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Former NGA Director Robert Cardillo Named Chair of Taylor Geospatial Institute Governing Council
ST. LOUIS - On May 23, Mr. Robert Cardillo, who served as director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2014 to 2019, was named the Chair of the Taylor Geospatial Institute Governing Council. Mr. Cardillo is succeeding Ken Olliff, former Vice President...
Taylor Geospatial Institute Announces Inaugural Town Hall Meeting
ST. LOUIS – The Taylor Geospatial Institute invites the geospatial community to attend the consortium’s inaugural Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. The event will be held at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the eight academic and research...
TGI Spatial Humanities Working Group Maps Beijing’s Underworld to Understand the Intersection of Geospatial and History
Contributed by Fabien Montcher, Saint Louis University The TGI Spatial Humanities Working Group applied modern geospatial best practices and core GIS technologies to better conceptualize the underworld of 1930s and 1940s Beijing. On January 19th, 2024, the TGI Spatial...
Saint Louis University, Taylor Geospatial Institute Ramp Up Hiring of Geospatial Faculty
By Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University will hire 20 new faculty members in core geospatial science and related fields in an ambitious cluster hiring initiative. The new positions, which will be filled over a three-year span, will be hired in...
A Geospatial Welcome
By Nadine Alameh I’ll start this message the same way I would likely start and end all my communications with the amazing consortium that is the Taylor Geospatial Institute—with a thank you! Thank you for your warm welcome, thank you for your commitment to TGI’s...
Taylor Geospatial Career Guide Series Kicks Off with an Impassioned Presentation of the Potential of Geospatial Science from TGI Executive Director Nadine Alameh
by Bob Grant ST. LOUIS — The Taylor Geospatial Institute launched its Geospatial Career Guide Series by welcoming students, professionals, and anyone else interested in exploring geospatial careers to listen and engage in the first installment on September 14, 2023....
Saint Louis University Receives $1 Million NGA Grant to Establish Midwestern Satellite Calibration Network
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS — Earthquake fault lines. Abandoned mines. Transportation infrastructure. Dams and Levees. Location of Goods and Supplies. Government agencies, researchers and public entities rely on geospatial technology to locate existing geographic...
SLU, NGA Host AI-Focused Geo-Resolution Conference on September 28
by Maggie Rotermund ST. LOUIS, MO – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and Saint Louis University will co-host the Geo-Resolution 2023 conference, “Digital Transformations: Navigating a World of Data from Seabed to Space,” Thursday, Sept. 28, at SLU’s Busch...
TGI Names Deputy Director and SLU Appoints Inaugural Associate Vice President for Geospatial Science
by Bob Grant ST. LOUIS – Vasit Sagan, Ph.D., will become Deputy Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) and Associate Vice President for Geospatial Science at Saint Louis University, effective September 1, 2023. Sagan has served as TGI’s Acting...
World-Renowned Geospatial Expert Selected as Inaugural Executive Director of Taylor Geospatial Institute
Nadine Alameh, Ph.D., has been selected as the inaugural executive director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI), a consortium of eight research institutions led by Saint Louis University. Her appointment is effective Sept. 1. “Dr. Alameh is a champion of...
SLU/TGI-hosted Headwall Hyperspectral Imaging Workshop Distills Knowledge, Attracts Talent
by Bob Grant ST. LOUIS - “Welcome to the geospatial capital of the world.” That was how Vasit Sagan, Acting Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute, kicked off a two-day hyperspectral imaging workshop put on by Headwall Photonics and hosted by TGI at Saint Louis...