Dear HUCE Faculty and Friends, There will be many exciting environmental events taking place in February and throughout the Spring term. I hope to include the details for these myriad events in my weekly calendar emails, but occasionally will be sending out additional emails like this one to highlight a certain opportunity. The following announcement is for a GIS and Remote Sensing Workshop that the Center for the Environment is co-sponsoring with the Harvard Center for Geographical Analysis and the Sigma Xi Harvard Chapter. This free workshop is aimed at educating anyone interested in the use and applicability of GIS and Remote Sensing as research tools, with a special focus on Harvard's capabilities and services. I hope that some of you are able to take advantage of this opportunity. Kindly, Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment We have all seen beautiful images of the earth from space, and detailed photos of cities taken from airplanes. As of today, many different satellites are orbiting the earth, mounted with diverse sensors. Countless aircrafts have flown, or can be scheduled to fly, along designated paths, to take conventional or specialty pictures of the earth surface. Both space-borne and airborne sensors can cover a wide range of electromagnetic spectrum, generating enormous amounts of valuable data. Applications of such remotely sensed data are diverse. Examples include wild fire monitoring, crops production estimation, weather forecasting, urban sprawl trend detection, and many more. Come join us to learn more about GIS and remote sensing technology, and possible applications to your areas of teaching and research: - Hear an overview of this dynamic discipline from Professor John Jensen, Carolina Distinguished Professor; - See how Harvard faculties and scientists use remote sensing technology in their research fields, including public health, ecology and environmental studies, archaeology and history; - Learn the commonly used remote sensing data types and sources from a NASA scientist; - Participate in a discussion on how the Center for Geographic Analysis may better serve the Harvard user community; and - Take away reading materials about public and commercial services on remote sensing data, image analysis software, and consultation. Mark your calendar -- Friday, February 16, 2007. 1:00-6:00pm, at CGIS South Building, Rm.010, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA. Please register (free) <http://www.gis.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k235&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup7645.> ASAP. The detailed program <http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic34492.files/announcements/RS_Workshop_Program_New.doc> of this event is on the CGA website <http://www.gis.harvard.edu/>. -- Jenny MacGregor Events and Publications Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment ph: 617-495-8883