• Roland Wagner presents on IT and GeoIT
• 200 Years of Harvard Map Collection
• Recent Publications by CGA Associates
• Conferences, Call for papers, Jobs
• National Transportation Noise Map
• 125 Million Building Footprints
• More ...

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.

Harvard Map Collection celebrates it's 200th Anniversary with a special exhibition, Follow the Map which opened on June 26th. A symposium to celebrate 200 years of the collection will be held on October 25th - 26th.

Conference: Geospatial Artificial Intelligence: Machine Learning in Earth Sciences, will be a session of AGU 18, Washington D.C. See Session ID 50531, when applying. Deadline: Aug 1st, 2018

Conference: As part of GIS-Pro & CalGIS 2018, in Palm Springs, California (October 9-12, 2018), URISA's Vanguard Cabinet of Young Professionals is organizing Inspiring the Future of GIS. University students are encouraged to enter the Lightning Talks Competition Deadline: Aug 31st, 2018

National Transportation Noise Map of the U.S. [USDOT & ESRI]

125 million Building Footprints with AI and Deep Learning [Microsoft]

Seperados / TornApart map of ICE immigration facilities [Mobilized Humanities]

Owners vs. Renters dot density map of the U.S.A. [Ryan McCullough] More on how the map was made here.

Wayback – 81 Flavors of World Imagery [ESRI]

EarthTime maps to visualize population movements and cities around the world. [BBC Video]

Urban Data Pioneers are using data and maps to improve urban life in Tulsa. [CityLab]

Deploying drones to map lava flows during volcanic eruption. [CRASNAR at Texas A&M]

U.N. Economic and Social Council adopted a "Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters" on 2 July 2018. [United Nations]

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