University Consortium for Geographic Information Science
The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is an academic non-profit organization dedicated to geographic information science, incorporated in 1995 in Washington, D.C.[1]
It fosters multidisciplinary cooperation among the academic disciplines of cartography, cognitive science, computer science, engineering and land surveying, environmental sciences, geodetic science, geography, landscape architecture, law and public policy, remote sensing and photogrammetry, as well as statistics.[2]
See also
References
- "History". Home. 1995-08-03. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- "About and Mission". Home. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
Further reading
- Elmes, Gregory A. (2005). "The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science: Shaping the Future at Ten Years". Transactions in GIS. Wiley. 9 (3): 273–276. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9671.2005.00218.x. ISSN 1361-1682.
- Goodchild, Michael F. (2008). "National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)". In K. Kemp (ed.). Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science. SAGE Publications, Inc. doi:10.4135/9781412953962.n139. ISBN 978-1-4129-1313-3.
- McMaster, R.B.; Usery, E.L. (2004). A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-000-61159-5. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
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