The Center for Applied GIScience (CAGIS) at UNC Charlotte was honored to welcome Dr. Marc P. Armstrong, Professor Emeritus from the University of Iowa, for a campus visit from April 30 to May 2, 2025. Nearly fifty years after earning his master’s degree from UNC Charlotte, Dr. Armstrong—a world-renowned pioneer and leading authority in GIScience—returned to campus. […]

Charlotte, N.C. — April 27, 2025 — The Center for Applied GIScience (CAGIS) engaged students, families, and educators at the UNC Charlotte STEAM Innovation Expo with hands-on geospatial technology: an Augmented-Reality (AR) Sandbox, a mapping-grade drone, and a drone-flight simulator. Visitors sculpted virtual mountains and river valleys in real time with the AR Sandbox, watching […]

You are warmly invited to attend the 2025 CAGIS Distinguished Speaker Series. We are honored to invite Dr. Marc P. Armstrong, Professor Emeritus from the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences at the University of Iowa, to visit UNC Charlotte and deliver a talk entitled: “Fifty Years of Geospatial Computing: Retrospect and Prospect” Dr. Armstrong is a world-renowned pioneer and leading […]

The Center for Applied GIScience (CAGIS) proudly participated in the International Association for Landscape Ecology—North American Regional Chapter (IALE 2025) held in Raleigh, North Carolina from April 14 – 17, 2025. This conference brought together leading scientists and practitioners to explore innovations in landscape ecology, with a strong focus this year on the role of […]

Several members of the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science (CAGIS) at UNC Charlotte proudly represented the center at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), held in Detroit, Michigan, from March 24 to 28. The AAG Annual Meeting is one of the largest gatherings of geographers, GIScientists, and spatial thinkers […]