Howard T. Fisher Prize in GIS
The Prize was established to promote and reward student work in this broad and potentially interdisciplinary area, from both undergraduate and graduate students at Harvard University. You must register before you can submit your work for review by the awards committee. We strongly encourage you to send any question regarding the H.T. Fisher Prize in GIS ahead of time to lovison[at]eps.harvard.edu. The deadline to submit your work is 5pm on Friday, May 16, 2008, but you must register first to be able to submit your work.
Art History and the Digital Humanities: One Foundation’s View
Max Marmor, President of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, speaks at the last of the "Digital Humanities Talk Series" for 2008
When: Thursday May 15, 2008 @ 2 pm
Where: Barker Center, Room 133
See the flyer.
Photo GPS now available from CGA
CGA has purchased an ATP photofinder GPS that is now available for use by Harvard ID holders. This GPS is simple to use. Synchronizing the GPS time with your camera's time, turning the unit on while taking photos, and then inserting your camera flash card into the unit will stamp each photo with latitude longitude. Uploading the photos to Picasa will automatically make a Google map showing the photo locations. The GPS data can also be exported into KML format. Contact us if interested in using. Also see CGA's other GPS hardware available for use.
GIS Summer Course at Boston University
CAS GE 360: Geospatial Methods in Environmantal Studies
This introductory course explores the principles of geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS), and how they can be applied to solve real-world environmental problems.
July 1 - Aug 7, 2008
Tues/Wed/Thurs 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.
See the flyer for more information.
Call for Participants: Landscape in Language: A Transdisciplinary Workshop
October 26 - November 1, 2008
Navajo Reservation, New Mexico and Arizona
We seek participants for a transdisciplinary workshop on landscape in language and thought. For full consideration for an invitation, please apply by May 21 2008. See the flyer for details.
Call for GIS Book Requests
Which GIS books do you want in our libraries? Please choose GIS books from our list to add to the Lamont Library. Submit the online survey on our Campus Resources Page. Your input will help prioritize which books to acquire first.
Call for papers and posters
2008 Society for Conservation GIS Annual Conference
August 12-15, 2008 @ Monterey, California
The theme of the 11th annual conference is "Our Changing World".
Paper submission deadline is May 30th, 2008. Register and submit papers.
2008 UCGIS Summer Assembly
June 23 & 24
Hubert Humphrey Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Presentations on health and demographic issues, accreditation and certification, GIScience teaching from a computational perspective, ethics in GIS research and many other advanced GIS topics. See details at http://www.ucgis.org/summer2008
Help Shape the Future of Geography
The U.S. National Research Council's Committee on Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade is now receiving public comment on some very important/high profile questions, in which geographic information science has a role. Add your input about the challenges facing GIS and what we should be studying in the next decade.
Jobs - Harvard, Local and Global
- City of Cambridge: GIS Technician
- Boston: GIS Analyst at Boston University
- Dedham: GIS Internship
- San Francisco: Summer Internship in GIS
- England: Two lecture positions in GIS
See our Jobs and Grants page for more details.
Upcomming GIS Conferences
- June: Vespucci Summer Institute
- June: UCGIS Summer Assembly
- June: SDH 2008
- July: GeoWeb 2008
- August: ESRI Education UC
- August: ESRI International UC
- August: SCGIS Annual Conference
- September: International Conference on GIS
- September: ESRI Health GIS Conference
- October: Landscape in Language Workshop
See our GIS Conferences & Events Page for details.
ArcGIS 9.3 to be available third quarter of 2008
ArcGIS 9.3 software will provide new mashup capabilities, sophisticated modeling tools, improved image processing and delivery, and many other enhancements. This version of the ArcGIS software is scheduled for release the third quarter of 2008. See what's coming.
