Geospatial Technology in Support of Teaching and LearningPresentation to ABCD-TIE | 9/8/2014

By: Jeff Blossom, Stacy Bogan, Fei Carnes, Giovanni Zambotti, Ben Lewis. Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard. http://gis.harvard.edu

CGA’s mission: to support research and education that relies on geographic information.Our services include:

• Maintaining help desks in both campuses;• Consulting with students, faculty, and staff on

research and teaching projects;• Consulting on grant proposals;• Providing non-credit group instruction in geospatial

software applications on a regular basis;• Assessing, organizing, financing for, and maintaining

university site licenses for software;• Providing hardware and support for geospatial

tools; • Undertaking initiatives that improve the university

infrastructure in relation to geographic analysis.

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CGA’s Non-Credit Training• 2 hour instructor led training workshops on various

topics, offered Friday’s throughout both semesters:– ArcGIS– QuantumGIS– Google Earth– WorldMap– GPS Mapping– Remote Sensing– Spatial Analysis– Database Design– ArcGIS Online– Google Mapping Products

Thinking Geographically

CGA’s One Day Workshops: Cartography

Harvard Center for Geographic AnalysisCartography WorkshopMay 8, 2014 Instructors: Jeff Blossom (jblossom@cga.harvard.edu)Matthew Wilson (matthewwwilson@fas.harvard.edu) Objectives: • To become familiar with the fundamental principles of cartography. • To gain experience creating both general reference maps and thematic maps that

communicate particular phenomena.• To gain an introductory level of familiarity with ArcGIS, Adobe Illustrator, and

MangoMap software.• Learning some map design basics.

CGA’s One Day Workshops: GIS for Humanists

Harvard Center for Geographic AnalysisGIS for Humanists Topics: Case Studies using GIS for Humanities

WorldMap: Introduction

WorldMap: Map Warper

Introduction to GIS

WorldMap: Hyperlinks and data output

Google Earth / Jing

Applications of GIS toward Humanities research

GIS classes for credit

10 more, listed here: http://gis.harvard.edu/training/credit-courses

CourseSupport

Examples of CGA service projects in support of teaching – Stacy Bogan and Fei Carnes

CGA Help Desk• Where:

– Cambridge Campus Rm K-00A, Lower LevelKnafel Building , CGIS1737 Cambridge Street ,Cambridge, MA 02138and

– Longwood Campus Micro Lab, Lower LevelKresge Building677 Huntington AvenueBoston, MA 02115

• When:– Tuesday, 1:30pm - 4:00pm

• Email: – contact[at]help.cga.harvard.edu

CGA’s location at1737 Cambridge St.

The Cambridge Help Desk

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THANK YOU

Questions?

Jeff Blossom – jblossom@cga.harvard.eduStacy Bogan – sbogan@cga.harvard.edu

Fei Carnes – fmeng@cga.harvard.eduGiovanni Zambotti – gzambotti@cga.harvard.edu

Ben Lewis – blewis@cga.harvard.edu

http://gis.harvard.edu