Through a generous grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) the University of Maine has been designated as a Center of Excellence in Regional Remote Sensing Applications. The goal is to expand and integrate existing remote sensing programs in Forestry, Marine Sciences, and Spatial Information Engineering by linking the expertise, data, hardware, software, teaching, and outreach capabilities of these three departments. University of Maine integrates remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related geospatial technology across disciplines and strengthens its position at the forefront of earth and marine sciences and environmental research. Teaching and research laboratories were substantially improved and internal infrastructure modernized through acquisition of clusters of advanced workstations and digital image processing systems.
Coordinating principal investigators for this project were Steven Sader (Forest Management), Peggy Agouris (Spatial Information Engineering), and Andrew Thomas (Marine Sciences). Participating co-investigators are Anthony Stefanidis, Kate Beard, and Max Egenhofer (Spatial Information Engineering), and Alan Kimball (Forest Management).
