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Mike Kellison

"As a Senior Planner and unofficially the GIS Manager at the City of Chino, I realized the value in quality data that would allow me and others in our organization to properly identify property. With a desire to improve efficiency within the city and a need to choose a thesis topic, I utilized Microsoft Excel…
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Devon Munsell

"Prior to getting my M.S. in GIST degree, I was a sales representative for an industrial distribution company, which was not related to my undergraduate degree – Urban and Regional Planning. Before I even graduated from USC, I received a job offer in the field of GIS from a company I met at the Esri…
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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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