UC-SB/NCGIA
type: Concept
in scheme: providers
definition: The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis is an independent research consortium dedicated to basic research and education in geographic information science and its related technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS). The three member institutions are the University of California, Santa Barbara; the University at Buffalo; and the University of Maine. The consortium was formed in 1988 to respond to a competition for funding from the National Science Foundation, and continues to receive much of its funding from that source. Total funding to the consortium amounts to approximately $5 million per year. Website: http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/overview.html Info: The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis

ACADEMIC
type: Concept