Geography center launched

70652986 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:27:25 -0400

Those of us who remember grammar-school geography lessons as a tedious affair involving a pink and green window shade map and a chalky wooden pointer would probably never guess that, in fact, it is estimated that 80 percent of all data contains a spatial component. That point was made clearly and colorfully at the launch of the new Center for Geographical Analysis (CGA), held May 5, 2006 at the Tsai Auditorium in the Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) South building on Cambridge Street.

Harvard examining geospatial analysis technology programs

50443248 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:06:18 -0400

n Moshi, Tanzania, hard-hit by AIDS, researchers are using detailed aerial photographs and global positioning system receivers to locate study subjects in a maze of houses without addresses and streets without names.
The project, a health program for children, families, and communities within Moshi by Harvard Medical School's Children's Health and Social Ecology (CHASE) program, seeks to improve children's health and slow the spread of AIDS by increasing community awareness of the threats the children face.

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Geography center launched

Harvard examining geospatial analysis technology programs