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02/04/2022 Executive Director Wenwu Tang announced today that the Center for Applied Geographich Science (CAGIS) will receive substaintial funding from NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to explore new ways to streamline roadway maintence and safety sign using computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI). The research group, consisting of Dr. Don Chen (Engineering Technology and Construction […]

Director of research and outreach Douglas Shoemaker was recently featured in the Charlotte Observer’s multipart story on tree canopy loss in the City. Despite a canopy coverage exceeding the national average, Charlotte has been losing more than 3 football fields of forest per day since 2012. The region remains a real estate draw for its […]

12/15/2021 Update: WSOC just ran a segment on our efforts to reach private well owners in Gaston County. See the coverage at: https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/unc-charlotte-researchers-test-private-wells-create-database-gaston-county/K4S3IRP4O5DSXCMTZ6N5GVDU7Y/ 11/16/2021 (Charlotte) A CAGIS-based team of researchers and students will work with residents and county health officials to boost the number of people doing tests regularly and improve the sharing of data. […]

Our CAGIS Virtual Seminar Presentation with Yuri Potawsky in now up on our YouTube channel. Yuri Potawsky is a Solution Engineer at Esri who focuses on providing local governments the tools and support they need to successfully use GIS technology. After completing a master’s degree in Geography at Appalachian State he moved to Washington, D.C. […]

Please join us this Thursday when Dr. Stephanie Pilkington discusses the proposed “Hurricane Impact Level Ranking System.” Dr. Pilkington is an Assistant Professor in Construction and Building Engineering here at Charlotte,. She is also a collaborator in our R1 nomination, “Geospatial Analytics for Healthy & Resilient Urban Systems” as well as a Lead PI for […]

October, 2021. Due to popular demand, we have begun recording and sharing presentations that are part of the CAGIS Virtual Seminar Series. If you miss a speaker or topic of interest, please check here. Like and Subscribe!

Charlotte is famously a “City of Trees”, and exhibits one of the highest urban tree canopy coverages among large US cities. Working quietly in the background, our tree canopy supports environmental health by reducing heat and greenhouse gasses, improving air quality, and regulating stormwater to the tune of over $500 million each year. However, new […]

CHARLOTTE, NC, Aug. 2, 2021–CAGIS announced it is receiving funding from UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) UniDATA program. The funded project is entitled “Remote Collaborative Geoscience Learning through Distributed File Servers and Dedicated Web Server System”. PIs of this project are Dr. Xin (Cynthia) Zhang (UNC Pembroke), CAGIS Executive Director Dr. Wenwu Tang, and […]

July 15, 2021. Many Charlotteans enjoy the natural amenity provided by its prominent urban forest, so much so that we’ve become known as “The City of Trees.” However, this lush urban tree canopy is under threat and losing hundreds of acres per year, mostly in residential areas, leaving the City hotter and more prone to […]

We are pleased to announce the award of NC Department of Transportation funding to CAGIS to explore risk and resilence in freight transportation systems. The proposal is entitled “Geo-FRIT: A web-based geospatial analytics tool for quantifying freight risk and resilience in transportation”. CAGIS will play a leading role in this project by developing this web-based […]