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Geospatial Science and Engineering (GeoSE) is an emerging discipline that integrates spatial, temporal, and analytical data/tools, and provides new methods for understanding the environment and manmade systems. By combining the power of geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, photogrammetry, geodesy, 3D visualization, global positioning systems (GPS), and computer science, GeoSE provides insight into events that happen and phenomena that exist on earth.
The INL has a dedicated group of GIS, remote sensing, and computer science researchers leading the development of cutting-edge GeoSE tools and applications to address many scientific issues including:
- Understanding and predicting the impacts of human activities on systems (e.g., fate, transport, and impacts of contaminants),
- Understanding and predicting the impacts of natural phenomenon on human activites and infrastructure,
- Deriving useful spatial/temporal information from historic records for clean-up decisions,
- Understanding the social and economic impacts of natural resource use and waste management decisions,
- Evaluating long-term sustainability of systems,
- Identifying and quantifying renewable energy sources.
- Contact:
- Ryan Hruska, (208) 526-2708, Send E-mail