Access to fresh, healthy food is limited in many low income neighborhoods, a phenomenon that has lead to the description of “food deserts” where only low quality and unhealthy foods are available. As part of the City of Los Angeles’ food policy efforts, the City sponsored research to describe these food deserts and how they…
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SSI PhD Student Accepts Internship at Esri
Kaveh Shahabi, SSI PhD student in Computer Science has accepted an internship position at the Esri Application Prototype Lab for the summer. Kaveh will join Esri and become part of a talented team of students that will create innovative mapcentric infographic displays and integrate web services and geoprocessing for web-based analysis to solve real-world problems. The APL…
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New Report on the Future of Spatial Sciences
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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Beyond Geography
USC Spatial Sciences Institute hosts a discussion by Esri Founder and President Jack Dangermond. By Ambrosia Viramontes-Brody 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 think…
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