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WyGISC is an interdisciplinary research and education institute at the University of Wyoming

Providing a healthy and safe campus environment is our top proority for the University of Wyoming. In response to concerns regarding the novel coronavirus COVID-19, WyGISC is operating primarily in virtual mode with our main office closed to walk-in traffic and the majority of our employees working remotely from home. During this time, email communication is the best way to reach one of us. Please consult our People page to access contact information for specific individuals or send an email to wygisc@uwyo.edu.

If you wish to contact us by phone, please call 307-766-2532 and follow the voice directory or leave a message and someone will get back to you within one working day.

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We're focused on the development and education of geospatial information and technologies and their applications. Our mission is to advance the knowledge and application of geographic information science and technology through research, education, and service. WyGISC aspires to become a premier interdisciplinary academic center in geographic information science research and education while strengthening our unique leadership role in service and outreach to the university, state, and region.

ABOUT WYGISC

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We offer undergraduate, graduate, and certificates in Geospatial Information Science & Technology.

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WyGISC's topics of research vary based on the disciplinary specializations and technical expertise of the personnel.

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We maintain and build many applications using spatial data and technology.

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News & updates

WyGISC News and Events:

WyGISC's Di Yang received NASA EPSCoR Grant: "NASA SMD Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO): A Meta-Learning Framework for Characterizing and Accessing Training Data for GLOBE Observer Mosquito and Land Cover Protocols"

The goal of NASA EPSCoR is to provide seed funding that will enable jurisdictions to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research.

Yang will be using the grant to host a series of activities (hackathons) across Wyoming to explore and develop deep learning tools to segment, characterize, classify, and label components of land cover photographs from the GLOBE Observer (GO) land cover and mosquito habitat app.

WyGISC faculty member Di Yang's recent research is highlighted in the recent AGU spotlight "Mass Bird Die-Off Linked to Wildfires and Toxic Gases"

Using observations from crowdsourced science and weather location data, researchers concluded that wildfires caused a mass die-off of birds in the western and central United States in 2020.

UW's Sivanpillai Selected as Fellow of National Remote Sensing Organization

December 2020 - Ramesh Sivanpillai, a remote-sensing scientist with the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) at the University of Wyoming, has been named a fellow of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).

Daniels Fund Faculty Fellows Selected at UW

October 2020 - The Business Ethics Program at the University of Wyoming, supported by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative (DFEI), recently named 15 UW employees as 2021 Daniels Fund Faculty Fellows.

UW Students Learn How to Operate Drones in New Online Course

October 2020 - The use of unmanned aerial systems, or UAS, by industry may be in its infancy, but there are many businesses already using the technology.

UW Trustees Approve Launch of Geospatial Information Science Degree Programs

June 2020 - The University of Wyoming will offer new degree and certificate programs to meet changing student demands and workforce needs, following action by the UW Board of Trustees.

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