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• APA Workshops: GIS for Behavioral Researchers
• Advanced Spatial Analysis Training Program - PRI and CSISS announce a series of 5-day Advanced Spatial Analysis Workshops
• Geospatial Analysis, by de Smith, Goodchild and Longley - website, PDF and book
• Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy (ASAP) - an international, peer-reviewed journal with a specific focus on the practical application of analytical principles and findings at different spatial scales. more...
• Call for Papers for a new journal, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences (LSRS)
• "Putting People on the Map: Protecting Confidentiality with Linked Social-Spatial Data," National Academies/National Research Council (view Executive Summary (.pdf document))
• "Mapping the Future" maps projected population change for 2025
• Exploratory Spatio-Temporal Analysis Toolkit (ESTAT)
• Spatial Economic Analysis - call for papers (.pdf document)
• Spatial Economic Analysis - Homepage

:. PRI :. Core Services :. GIA Core

PRI GIA Core

The geographic information analysis (GIA) core of the Population Research Institute (PRI) was created in 1996. The GIA Core supports spatial demographic research in eight areas:

1. Expert Advice in the Application of GIA Methods and Techniques;
2. Mapping/Cartography;
3. Geocoding/Address-Matching;
4. Contextual Database Creation/Ecological Data Sets;
5. Geospatial Data Archive/Management;
6. Geospatial Data Acquisition;
7. Spatial Statistics and Custom Programming; and
8. GIS Training
      - Advanced Spatial Analysis Workshop Proposal

Funding

Funded Projects using the GIA Core

Funding Opportunities at Penn State that support GIS programmer effort/time

• SSRI Level I & Level II Funding
• GIS Council Level I & Level II Funding

Contacting the GIA Core

Dr. Stephen Matthews is director of the GIA Core. He is available for consultation with faculty about how GIS may contribute to their research and should be the first point of contact regarding all GIS-related requests and activities. Stephen can be reached via e-mail at matthews@pop.psu.edu or at ext. 3-9721. His office is 507 Oswald.

Faculty (PRI and non-PRI) without funding are encouraged to pursue internal pilot grants to support activities such as GIS programmer time from SSRI (Level II funding is available to $15,000 - see http://www.ssri.psu.edu/) and/or the GIS Council (awards of up to $5,000 - see http://www.gis.psu.edu/).

Dr. Steve Graham is the primary point of contact regarding GIS technical issues (hardware and software) within the GIA Core. Steve can be contacted via e-mail () or at ext. 3-8320. His office is 802 Oswald.

Email: GIA HELP at
gia-help@pop.psu.edu
(for PRI/SSRI use)

Location: Oswald Tower 801, 802, and 803

Consulting: 10am-noon
or by appointment

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