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- Title: Geospatial Research, Education and Outreach Efforts at the University of Minnesota
- Author : Cartography and Geographic Information Science
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Earth Sciences,Books,Science & Nature,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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The University of Minnesota has had a strong history and tradition in the field of geospatial (or geographic information) science and cartography The University is one of seven founding members of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science and home to key departments, to geospatial research and education centers and programs, as well as to myriad resources found in libraries and laboratory facilities on campus. As an early pioneer institution in GIS, the University of Minnesota has a longstanding interest in research and education in geospatial science. The University of Minnesota helped create, in the 1960s, one of the first Geographic Information Systems, the Minnesota Land Management Information System, and in the 1990s, a leading open source web-mapping application, MapServer. Such collaboration has made the State of Minnesota very recognized for its progressive implementation of GIS in local, county and state government, in programs and agencies such as MetroGIS, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Minnesota Department of Transportation. Presently, over ninety faculty at the U of M engage in geospatial science or cognate fields via research, teaching, or outreach.