This report prepared by the SSI Director, John Wilson, summarizes the results of a workshop on Catalina Island that drew leading spatial sciences faculty from around the nation to assess the current strengths and identify opportunities to advance the spatial sciences. The full report can be accessed at the following link: Wilson JP, 2011. A…
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Recent Posts by Amy Kramer
URISA announces student competition
URISA seeks to encourage students in a variety of academic settings and disciplines to write and publish papers and projects for the URISA membership and others in the spatial technologies industry. To promote this objective URISA has established a student competition. The 2011 Student Competition will consist of a two-tier approach that includes Papers and…
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Beyond Geography
USC Spatial Sciences Institute hosts a discussion by Esri Founder and President Jack Dangermond. [small]By Ambrosia Viramontes-Brody[/small] [clear] Jack Dangermond, founder of Esri, the world’s largest and most successful geographic information system (GIS) software company, spoke of his vision for spatial sciences at the inaugural USC Spatial Sciences Institute event on March 21. “I can…
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SSI faculty member honored as UCGIS Fellow
Karen K. Kemp has been a major figure in the evolution of GIS education in the US and abroad. She also has contributed in the areas of research and administration. Karen has been involved in the UCGIS since before its inception — she helped organize and then chaired the founding meeting in Boulder in 1995.…
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