2019 application deadline extended to October 31st

October 26, 2018

Twice a year the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) offers a two-week program of intensive training in geographic information systems (GIS). The program is designed for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty who want to learn...

CGA Newsletter Published

November 12, 2018

The CGA newsletter for November 2018 was published on November 12. Click here to read the newsletter.

CGA staff Jeff Blossom receives Bok Center Teaching Award

September 20, 2018

Among the Department of Anthropology recipients of Bok Center Teaching Awards for Spring 2018 is Jeffrey Blossom, who received his Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for Teaching Fellows, Teaching Assistants and Course Assistants. Jeff was the...

Patch for ArcGIS 10.6.1 (Desktop, Engine, Server) Buffering Degenerated Polygon

September 18, 2018

Esri released a patch for ArcGIS Desktop, Server and Engine. It addresses an issue where calling the Buffer method on a polygon, which is created from a degenerate envelope, causes a failure. This patch is required for all 10.6.1 users and Esri recommends...

Global Mapper and Geographic Calculator available for Harvard Users

August 10, 2018

Blue Marble Geographics granted Academic Lab Licenses of its Global Mapper, including the LiDAR Module, and Geographic Calculator to Harvard University for teaching usage. The site licenses are managed by the CGA. See Global Mapper and Geographic...

Notes on the CGA Annual Conference 2018

June 27, 2018

Illuminating Space and Time in Data Science was held at Harvard University, April 25th and 26th, 2017. AUDIO recordings available here. The 2018 Research Conference of Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis examined the convergence between geographic...

Presentations for CGA Annual Conference 2018

June 27, 2018

Slides and Audio recordings for the CGA Annual Conference, Illuminating Space and Time in Data Science , are available here. see also a write-up in our technical blog.

Mapping Bears Ears National Monument

February 01, 2018

Considerable controversy surrounds the areas designated for protection in Southeastern Utah, which have culminated in two Presidential Proclamations. The first proclamation (Dec 28 th, 2016), was made by President Barack Obama, who had been petitioned in...

ESRI Product Update: Business Analyst for Desktop - Data Bundle MPI Data Errors

December 13, 2017

ESRI Product Update for Business Analyst for Desktop using Esri U.S. Data Bundle with Market Potential Index (MPI) data. (13 Dec 2017) ESRI is proactively reaching out to alert customers of a recently-discovered issue with the MPI data that may impact...