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Students Install Survey Benchmark at Wrigley Marine Science Center

Survey benchmarks are used to mark a precisely measured elevation point. Hikers reaching the top of a mountain are often rewarded by finding a benchmark left by surveyors in the past. This spring, a class of GIST students taking SSI 587 (GPS/GIS Field Techniques) at the Wrigley Marine Science Center, installed their own benchmark at…

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SSI Geodesign Course in the Netherlands in Tweets

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GIST Students to Exhibit Maps at Esri User Conference

Six USC GIST students have had their maps selected for display at the 2014 Esri User Conference Map Gallery this July in San Diego. Professor Kirk Oda recruited students from his course, SSCI 589 Cartography and Visualization, to compete to display their maps at Esri's flagship professional meeting. The top six submittals from the class…

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GIST Students Present at Esri Dev Summit

Four students from the GIST program presented their research at the recent Ersi International Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California. Full presentations from Haynes Bunn, Brian Dean, Patty Jula, and Luke Wenschhof can be viewed by clicking the title slides below.

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