Capturing the geospatial potential in the digital revolution To kick off the USC Spatial Sciences Institute February 24, 2017 Los Angeles Geospatial Summit, Manish Dasaur, managing director for Accenture Digital for North America, delivered the opening keynote on the enormous potential for the geospatial industry in the digital revolution. An expert in using analytics to…
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International “Old Maps” Keynote
Dr. Yao-Yi Chiang, assistant professor (research) of spatial sciences with the USC Spatial Sciences Institute, delivered a keynote address at the Second International Workshop on Exploring Old Maps (EOM 2017) at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, on April 6, 2017. In his address "Querying Historical Maps as a Unified, Structured, and Linked Spatiotemporal Source," Dr.…
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Ground-breaking Results When Surveying Intersects With GIS
[caption id="attachment_9413" align="aligncenter" width="800"] WMATA GIS Manager Ed Wells, left, and USC GIST alumnus Anthony Leimeister present their innovative approach at the 2015 URISA conference[/caption] Anthony Leimeister (GIST Graduate Certificate ’14) makes a unique contribution to survey monument management with GIS The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is one of the busiest and biggest…
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SSI’s Yu Chuan Shan named Dangermond Fellow with the National Audubon Society and Esri
[caption id="attachment_9304" align="alignleft" width="800"] (L-R) Doss Dingli (Enterprise GIS Specialist, National Audubon Society), Cherie Southwick (Dangermond fellow), Doreen Whitley (Geospatial Information Officer, National Audubon Society), Yu Chuan Shan (Dangermond fellow), Ryan Hobbs (Dangermond fellow), David Gadsden (Lead, Nonprofit and Global Organizations, Esri)[/caption] The National Audubon Society and Esri have named USC Spatial Sciences Institute…
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