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University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

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The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) is an academic non-profit organization dedicated to geographic information science, incorporated in 1995 in Washington, D.C.[1]

It fosters multidisciplinary cooperation among the academic disciplines of cartography, cognitive science, computer science, engineering and land surveying, environmental sciences, geodetic science, geography, landscape architecture, law and public policy, remote sensing and photogrammetry, as well as statistics.[2]

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  1. "History". Home. 1995-08-03. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. "About and Mission". Home. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2020-09-29.

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