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Apr 4, 2016

Bill Slocumb Delivers Keynote Address at 2016 GIS for Transportation Symposium

Center researcher and graduate and professional GIS&T instructor Bill Slocumb delivered the keynote address at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2016 Geospatial Information Systems for Transportation Symposium, held this…

Jan 4, 2016

First-Of-Its-Kind Book on Tangible Modeling Puts the Power of Open Source GIS in Your Hands

Center researchers and co-authors Anna Petrasova, Brendan Harmon, Vaclav Petras, and Helena Mitasova have published “Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS,” a groundbreaking new book on the Tangible Landscape, an innovative tangible geospatial…

Nov 18, 2015

Spatial Scale Of Climate Change Impacts Influences How Individuals Perceive Those Impacts

New research by Center Faculty Fellow Jordan W. Smith and graduate students Karly Bitsura-Meszaros and Rosemary Keane explores the relationships between individuals’ political ideologies, the information sources used to learn about…

Oct 19, 2015

Helena Mitasova Elected To Open Source Geospatial Foundation Board Of Directors

Dr. Helena Mitasova, a Center Faculty Fellow and the Associate Director of Geovisualization, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo. This…

Oct 9, 2015

Ashwin Shashidharan Wins NSF Travel Grant To Attend ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

Center PhD Student Ashwin Shashidharan (Dept. of Computer Sciences) was awarded an $800 NSF Student Travel Grant to attend the 23rd Annual ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information…

Oct 5, 2015

MGIST Faculty Member Laura Tateosian Awarded DELTA Exploratory Grant

Dr. Laura Tateosian, a Center Faculty Fellow and GIS Faculty member, was awarded a competitive Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) Exploratory Grant to develop ‘Py4All’, a web-based interactive feedback…

Oct 1, 2015

Devon Gaydos Wins Travel Award To Attend National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center Research Workshop

Devon Gaydos (FER and CGA PhD student) was recently selected from among a pool of international applicants to attend SESYNC’s annual Socio-Environmental Synthesis Research Proposal Writing Workshop at the SESYNC research…

Sep 16, 2015

A Needs Assessment Process For Designing Geospatial Data Management Systems Within Federal Agencies

Until there is wide adoption and implementation of geospatial data management standards among federal agencies, individual agencies can benefit from innovative tools and workflows that allow them to manage and deliver…

Aug 31, 2015

Director’s Research Among Most Notable Papers Impacting The Science Of Ecology

As part of the Ecological Society of America‘s Centennial celebration, the organization released its top 10 lists of the most notable papers published in ESA journals. Director Ross Meentemeyer’s co-authored research…

Aug 6, 2015

Duke TIP Students Learn Spatial Thinking And Problem Solving Skills At Geospatial Analytics Workshops

Approximately 45 Sixth grade participants in the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP) recently attended workshops at the Center’s Geovisualization Lab where they learned spatial thinking and problem solving skills through interactive demonstrations…