Geospatial Research Initiative

Surdex, a Chesterfield-based geospatial company, surveyed and captured images of the damage from the tornado that hit St. Louis on May 16, 2025. The imaging was done Saturday May 17. They have released a before-and-after map with a swipe tool for free. You can find the map here: https://surdex.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/media/index.html?appid=5f075c8ba75d4e6bb14b8111f7e6ed51 Another link has been shared by […]

The Geospatial Research Initiative is pleased to announce the following proposals have been funded through the Here and Next Seed Grant Program: Professor Nan Lin, Department of Statistics and Data Science, was awarded $19,912.48 for the proposal “Trajectory Analysis in Disaster Response: Uncovering Socioeconomic Disparities Through Geospatial Mobility Research”. This project uses anonymized smartphone data […]

The Here and Next Seed Grant program and the Geospatial Research Initiative are pleased to announce the 2025 Geospatial Research Initiative Seed Grant program. This grant supports interdisciplinary teams collaborating on innovative geospatial research that has the potential for broad scientific or societal impact. Seed Grants are up to $20,000 for the period of performance. […]

The Geospatial Research Initiative, in collaboration with Washington University Here and Next, provides seed grants to support interdisciplinary teams collaborating on innovative geospatial research that has the potential for broad scientific or societal impact. The Geospatial Research Initiative was established in Fall 2023. The GRI is a two-year project to accelerate research in geospatial science […]

Exciting developments on the topic of geospatial science have unfolded at Washington University that signal a promising future for geospatial work on campus, and we anticipate that there will be more to follow. Launch of the Geospatial Research Initiative With backing from Provost Beverly Wendland, along with Dean Feng Sheng Hu (Arts & Sciences) and […]