My company is looking to hire a part-time data/mapping consultant for the fall semester. The position is for 10 hours a week for a stipend of $5,500.

Please, feel free to share with your networks. Thank you so much in advance!

All the best,

Olivia

The NYC Climate Justice Hub–a partnership between CUNY and New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA)–is looking for a full-time NYC Climate Justice Hub Coordinator and a Summer Intern. For the full-time position (Salary Range: $72,667 to $79,188) they are looking for someone with ties to CUNY, and for the summer internship…[Read more]

I’m wondering if anyone knows of a resource that lists the public demographic datasets that are available in the US.

I’m asking because I’m currently working for a national nonprofit that is focused on creating public dashboards in different parts of the country to facilitate cooperation among social justice orgs. Other than Censu…[Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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!

Follow this…[Read more]

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]

Topic: GIS Co-Working Session

Time: Nov 5, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84437109263?pwd=Z09uanRzQ0Fpdm5JbHJ6bVZyRlYrQT09

Meeting ID: 844 3710 9263

Passcode: 792882

One tap mobile

+19292056099,,84437109263# US (New…[Read more]

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]

I can try to help you troubleshoot. First question is how are you getting access to ArcGIS? ArcGIS isnt free, like QGIS so youll need to purchase a license or have a license provided by an institution. Unfortunately the GC doesnt provide ArcGIS licenses, they just offer it on the library computers.

Let me know some more details and…[Read more]

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)

Join Zoom…[Read more]

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]

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]

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]

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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Bio…[Read more]

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]

Description:

Visualizing data effectively is an important component of any research project, from initial data exploration to the final research product. The same data can tell many stories, and this workshop will give you the tools to uncover them. Using the incredibly popular ggplot2 package in R, you will…[Read more]

Description:

The RStudio environment makes truly reproducible research accessible. Reporting your work and ensuring that your code will run in any environment is made easier with RMarkdown and R Projects. In this workshop, you will learn how to keep your analyses organized, understandable, and sharable…[Read more]

Description:

Python is a programming language that can be used for a wide range of tasks, including collecting and analyzing data in a variety of formats, building web applications, and much more. It is an extremely popular programming language for academic researchers because of its flexibility and adaptability. In…[Read more]

Description: Come learn about Tropy, free and open-source desktop software designed to help researchers organize and describe their research photos. This workshop will walk you through how to use Tropy, including adding metadata, using tags and lists, merging photos into items, and doing…[Read more]

Description: This workshop is a deep introduction to the theory and practice of encoding electronic texts for the humanities. It is designed for students who are interested in the transcription and digitization of manuscripts and print-based texts into diplomatic, digital formats. The workshop contains three parts:…[Read more]

The applications for the Graduate Center Digital Institute are now open! This 4-day intensive workshop (Jan 21-24, 2019) is a great way to learn about a range of digital methods, including mapping, and to consider how these digital tools could be helpful to your research process.

Click here for more information and to…[Read more]

Date: September 4, 2019 1:00 pm

Date: September 4, 2019 1:00 pm

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

Best,

Olivia

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]

Date: March 27, 2019 6:30 pm

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

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