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The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) is dedicated to research and applications in geospatial analysis and modeling, enterprise spatial databases, remote sensing, digital photogrammetry and geospatial interoperability and has been selected as a Center of Excellence by Intergraph Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Trimble Navigation Ltd., Sun Microsystems, Skyline Software, Defineins Imaging Software, Safe Software, PCI Geomatics, IONIC Software and eSpatial Systems.

 

CAST specializes in serving the academic community through its emphasis on high quality university courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and related technologies. CAST is actively involved in extensive research efforts, through multiple grants totaling more than $1 million awarded each year. The research efforts compliment and greatly benefit the educational and public service focus by allowing staff and students to stay on the leading edge of emerging technologies as well as providing opportunity for economic development through the Center’s business incubator efforts.

If you are interested in visiting CAST, please go to: Visitor information for directions to CAST, campus parking and general University of Arkansas visitor links.

Announcements:

New Center for Academic Excellence Building

In fall 2007 a new 100,000 sq ft Center for Academic Excellence Building will be opening on campus. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies will be one of the tenants along with the Information Technology Research Center, Computational Dynamics, Digital Content Production Labs, Language Labs, Computer Science/Computer Engineering, Network Operations, a Cave and Access GRID node. There will be specialized teaching labs for remote sensing, photogrammetry and mapping science.

 

 

 

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