Geospatial Technology in Support of Teaching and Learning Presentation to ABCD-TIE | 9/8/2014 By: Jeff Blossom, Stacy Bogan, Fei Carnes, Giovanni Zambotti, Ben Lewis. Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard.

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.

Service (help desk, consultation, projects, equipments, licenses, etc. Teaching (courses, institutes, workshops, conferences, etc.) Platform development (WorldMap, Google Map API, ArcGIS Server, etc.)

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 Analysis Cartography Workshop May 8, 2014 Instructors: Jeff Blossom Matthew Wilson 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 Analysis GIS 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:

Course Support

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

CGA Help Desk Where: – Cambridge Campus Rm K-00A, Lower Level Knafel Building, CGIS 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138and Cambridge Campus – Longwood Campus Micro Lab, Lower Level Kresge Building 677 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA Longwood Campus When: – Tuesday, 1:30pm - 4:00pm – contact[at]help.cga.harvard.edu contact[at]help.cga.harvard.edu CGA’s location at 1737 Cambridge St. The Cambridge Help Desk

13 THANK YOU Questions? Jeff Blossom – Stacy Bogan – Fei Carnes – Giovanni Zambotti – Ben Lewis –