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Contacting the GIA Core

Dr. Stephen Matthews is faculty 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[at]pop.psu.edu or at ext. 3-9721. His office is 507 Oswald.

Mr. Dan Meehan is the GIS Manager of the GIA Core and is the primary point of contact regarding GIS technical issues (hardware and software) within the GIA Core. Dan can be reached via e-mail at dmeehan[at]pop.psu.edu or at ext. 3-8320. His office is 802 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 up to $20,000 - see http://www.ssri.psu.edu/).

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

Location: Oswald Tower 801, 802, and 803

Consulting: 10am-noon
or by appointment

Announcements

2009 GIA Core Profile - From the PRInformation Newsletter, Spring 2009
The (almost) Complete set of CATMOG Booklets - (Concepts and Techniques in Modern Geography) Now available as free PDF downloads
"Measurement of the Food & Physical Activity Environments: Enhancing Research Relevant to Policy on Diet, Physical Activity, & Weight" - Now available via a supplemental issue of AJPM.
Special Issue of PRPR on Spatial Demography - Double Special (edited by Paul Voss) Vol 26 Issue 5/6 (2007) & Vol 27 Issue 1 (2008)
2009 Advanced Spatial Analysis Summer Workshops - PRI and CSISS announce a series of 5-day Advanced Spatial Analysis Workshops
New CrimeStat III Workbook - Now Available
New GeoDa website - GeoDa has updated their website
Nature of Geographic Information - An Open Geospatial Textbook - David DiBiase
Spatial Analysis for Macroecology (Version 3.0 now available)
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...

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