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The Center for Applied Geographic Information Science (CAGIS) participated in the third annual Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (EEGS) Open House on October 14, 2026. Held in the McEniry lobby, the event introduced students to the department’s academic programs, research opportunities, centers, and student organizations. Dr. Yao Li and Dr. Tianyang Chen represented […]

At the invitation of Dr. Yao Li, Associate Director of Research at the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science (CAGIS), Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw visited UNC Charlotte and delivered a seminar titled “Human-Centered GIScience and GeoAI” on October 9, 2026. Dr. Shaw, Chancellor’s Professor and Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, […]

The Center for Applied Geographic Information Science (CAGIS) invites students, faculty, staff, and community partners to celebrate GIS Day 2026! AI is opening up new possibilities for creating maps, discovering spatial patterns, and communicating research. This year’s theme explores how human creativity and AI-powered geographic tools can work together to address real-world challenges—and help students […]

The Center for Applied GIScience (CAGIS) at UNC Charlotte is grateful to Jonathan N. McKinnon, a recently retired airline captain and longtime map collector, for his generous donation of hundreds of maps from around the world and a large map cabinet for educational use at UNC Charlotte. Jonathan first reached out to CAGIS while looking […]

We are pleased to highlight a new publication by Dr. Yao Li, Associate Director of Research at CAGIS, and collaborators in Molecular Ecology Resources: “Improving Malaria Parasite Gene Flow Inference Under Sparse Spatial Sampling.” Understanding how malaria parasites move between places is important for identifying potential transmission sources, migration corridors, and areas where interventions may […]