Eight research institutions are joining forces to create the Taylor Geospatial Institute, a new entity based locally and aimed at expanding St. Louis’ position as a hub of geospatial research and innovation. With the newly created center envisioned as becoming a key...
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8 research orgs form new geospatial institute in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – With the financial backing of billionaire businessman Andrew C. Taylor, eight Midwest research institutions have joined with the goal of turning St. Louis into the world’s center for geospatial research and innovation. The Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI)...
Missouri S&T joins Taylor Geospatial Institute
Missouri S&T is joining with other leading research institutions from Missouri and Illinois to form a geospatial research collaborative, the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI). The institute is designed to affect foundational research, food systems, health care,...
St. Louis Comes Together to Announce the Taylor Geospatial Institute
Institute Brings Together Eight Midwest Research Institutions, Implements Key Component of GeoFutures Strategic Roadmap “This institute will cement St. Louis as the world’s true center for geospatial excellence” – Andrew C. Taylor ST. LOUIS — Leaders from St. Louis’...
New Web Resource Provides Health, Socioeconomic, Other Geospatial Data
A Mizzou Engineering team has developed a web resource that allows users to sort and view health, socioeconomic, accessibility and population data by county. The Geospatial Analytical Research Knowledgebase (GeoARK) was supported by a RAPID grant from the National...
How Can St. Louis Bolster Its Startup Economy? 3 Local Leaders Weigh In
For St. Louis to continue to position itself as a city where startups can flourish, industry leaders say the region must continue to lean into its strengths and build upon them. Specifically, they believe St. Louis must continue to differentiate itself from other...
SLU’s Ness Sandoval Featured on NPR
The St. Louis region has a stable population, according to new estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 14-county region hovered around 2.8 million people, only shedding about 10,000 between 2020 and 2021, but the changes weren’t evenly distributed....
UMSL’s Emily Blackburn deploying vast geospatial intelligence expertise in new role at UMSL
The University of Missouri–St. Louis continues to build its connections with the rapidly developing geospatial ecosystem that’s been sprouting up throughout St. Louis alongside construction of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new west campus northwest of...
A River Runs Through It
Jordan Neeley, a junior studying environmental earth science at Washington University in St. Louis, once asked the same question that many visitors ask: What is a shut-in? Rock formations called shut-ins confine a section of a river, forcing water to flow between the...
NCSA’s Blue Waters Supercomputer Helps Map the Earth
One of the earliest projects to ramp up after NCSA launched the Blue Waters supercomputer in 2013 was a project from the University of Minnesota’s Polar Geospatial Center. They wanted to make high-quality digital elevation models, or DEMs, for the polar ice. Their...
As St. Louis’ Reputation Grows in the Geospatial Industry, Leaders Stress Workforce Development
St. Louis – Local civic leaders are pinning their hopes on the geospatial sector to help boost the region’s economy and create jobs. As the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency constructs its $1.7 billion western headquarters in north St. Louis, a four-day...
NGA, UMSL partnering to develop STEM professionals and educators
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and University of Missouri–St. Louis are partnering to create a geospatial talent pipeline that supports student learning from kindergarten through college and beyond. Under a new educational partnership agreement, UMSL...