Spatial Informatics

SPATIAL INFORMATICS represents an overarching umbrella for studying theories, methods, and applications of spatial analysis/modeling; and spatial data handling, management, and visualization. Spatial Informatics research and education are becoming increasingly important as data-intensive, large-scale, and/or multi-scale problems that involve the use and development of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and spatial analysis/modeling are becoming ubiquitous in scientific discovery and decision-making in many fields.

RESEARCH THEMES

Methods and software in GIScience (Geographic Information Science)

Policy and user issues of GIS, geospatial data accessibility

Spatial decision support systems

Geospatial problem solving environments, and novel applications of GIS such as in Business

Earth sciences

Environmental Science and Engineering

Epidemiology

Geography and Regional Science

Natural Resource Management

Urban and Regional Planning