The USC Center for Scholarly Technology (CST) has released a video featuring SSI Lecturer Kirk Oda and SSI Associate Director Susan Kamei entitled "Streamlining Online Course Design for Better Student Experience." The video, which is an outgrowth of a presentation by Oda and Kamei at the Center for Scholarly Technology last fall. Dr. Oda, who holds a Ph.D.…
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New York Times Highlights Global Environmental Analysis with GIS
In a recent story, the New York Times reported on the increasing and substantial role that remote sensing and geographic analysis plays in addressing global environmental issues. The article, Mapping the World's Problems, illustrates the importance of satellite imagery for tracking and evaluating environmental degradation where national-level data are nonexistent or not trustworthy. For example…
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GIS Day Offers Many Spatial Activities
GIS Day is a global, grassroots event for spatial scientists to share the real-world applications of GIS technology. It is held the third Wednesday in November, during Geography Awareness Week, which is sponsored by the National Geographic Society. At USC, GIS Day activities are being offered by the Spatial Sciences Institute with the Department of Anthropology…
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VoPham Thesis Receives UNIGIS Award of Excellence
In her research at USC, GIST graduate Trang VoPham investigated pesticide exposure at different scales, combining traditional spatial units such as zip codes and census tracts with remotely sensed data. This research, leading to VoPham's M.S. in May 2014, has just been recognized by an Award of Excellence from UNIGIS International Association, the consortium of online GIS…
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