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screenshot of the GRASS GIS interface

Jul 7, 2022

New Version of GRASS GIS Released with Leadership from Center for Geospatial Analytics Researchers

Editor’s note: The following is a guest post by members of the NCSU GeoForAll Lab. A new release of GRASS GIS is out thanks in large part to researchers and…
PoPS - Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Jun 8, 2022

Pest or Pathogen Spread (PoPS) Model 2.0.0 Released

Developers at the Center for Geospatial Analytics have announced the release of PoPS 2.0.0, the latest official version of the Center’s signature open source system for forecasting the spread of…
NC State University doctoral researcher Will Reckling prepares to launch a drone on Roan Mountain, NC, to map the area for endangered high-elevation plants - Keeping Track of Rare Mountaintop Plants with Drones - Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Nov 5, 2021

Keeping Track of Rare Mountaintop Plants with Drones

Researchers from the Center for Geospatial Analytics have devised a method to more safely and efficiently monitor endangered high-elevation plants, by predicting their likely locations and then flying drones in high-probability areas to collect imagery.
Forest in Oregon damaged by fire - Ecologist: People Should Prepare for Landscapes to Change - Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Jan 25, 2021

Ecologist: People Should Prepare for Landscapes to Change

In northern California, forests are at risk of becoming a landscape dominated by shrubs and small trees as wildfires become dramatically more intense and temperatures rise. In North Carolina, coastal…
shaded_all_bright_ortho - Center for Geospatial Analytics at NC State University

Oct 29, 2020

First Official Version of PoPS (Pest or Pathogen Spread) Model Released

Developers at the Center for Geospatial Analytics at North Carolina State University have released the first stable version of the Pest or Pathogen Spread (PoPS) model, a free, open source…
Aspen trees in the Colorado mountains.

Sep 16, 2020

Colorado’s Famous Aspens Expected to Decline Due to Climate Change

Along three scenic drives through Colorado’s Rocky Mountains in fall, tourists will see less of a brilliant golden tree in the next 100 years, researchers from North Carolina State University…
host of First in Future

Sep 18, 2018

IEI First in Future: Andy Fox, Coastal Dynamics Design Lab

First in Future: Where Emerging Ideas Take Flight is a weekly program from the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) at NC State University that connects you with people thinking big…
An image of a landscape demonstrating the spread of Sudden Oak Death

May 20, 2016

The Hard Realities of Controlling an Epidemic

New research on sudden oak death disease published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Ross Meentemeyer and colleagues from Cambridge and UC Davis models disease transmission in…