• Spatial Information Services

The spatial information lab endeavors to develop and increase the use of remotely sensed data, geographic information systems (GIS), and global positioning system (GPS) technology for detecting and evaluating environmental status and change in Asia and the Pacific, including Hawaii. Research and services include using remotely sensed imagery for monitoring environmental change in the region, integrating socioeconomic information into the analysis of regional environmental change, and training graduate students, visiting researchers, and East-West Center staff and University of Hawaii faculty and students in aspects of image processing, GIS, GPS, spatial statistics and the potential applications of these tools and techniques for environmental monitoring. Fostering collaborative research efforts among these groups and building local, regional, and national capacities for community-based resource management at international sites are important components of spatial information services as well.