Paul Cote:
Geographic Data Wrangler

Motto: The secret to fulfillment in life --
Expect problems at every turn!

Paul & his telescopic plane table allidade

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I work at the Harvard Graduate School of Design , in the Computer Resources Department.

• I document GIS resources for GSD students, .
• I'm the Harvard site license coordinator for ESRI products.
• I kibbitz in other people's database projects.
• I work on research projects. (this fabulous site by Allan Shearer.)
• Occasionally, I present a paper
  • An Improved Graphical Method for Choosing Thematic Colors for use on Shaded Relief .
  • Slides from a presentation of lessons learned in managing data for the Camp Pendleton Biodiversity Study.
  • Guest Lecture, Public Policy and the Environment, October, 2000
  • MCP: Tools for creating portable GIS Metadata Catalogs.
• I sometimes get involved in issues related to public access to GIS data
  • Presentation on obstacles to community use of Desktop Mapping
  • FTP Archive of the Boston Foundation's Children and Families Database
• And I teach classes.
  • GSD6329 Real Infrastructure for Virtual Cities.
  • GSD6322 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems.
    • Samples of Student Work (1997)
    • Samples of Student Work (1998)
    • Samples of Student Work (2000)
    • Samples of Student Work (2001)
  • GSD6400m2 Introduction to Cartographic Reasoning
• I Dabble in Cartography:
  • Combatting Traffic Congestion with Exploratory Data Analysis
  • Looking at Demographic Change Near the Portland, Oregon Metro Growth Boundary
• Free! GSD related graphics:
  • GSD Locator Maps!
  • Full Color GSD Shield!

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