University Consortium for Geographic Information Science explained

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

• Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge
• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis

Further reading

• Elmes . Gregory A. . The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science: Shaping the Future at Ten Years . Transactions in GIS . Wiley . 9 . 3 . 2005 . 1361-1682 . 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2005.00218.x . 273–276. 19893852 .
• Book: Goodchild, Michael F. . 2008 . National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) . Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science . K. Kemp . SAGE Publications, Inc. . 978-1-4129-1313-3 . 10.4135/9781412953962.n139.
• Book: McMaster . R.B. . Usery . E.L. . A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science . CRC Press . 2004 . 978-1-000-61159-5 . 2020-09-29.

Notes and References

1. Web site: History . Home . 1995-08-03 . 2020-09-29.
2. Web site: About and Mission . Home . 2012-10-22 . 2020-09-29.