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A Monthly Publication of the CGA at Harvard University JULY 2016
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Cartography Tutorial with QGIS 2.14

A quick introduction to making clean and simple maps for publications using QGIS created by Lex Berman of the CGA. The tutorial makes use of historical data found in the China Historical GIS 1820 datasets. View the tutorial.

UAV Remote Sensing Applications Workshop Report

The CGA's Dave Strohschein recently attended the UAV Remote Sensing Applications (6th Edition) workshop in Barcelona, Spain. Read his full workshop report here.

GIS Site License Software Upgrade (For Harvard Affiliates Only)

CGA's Monthly GIS Presentations-come join the discussion

  • ABCD-GIS Presentation Series
    Pesenteation (topic to be announced) by Dr. Guoping Huang, Associate Professor at the University of Virginia. July 28th, 2016, 12:00-1:00pm. Room S050, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA.
  • GIS Colloquium
    Next presentation coming Fall of 2016
CONFERENCES, CALLS, EVENTS & EMPLOYMENT

GIS Research Associate Positions

The Computational Sciences and Engineering Division (CSED) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is looking for Post Bachelor and Post Master Research Associates with the Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) Group. The Associate will support spatial research initiatives with special emphasis in remote sensing and imagery analysis techniques to support population modeling. Read more

Call for Papers: AAG 2017

The Association of American Geographers is holding it's annual conference in Boston April 5-9 of 2017, and has issued a Call for Papers and Organized Sessions. The submission period is August 1, - October 27, 2016. Read more, and submit a paper.

NEWS ON GIS RESEARCH AND SERVICES

Seeing Green Infrastructure Story Map

DOT and FAA Finalize Rules for Drone Use

Mapping Tweets: How to Create Your Own Web App

Brexit Voting Results Cartogram

The History of Urbanization Visualization

U.S. City Urbanization Change Interactive Photos

Do it Yourself Web Apps Free Online Course

Walkabout Map Style

Live Global Weather Map

The CGA Newsletter is published monthly. Editors of this issue: Jeff Blossom.

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