Olivia Ildefonso

A new course has just been added to the fall GC schedule. It will focus on critical cartography and feminist GIS.

EES 79903 – [58130] Mapping, Knowledge, Power

GC:     R, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., 3 credits, Hybrid, Prof. Pavlovskaya, Course open to EES students only

This seminar will examine the role of mapping and digital spatial represe…[Read more]

Hi all,

I’m writing an article now that I hope will be helpful for mapping beginners. It’s about the top mistakes that folks make when they are first learning GIS. Are there any that come to mind for you that you remember from your mapping journey or from teaching others? It would be things like forgetting to make sure the field types match when…[Read more]

Tuesday, April 13th 2021 at 1pm

Details: 

On April 13th, join us for the first of our storytelling webinar series ‘Story Lines: Experiences of participatory mapping.’

In Episode 1 we explore the roots of our practice. Host Jon Corbett and three recognized leaders in participatory mapping will reflect on their experiences and the development of…[Read more]

April 15 @ 6:00 PM – April 16 @ 6:00 PM

Event Details:

Throughout history, maps have helped shape human endeavor and experience. Hardly neutral and deeply embedded in the faultlines of power, maps have been used to name and delineate lands, peoples, and states. They have been used to create, and to sever, relationships according to race, e…[Read more]

Hi all,

On May 13th at 630pm the Graduate Center Digital Initiatives will be hosting a virtual Digital Showcase. Is there a mapping project that you would like to share with the GC community? This is a fun a low-stakes way to do that. Each presentation is only 3 minutes. We hope you will join us either as a presenter or an attendee!

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Hi all,

We are still looking for a few more presenters for our GIS Day event which will take place this Wednesday at 5pm. This will be a low-stakes space for presenting your mapping project. Feel free to present it in whatever stage it’s in. You could even use this as an opportunity to ask the audience questions and solicit feedback and…[Read more]

Hi all,

Please join us for a virtual GIS/Mapping Co-Working Session tomorrow from 3pm-4:30pm.

This will be an opportunity for anyone to receive some support as they are working through their mapping projects. There will be at least one GCDI Fellow on the call who can answer questions and help you troubleshoot issues as they arise.

I will send…[Read more]

Hi all,

For those who can make the GIS/Mapping virtual co-working session today, I’m sharing the Zoom link below. The session is from 3-6pm. Feel free to drop in at any time.

Topic: GCDI GIS Co-Working Session
Time: Oct 1, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Hi all,

The GIS/Mapping Working group will be hosting a virtual co-working session tomorrow (October 1st) from 3pm-6pm EST. If there’s a mapping project that you’ve been putting off, this is a great opportunity to have a chunk of time to work on it while having other GIS users there to answer any questions.

Please, be sure to register for the…[Read more]

Hi all,

Javier sent a message a couple of weeks ago about a brainstorming session that we held on March 17th to come up with a mapping project that would be useful at this moment to identify needs and solutions related to the pandemic. I’m happy to say that 4 amazing projects have been birthed from those discussions and now we’re forming the r…[Read more]

Hi all,

I’ve been contacted by a housing justice org in NYC to do a map for them that can be helpful for their #rentstrike organizing. The map is quite simple, but I’m having a hard time finding a tool that can meet two particular needs: (1) the data will be stored in a google doc that they will share with me and they want the map to update as…[Read more]

Hi all,

I just wanted to give a heads up that I had to reschedule my office hour for this week. It was supposed to be on Wednesday from 1030am-1130am, but instead, I will be holding it tomorrow evening (March 2) from 7:15-8:15pm. Below I’ve included a bit about the types of digital tools that I can be most helpful with.

Best,

Olivia

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Hi all,

This semester I will be holding office hours biweekly starting this Wednesday the 4th from 10:30am-11:30am in room 7414. The full schedule of office hours for all of the digital fellows can be found on our website.

I’ll also be giving a workshop on March 25th from 630pm-830pm called How Not to Lie With Maps. The workshop will go over…[Read more]