GISandbox

I'm excited to share the ArcGIS for XSEDE webinar hosted by the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) and Esri (Full title: An Overview of Esri Cloud and Big Data Spatial Analytics Offerings Available to XSEDE ). We had over 70 participants join the webinar and I had many requests for the recording.  Please share the presentation with anyone who might be interested. GISandbox (the site you are currently reading) will serve as the 'core communication channel' for many of these GIS+XSEDE activities so please check back or subscribe to stay up-to-date with the latest information and opportunities. Of course, if you have questions or would like to get involved feel free to get in contact with the presenters or myself, Eric Shook (eshook@umn.edu). An Overview of Esri Cloud and Big Data Spatial Analytics Offerings Available to XSEDE (Link to PDF Slides)

Welcome to GISandbox.  A new play place for curious researchers and educators to explore the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems and Science (GIS) when coupled with High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Cyberinfrastructure (CI). We will cover a broad array of topics and technologies spanning (on the geospatial side) GIS, spatial analysis, spatial modeling, agent-based models, and cellular automata as well as (on the computational side) high-performance computing, data-intensive computing, interactive computing, Python programming, and of course big data.