The staff at the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology's Cartography and Geographic Information Systems Laboratory on the University of Nevada, Reno campus received a Special Achievement in GIS award ...

Students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) in Alexandria, Va., begin working with GIS ideas in the ninth grade. In the 10th, they study computer sciences. In the 12th ...

We make maps! But we are so much more. A key purpose of the GIS Health and Hazards Lab is to use mapping as a tool to solve real world problems. We have developed new ways to collect data in even the ...

Our Geography program works to provide students field opportunities in as wide a variety of natural and cultural environments as possible. We aim to instill in students the skill of observation, an ...

The Geospatial Lab @ Sacramento State is housed within Geography's departmental office. The facility has space to simultaneously house four student assistants working on grants, contracts, and ...

Environmental scientists investigate how ecosystems function, how environmental conditions change, and how human activities shape the natural world. They collect and analyze data in the field and lab, ...

Using Global Positioning System-derived location data to define the debris field from the breakup of the shuttle Columbia, researchers and undergraduates from Stephen F. Austin University in ...