This site provides information for faculty, staff and students of the University of South Carolina (USC) on geographic information science. USC was one of the initial group of American research universities to join the University Consortium on Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). The UCGIS fosters the integrated use of resources and technology and encourages multi-disciplinary research collaboration. USC also maintains a campus license agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). USC was ESRI's customer number 7 and today has available a large number of their products for on-campus educational and research applications.
