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The Center for Applied Geographic Information Science (CAGIS) at UNC Charlotte is an applied research center that focuses
on the use of GIS concepts and technologies to address spatial
dimensions of environmental and socio-economic problems. Landscape
ecology, human-environment interactions, and land-use/land-cover change
modeling are three core areas of our current research. The Center
pursues interdisciplinary multi-scalar analysis through the integration
of field and laboratory data, interviews, remote sensing, spatial
analysis, and predictive modeling.
We are an administrative unit within the Metropolitan Studies
program, housed in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences.
Faculty, staff, and students in the Center actively collaborate with
faculty at UNC Charlotte and across institutions nationally in an effort
to cultivate interdisciplinary research projects, assist with spatial
database development and management, and provide shared access to GIS
data, hardware, and software resources.
The Center is also an active participant in the University Consortium
for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), a non-profit organization of
invited universities and research institutions dedicated to advancing
our understanding of geographic processes and spatial relationships
through improved theory, methods, technology, and data.
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