Olivia Ildefonso

Hi all,

The other day I was making a map in ArcGIS Online with a public account and I was surprised to see that I was able to geocode some addresses from a CSV file.  Im trying to look up what the limit is for the free public account but I cant find any information on it. Additionally, its been pretty tough to find general information on the…[Read more]

Hi all,

Next Wednesday (the 27th) at 6:30pm, I will be giving a workshop on finding the right tools for mapping. Oftentimes, I talk to students who have an idea about a map that they want to make, but they don’t know which mapping platform they should use. In this workshop, we will compare some of the most popular mapping tools and we will go…[Read more]

Hi all,

Next Wednesday, I’m giving a workshop on “Finding the Right Tools for Mapping“. Oftentimes students and faculty at the GC have a great idea for a map they want to make, but they don’t know what mapping service to use.  The aim of this workshop is to compare some of the most popular mapping tools in order to give participants an idea of…[Read more]

*forwarding this event*

The Progressive Era (1890-1920) was a time when Americans of a wide range of classes, races, ethnicities, and genders worked towards social and political reform. As American women, Black Americans, and Native Americans began to gain mobility—physically, socially, politically—they used cartography to better their worlds by…[Read more]

Hi all,

ESRI is offering a free 6-week cartography course. Click here for more details.

Best,

Olivia

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Mapping (In)Justice: Digital Theory + Praxis for Critical Scholarship

November 7-8, 2019 at Fordham University (New York, NY)

Proposals Due: Monday, April 15th

More info: https://mappinginjustice.org [mappinginjustice.org]

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM

This symposium creates space for critically considering digital mapping as both…[Read more]

Hi all,

NYC Open Data is having a week of events from March 1-9. Most of the events are free. You can find the calendar here: https://www.open-data.nyc/

Best,

Olivia

Hi everyone,

The Graduate Center Digital Initiatives will be hosting an open house tomorrow, Wednesday the 13th, from 1pm-7pm. Come visit us in the Lab (Room 7414) and learn more about what we do and how we can help you. We’re also interested in hearing suggestions from you about ways that we can support your digital research endeavors.

Best,

Olivia

Hi all,

I just wanted to let you know about a workshop that I’m giving next week as part of the Digital Initiative’s Social Media Research Series that might be of interest to some of you. It will be on collecting tweets from Twitter and visualizing them as a map in QGIS. We’ll also go over some of the possibilities and limitations of using data…[Read more]

Hi everyone,

I’ll be giving a workshop next Wednesday on how to map tweets from Twitter.

Here are the details:

Workshop: “Mapping Tweets in QGIS” 

Wednesday, February 13th, 6:30-8:30pm, Room 9206

Analyzing both the spatial and social content of social media feeds is referred to as geosocial analysis. This workshop will start off with a disc…[Read more]

Pace University is offering a free 12-week Desktop ArcGIS course this semester.  It starts on January 22 and ends April 13.

The syllabus for the course can be seen here:

http://webpage.pace.edu/MMinnis/GISSyllabus/  There is a FAQ at the bottom of the Syllabus.

To enroll in the course, go here:

http://OpenEducation.Blackboard.com/PaceUniversity​

I just discovered this new mapping tool on Social Explorer https://www.socialexplorer.com/explore-maps

It seems really great. You can visualize any census data at any scale just by choosing the data set and zooming in and out to change the scale. You can also create time-lapse maps or side by side maps. And you can build a story around your…[Read more]