The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis is funded through its University of California, Santa Barbara, site to carry out a new program of research and agenda-setting in the area of geographic information science. Funding is provided by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement SBR 96-00465. This report summarizes progress from the inception of the project, February 15, 1997, through the end of November 1997, a period of just over nine months, and is submitted in accordance with the requirements of the cooperative agreement. It requests the second increment of funding for the project, for the period 2/1/98 through 1/31/99.
The first section summarizes the progress made in setting up the project, recruiting members for the Strategic Area Panels, setting topics and dates for the Specialist Meetings, and initiating the Advisory Board.
The second section reports on activities of the National Center for the period 1/1/97 through 11/30/97, a period of transition between activities under the cooperative agreement which had funded NCGIA since its inception in 1988 (SBR 88-10917) and the Varenius project. The appendices to this section include reports of publications, visitors, courses taught, and degrees granted.
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