Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS)

• Provide leadership to identify, conduct, and collaborate on GIScience research issues of national importance
• Provide timely, efficient, and intelligent access to new and archived USGS geographic data needed to conduct science and support policy decisions.
• Develop innovative methods of modeling and information synthesis, fusion, and visualization to improve our ability to explore geographic data and create new knowledge.
• Develop credible and accessible geographic research, tools, and methods to support decision making related to the human and environmental consequences of land change.
• Assess, influence, and recommend for implementation technological innovations for geospatial data and applications.
• Maintain world class expertise, leadership, and a body of knowledge in support of the NSDI.

A Research Agenda
for Geographic Information
Science at the
United States
Geological Survey