spatial@ucsb

May 28, 2014
Advancing the Spatially Enabled Smart Campus: Final Report
Final Report on our 2013 Specialist Meeting on Advancing the Spatially Enabled...
Jun 16, 2014
Spatially Enabled Smart Places: Photos
View the photos of spatial@ucsb.local 2014 on “Spatially Enabled Smart...
Jun 23, 2014
Vertices Newsletter – Issue 8
The 8th issue of our Vertices newsletter is out. New Visions—New Director...
Jul 14, 2014
Spatial Cognition 2014
The Center for Spatial Studies invites you to participate in Spatial Cognition...

Vision

The vision of the Center for Spatial Studies is that spatial thinking and computing serve all scientific disciplines and support trans-disciplinary problem solving. The Center mission is to engage in interdisciplinary research and education in how people and technology solve spatial problems. To progress toward its vision... Read more.

Research

We strongly support interdisciplinary research projects. We organize research-oriented events, such as the ongoing ThinkSpatial brownbag talks for the local community and our annual Specialist Meetings. Our Help Desk provides technical support to researchers. Learn more about our Research Resources.

Education

We promote spatial thinking and spatial literacy at the elementary, secondary, graduate, and postgraduate levels, offering a Freshman Seminar in Spatial Thinking and a unique Minor in Spatial Studies, as well as advanced training workshops for on- and off-campus Ph.D. students and researchers. Learn more about our Learning Resources.