Spatial Sciences Institute

Resources

Help Desk

Help Desk hours are MON 3 – 4 pm | FRI 11 am – 12 pm

Need help with maps? Considering geospatial analyses to enhance your research design? Want to geolocate your survey results and look at related population demographics? Looking for GIS (geographic information science) data for an ArcGIS StoryMap?

Bring us your questions about maps, data visualization, spatial data acquisition, geospatial modeling, spatial sampling strategies, GIS, web mapping and applications.

Drop-in the Spatial Sciences Help Desk for all USC faculty, staff, and students two hours a week in Allan Hancock Foundation (AHF) 146. We offer professional guidance: we’ll discuss your project with you, answer questions, give feedback and suggestions, recommend data and software alternatives, and help you develop the framework for geospatial success.

Additional geospatial services we offer are fee-based and will vary according to need; these may include complete project support or help with scope of work or proposal development.

The researchers we have partnered with include faculty from the USC Dornsife Departments of Biological Sciences, Earth Sciences, History, and Sociology; the USC School of Architecture; the USC Viterbi School of Engineering along with the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT); the Gould School of Law; and Keck School of Medicine of USC’s Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI). We also partner with other educational institutions, non-profits, mission-based for-profits and government agencies.

Questions? Email us at spatial_support@usc.edu. How may we assist you?

Graphic Identity

When preparing presentations, posters, maps and other materials related to the Spatial Sciences Institute and its academic programs, please use the logos and templates that have been developed under the graphic identity policies of the University and of USC Dornsife for use when representing the Institute.

USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute logos and PowerPoint template

USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute logo (For additional approved color and format options for the USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute logo, please contact Brandon Michel.)

USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute PowerPoint template

Making Maps and Posters

If you are an undergraduate student in a Spatial Sciences Institute (SSCI prefix) course but not one of our majors making a map or a poster, please use these materials:

If you are a B.S. in GeoDesign major making a map or poster, please use these materials:

If you are a B.S. in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence major making a map or poster, please use these materials:

If you are a B.S. in Global Geodesign major making a map or poster, please use these materials:

If you are a student in the Spatial Sciences Institute Graduate Programs in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) making a map or poster, please use these materials:

If you are a student in the Spatial Sciences Institute/Viterbi School of Engineering M.S. in Spatial Data Science Program (SPDS) making a map or poster, please use these materials:

If you are a student in the Spatial Sciences Institute/Department of Economics M.S. in Spatial Economics and Data Analysis Program (SEDA) making a map or poster, please use these materials:

If you are a student in the Spatial Sciences Institute Population, Health and Place Ph.D. Program (PHP) making a map or poster, please use these materials:

For all others representing the Spatial Sciences Institute making a map or poster, please use these materials:

Please consult with the guide for the USC Dornsife Graphic Identity Program.

Spatial Sciences Institute

University of Southern California
3616 Trousdale Parkway, AHF B55
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0374
213.740.5910
spatialsciences@usc.edu
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am – 5:00 pm