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Geo-Resolution 2024 Showcased a Thriving Geospatial Ecosystem
By Bob Grant Geospatial researchers, industry leaders, government officials, and members of the greater geospatial community gathered in St. Louis on September 12 for Geo-Resolution 2024 to discuss the future of geospatial technologies, the valuable information they…
TGI Spotlight – Shaowen Wang, TGI Research Associate and Research Council member
By Bob Grant In 2023, Shaowen Wang, Ph.D., was awarded a block grant from the Taylor Geospatial Institute to use geospatial technologies and artificial intelligence to reimagine the ways that water features, such as rivers and streams, are mapped as they wind across…
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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…
TGI Spotlight: Christian Blue, TGI Diversity Fellow
by Bob Grant Christian Blue is a Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) Diversity Fellow, Harris-Stowe State University (HSSU) senior, and an early career geospatial expert with his sights set on making a global impact across this constantly growing industry. With a rich…
Dispatch from the TGI Consortium: Fred: A Goose on a Mission
by Bob Grant, Executive Director of Communications, Research It’s not every day that you ride your bicycle up to Saint Louis University President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D. and ask if it would be OK to name woodland creatures after him. That kind of incident has a much…
Using Modern Geospatial Technologies to Uncover Ancient Secrets at Cahokia
by Bob Grant COLLINSVILLE, IL — Cahokia Mounds is a perplexing ancient Native American site containing more than 100 earthen burial and ceremonial mounds. Located east of downtown St. Louis, what is known about the prehistoric native people who constructed the site…
Dispatch from the TGI Consortium: Interactive approach to geospatial search combines aerial imagery, reinforcement learning
by Shawn Ballard, Washington University in St. Louis Communications Specialist When combatting complex problems like illegal poaching and human trafficking, efficient yet broad geospatial search tools can provide critical assistance in finding and stopping the…
Dispatch from the TGI Consortium: Visual Active Search Tool Developed by McKelvey Engineers Combines Deep Reinforcement Learning, Traditional Active Search Methods
by Shawn Ballard, Washington University in St. Louis Communications Specialist In geospatial exploration, the quest for efficient identification of regions of interest has recently taken a leap forward with visual active search (VAS). This modeling framework uses…