The researchers at NCGIA-Buffalo specialize in basic research, education and applications development in geographic information science and its related technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS). Examples of recent projects include:

• Using GIS: Mapping Across the Disciplines. PDF
• Local Government GIS Development Guides. Webpage
• Emergency Notification and Base Station Location. PDF
• Evaluating the effectiveness of funding programs. PDF
• Developing methods to analyze the spatial patterns of crime and better allocate police resources to neighborhoods. PDF
• Geographic Information Analysis and Human Capital Research Webpage
• Viewing and exploring geospatial data collections using immersive information spaces. PDF
• Researching ties between angler fish consumption patterns and health.
• Identifying and classifying remotely sensed images. PDF
• Investigating the benefits motorists receive from Intelligent Transportation Systems technologies. PDF
• Using Geographic Methods to discover connections between peoples' health and the places they lived and worked across their lifetimes. PDF
• Using data mining techniques to analyze regional variations in word use and pronunciation in the Middle and South Atlantic States. PDF
• Investigating linkages between residential environment and the development of breast cancer among younger and older women.(Doc, PDF1, PDF2, PDF3)
• Public Service Projects with the Buffalo Police Department. PPT, Regional Community Policing Center
• Regional Economic Database Development.PDF, Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth Homepage
• Investigating the distribution of suburban deer populations in order to reduce the number of deer-vehicle collisions. See UB Today article
• Improving methods to retrieve images from very large databases. PDF
• Researching language use and cognition across cultures and language groups. See study1. PDF.
• Detecting changing trends in spatial patterns of events. PDF
• Using geographic Information systems to develop groundwater models. PDF
• Using geographic information technology to predict the growth rate of fish species in the Great Lakes.
• Studies of the formation of virtual communities, and their interaction with traditional, place-based communities
• Modeling and Reasoning with Geospatial Lifelines in Geographic Information System by Zongxiang Yang. PDF file
• Integrative Graduate Education & Research Training in Geographic Information Science. Website.