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GIS Day 2016 at UNC Charlotte emphasized the value of “Spatial Thinking

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UNC Charlotte’s hosting of GIS Day 2016 celebrated all things GIS. The theme that emerged over the course of day was “Spatial Thinking”, a concept that reflects a growing consensus that the utility of GIS in solving problems is only limited by the imagination of users and practitioners. Events ranged from a panel discussion around […]

CAGIS Upgrades to a new High-performance Windows-based Cluster

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CAGIS upgrades to a new high-performance Windows-based cluster, Sapphaire, based desktop grid technology. For more information, see: Resources

New Director of Research and Outreach: Dr. Douglas Shoemaker

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Dr. Douglas Shoemaker is the new CAGIS Director of Research and Outreach. Dr. Shoemaker is an innovator in the field of land system science. Co-author of the FUTURES urban growth model, he has worked to establish an empirically-based understanding of how cities evolve using a fusion of ecology, remote sensing and demographics. As Coordinator of […]