University Consortium of Geographic Information Science at UIUC

• UCGIS – goals, overview and contacts
• Courses – look here for options to learn about GIScience and Geospatial Informatics
• Places – centers, labs and other groups of interest
• People – faculty, staff and students involved with UCGIS
• Portfolio – the national UCGIS organization requires a campus-wide summary of activities every five years

The primary goal of the University Consortium of Geographic Information Science is to promote the interdisciplinary use and advancement of GIScience and GIS technologies. The UIUC UCGIS chapter includes representatives from colleges, schools, departments, centers, labs across the University. Interests among faculty and staff involved with Geographic Information Science vary. They include, but are not limited to interdisciplinary applications of GIS and spatial analysis/modeling techniques, development of new theories, methods and software in GIScience, policy and user issues, and geospatial data accessibility.

Shaowen Wang, Department of Geography and NCSA, shaowen at illinois dot edu, 217-333-7608
Maryalice Wu, LAS, malice at illinois dot edu

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1. LA 441 – Land Resource Evaluation
2. LA 542 – Landscape Modeling
3. UP 312 – Communication for Planners
4. UP 418 – GIS for Planners
5. UP 519 – Advanced Applications of GIS
6. UP 585 – Advanced Modeling in Planning

1. GEOG 468 – Biological Modeling, Bruce Hannon
2. GEOG 469 – Spatial Ecosystem Modeling, Bruce Hannon
3. GEOG 476 – Applied GIS to Environmental Studies, Thomas Frank
4. GEOG 379 – Introduction to GIS, Shaowen Wang
5. GEOG 477 - Introduction to Remote Sensing, Thomas Frank
6. GEOG 479 - Advanced GIS, Shaowen Wang
7. GEOG 473 - Geovisualization, Shaowen Wang
8. GEOG 480 – Principles of GIS, Shaowen Wang

1. PATH 560 – Spatial Epidemiology, Uriel Kitron and Marilyn Ruiz
2. PATH 594 – Health Applications of GIS, Marilyn Ruiz

1. LIS 590CI – Community Information Systems, Ann Bishop

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• Atlas Lab
• The Community Informatics Initiative, Ann Bishop and Bertram (Chip) Bruce
• CyberInfrastructure and Geospatial Information Laboratory (CIGI), Shaowen Wang
• Expert Planning Information Systems Laboratory, Tschangho John Kim
• Geographic Information System and Spatial Analysis Laboratory, Marilyn Ruiz
• The GISolve Project, Shaowen Wang
• The Illinois State Scientific Surveys
• Image Spatial Data Analysis Group, NCSA
• LEAM Modeling Systems Laboratory, Brian Deal
• Spatial Epidemiology Laboratory, Uriel Kitron

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