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QGIS Georeferencing Historical Maps v. 2.12 Lyon

Harvard CGA

Published on Feb 29, 2016

How to use the Georeferencer in QGIS 2.12 to rubber sheet historical maps. This tutorial demonstrates how to get a rough placement for the historical map using vector layers, and how to pin the historic map features to online basemaps with the Open Layers Plugin.

Demo by Lex Berman, for the QGIS Workshop: http://maps.cga.harvard.edu/qgis/

Introduction to the WorldMap Warper Tool

Harvard CGA

Published on Oct 31, 2014

This is a brief introduction by Kirk Goldsberry to the Warper tool hosted by Harvard University. In addition to downloading the resulting file as a GeoTIFF, it is also possible to bring you map into another system using the WMS link also available on the Export tab. During Rectification (or warping) please not that one can click on “Control Points” below the map and view the points as you are creating them. There are also advanced warping options available by clicking “Advanced Options”.

NYPL Map Warper Tutorial

Debbie Rabina

Published on Mar 13, 2014

Learn how to use the New York Public Library’s Map Warper tool to bring the past into the digital present.
This tutorial will show you how to overlay historical maps onto present day locations by georectfying, or warping maps from the NYPL collection

UNICEF: 1.4 million children face death from famine

Food-matters

UN seeks $1.9 million to address situation

Pruitt – Timeline

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‘Keep Your Tiny Hands Off Our Data’

http://www.ecowatch.com/trump-science-march-2276071984.html
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Hundreds of scientists gathered in Boston’s Copley Square on Sunday to “stand up for science,” marking the latest protest in a wave of outspoken political engagement from scientists in reaction to the Trump administration.

The rally, timed to coincide with the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston, brought together concerned scientists and activists from across the country.

While the event’s organizers did not explicitly call out Trump, the signs protesters toted highlighted a larger concern for science’s future. As Chris Mooney wrote in the Washington Post, “The challenges for scientists during the Trump administration could not only be bigger, but also potentially more diverse, than those seen during George W. Bush’s administration.”

Geoffrey Supran, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies renewable energy solutions to climate change, told the AP, scientists are responding to the Trump administration’s “anti-science rhetoric.”

“We’re really trying to send a message today to Mr. Trump that America runs on science, science is the backbone of our prosperity and progress,” Supran said.

News: AP, Washington Post, The Hill, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor

Commentary: Washington Post, Chris Mooney analysis

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Assault on the EPA Begins: Trump to Sign Two Executive Orders

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