National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Encyclopedia
The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) was founded in 1988 and hosted at three member campuses: The University of California, Santa Barbara
; the State University of New York at Buffalo; and the University of Maine
.
The center was founded after receiving a $5 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation
. Notable faculty involved with the NCGIA include Michael Goodchild among others.
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
; the State University of New York at Buffalo; and the University of Maine
University of Maine
The University of Maine is a public research university located in Orono, Maine, United States. The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is referred to as the flagship university of the University of Maine System...
.
The center was founded after receiving a $5 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
. Notable faculty involved with the NCGIA include Michael Goodchild among others.