About the Center
The Center for GIS and Remote Sensing was formed in 2000 in order to focus the research interests of the GIScience faculty. Today six faculty with diverse research interests in the GISciences are affiliated with the Center.

Three full-time technical and research staff suppport the Center directly, along with student associates and other technical support staff within the Department of Geography. The research activities of these faculty, staff and students form the basis of our core areas of research and applications.

Functions of the Center
1. Conduct and support research on GIScience (geographic information systems, remote sensing, cartographic visualization, global positioning systems) related projects at USC.
2. Campuswide GIS software licensing and support for ESRI products. Most of the products listed here are available free of charge under our license. The user community consists of over 300 faculty and users (about 30 of which are considered lead faculty with regard to GIScience utilization), located in 20 colleges and schools representing approximately 46 departments, institutes or centers.
3. GIS training program — including short courses, specialized documentation and a reference library.
4. Assistance with specialized application development-user interfaces, web deployments, etc. The center houses one applications web server that can be used in some circumstances to deploy applications.
5. Maintain a GIS data server. This server also acts as a clearinghouse for several SC state agency's datasets and can be accessed via the web or from the University network if authenticated.

Research in the Center
The current key research initiatives are the NASA-funded REASoN (Research, Education and Solutions Network) sub-tasks.

Career Opportunities
Selected Career Opportunities in the field of GIScience.

GIS technician at Savannah River Site

GIS analyst at Savannah River Site

Geospatial Analysts at Harris Corp.