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Noelle Crowley

“So you want to go into NASA?” is one response that I heard when telling someone that I am majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Spatial Studies. I had to clarify that it is not spatial as in outer space, but spatial as in spatial analysis and thinking. The connection between the latter understanding…
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Robin Franke

Robin Franke
My mom has a habit of misplacing her car in parking lots. She tells me that when I was three years old, I led her to the car when she had no recollection of where it was. It seems that I have always been spatially aware of my surroundings. I love to think about place…
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Onstage in Beijing

John P. Wilson, USC Spatial Sciences Institute founding director and professor, recently joined Esri co-founder and president, Jack Dangermond for Dangermond's plenary address for the Institute for Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China. Following Dangermond's address on "GIS -- Creating a Smarter World," a panel fielded questions…
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Yu Chuan Shan

Spatial science fascinates me with its ever-evolving mapping technology. Started with drawing paper maps in high school, I entered the world of GIS at USC and have been exploring the great potential of geospatial technology ever since. I first worked for SSI’s 3D campus modeling with CityEngine project, which helped me land a summer GIS…
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