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Generative AI and the Geospatial Renaissance: A Call to Innovate
Initiative aimed at identifying and addressing critical problems in food security calls for subject matter and geospatial experts to shape its activities and collaborate on innovation projects.
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…
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A Geospatial Journey Marked by Courage: Nadine Alameh’s Story
by Bob Grant Nadine Alameh is the inaugural executive director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI). Here, she reflects on key moments from her life that brought her to this new position and made her a world-renowned geospatial expert. Nadine Alameh, Ph.D., was a…
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…