The University of Connecticut's GeoSpatial Technology Program is a member of the National Geospatial Technology Extension Network, a growing affiliation of university-based outreach education programs designed to expand the knowledge and use of geospatial data and technology.

UConn's program was established as one of the first Earth Grant programs in the country. Earth Grant refers to a collaboration among NASA's Space Grant and Earth Science Enterprise, NOAA's Sea Grant and USDA's Land Grant Programs that together aim to promote the use of geospatial information technologies and data in business, environmental protection and resource management.

Connecticut's program, housed within the Center for Land use Education And Research (CLEAR), provides technical education and training outside the traditional academic environment. The program's goal is to help municipal land use officials, staff and commission members understand and apply geospatial information technologies to help solve local land use problems and to develop environmentally sensitive land use plans. The program focuses on the use of

• geographic information systems (GIS),
• remote sensing (RS), and
• global positioning systems (GPS)

and introduces new users to these technologies through hands-on training courses.

The program also is designed to teach GIS, RS and GPS users about digital data and to connect users with both public and commercial data producers and data providers.

Funding support for the GeoSpatial Technology Program is provided by NASA, NOAA and the Connecticut Space Grant Consortium.

Quickbird satellite image
Lower Connecticut River
July 2, 2004
Bands 4, 3, 2
Altitude ~400 miles

Comments or Suggestions? Email us at michael.prisloe@uconn.edu.

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