ST. LOUIS - The Taylor Geospatial Institute, in partnership with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is unveiling a highly anticipated, AI-powered supercomputing capability that is available to researchers at any of the eight partner institutions that make up...
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Mark Korver, Former Worldwide Tech Lead for Geospatial at AWS, Joins TGI as Director of Geospatial Data and Analytics
ST. LOUIS - Mark Korver, former Worldwide Tech Lead for Geospatial at Amazon Web Services (AWS), has joined TGI as the organization’s Director of Geospatial Data and Analytics. Mark will help build out shared data and analytic services to help stakeholders get to...
TGI Launches New Initiatives, Hiring Updates, and More! TGI Connect, the Taylor Geospatial Institute Newsletter: May 2024
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...
TGI Spotlight: Rethinking Multimodal Localization
By Bob Grant Localization, precisely pinpointing the position of a person, autonomous vehicle, or anything else on planet Earth, is one of the holy grails of geospatial technology. There are various localization methods, including GPS, beacon-based localization,...
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...
Inaugural Town Hall, Climate Research Spotlight, and More! TGI Connect, the Taylor Geospatial Institute Newsletter: April 2024
TGI Seeks a Director of Research Development to Help Spark a Revolution in Geospatial Science and Technology
April 24, 2024 It is an exciting time to be in the field of geospatial science and technology. With rapid advancements in AI, AR/VR, digital twins, sensors, and more, coupled with more geospatial data being available than ever before in an unbelievable number of...
TGI-funded Project Uses Geospatial Tech to Study Permafrost, Plants, and Wildfire
By Bob Grant The arctic tundra is a surprisingly dynamic ecosystem that at first glance appears to be a windswept, frigid wasteland. But further investigation reveals that it hosts hundreds of plant species—mostly shrubs, mosses, and grasses— that jockey for space...
Who Do You Call When Your 15-Foot Dinosaur Needs a Doctor?
by Bob Grant, Executive Director of Communications, Research Researchers at Saint Louis University and the Taylor Geospatial Institute are answering the call to ensure that future generations of visitors to the Saint Louis Science Center will be amazed by their...
TGI Debuts GeoAI Working Group With Kickoff Meeting
The Taylor Geospatial Institute’s GeoAI Working Group Launches with a Well-Attended Kickoff with activities scheduled throughout the year. Geospatial experts from academia, industry, and government gathered in St. Louis to mark the start of the new TGI Working Group,...
Taylor Geospatial Institute and ICEYE US Announce New Technology Training Opportunities, Marking Launch of Industry Partners Program
The St. Louis-based research consortium will host Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) workshops in partnership with Earth Observation leader ICEYE US as a model for collaboration with the geospatial industry. St. Louis & Irvine, March 28, 2024 - The Taylor Geospatial...