{"id":8044,"date":"2017-01-12T15:21:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T15:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:03:51","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything is spatial and location matters."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-split-container wp-block-ncst-split-container\">\n    \n<div class=\"ncst-column has-indigo-400-background-color wp-block-ncst-column\">\n    \n<div class=\"layout-one-column has-two-fact wp-block-ncst-fact-list\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-fact-list__container\">\n      \n<a \n    class=\"ncst-fact has-custombg-one-text-color with-cta wp-block-ncst-inner-fact\"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/research\/\"\n          >\n      <span class=\"ncst-icon\">\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path 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Our state-of-the-art Geovisualization Lab features innovative\u00a0tools and technologies that help stakeholders intuitively interact with spatial\u00a0data, to explore patterns and make decisions.<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n              <p class=\"content-card__cta\"><span class=\"text\">Explore Now<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-posts-feed ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">recent news<\/h2>\n                                <a\n              href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\"\n              class=\"ncst-labeled-section__link\"\n                                          data-ua-cat=\"Featured Content Block\" data-ua-action=\"Label Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\"\n            >More Stories<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\/2026\/07\/09\/center-researchers-help-lead-a-new-grass-release-built-for-python\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-25484\"\n            alt=\"Vaclav Petras stands at the podium opening a working session at the 2025 GRASS Developer Summit, as contributors sit around a large conference table with laptops and coffee at NC State in Raleigh. The screen behind him shows the title slide &quot;GRASS Developer Summit 2025, May 19-24&quot; beside the GRASS logo.\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/developers_16_9_ratio-scaled.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/developers_16_9_ratio-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/developers_16_9_ratio-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/developers_16_9_ratio-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/developers_16_9_ratio-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/07\/developers_16_9_ratio-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n              <p class=\"content-card__meta\">\n                      <span class=\"content-card__date\">July 09, 2026<\/span>\n                            <\/p>\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Center Researchers Help Lead a New GRASS Release Built for Python<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><span class=\"text\">Editor&#8217;s note: This is a guest post by members of the GRASS community at the Center for Geospatial Analytics. The latest release of GRASS, version 8.5.0, is out, with researchers&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/news\/2026\/06\/25\/faculty-fellow-osburn-named-goodnight-distinguished-chair-in-sustainability\/\"\n  >\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-25417\"\n            alt=\"Image of Chris Osburn\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/geospatial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/06\/chris-osburn.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; 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