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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-BoldItalic","sans-serif"'>Georgia$B!G(Bs Gainesville
State College becomes a regional partner in the new National<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-BoldItalic","sans-serif"'>Geospatial Technology
Center<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-BoldItalic","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Beginning September, 2008, the
Institute of Environmental Spatial Analysis at Gainesville State College will
serve as a senior partner and the southeast regional extension of the new
National Geospatial Technology Center (NGTC). The NGTC is a collaboration
between eight colleges and universities with Del Mar College in Corpus Christi,
Texas as the lead institution.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The NGTC is funded with a five
million dollar, <b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Advanced
Technological Education </span></i></b>grant from the National Science
Foundation. The first round of funding will last for four years. However, the
NSF has asked for a minimum 10 year commitment. Chris Semerjian of Gainesville
State is one of four principal investigators in the ATE grant.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Geospatial Technologies include
Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote
sensing and mobile$B!>(B and location$B!>(Bbased services. $B!H(BGeospatial$B!I(B is anything that
can be referenced in space and time using the combination of spatial software
and analytical methods with terrestrial or geographic datasets.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The goals of the NGTC include:
1) creating a national clearinghouse of exemplary geospatial curriculum
materials, resources and national services; 2) increasing the capacity to
educate geospatial technicians through new partnerships and collaborations; 3)
increasing the quantity, quality and diversity of geospatial technicians to
meet U.S. workforce needs; 4) providing a unifying voice for geospatial
technology education interests in organizations, industry and government; and
5) increasing the number of community and technical college geospatial faculty
and secondary school teachers participating in geospatial professional development.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>As part of President George W.
Bush$B!G(Bs High Growth Job Training Initiative, geospatial technology was listed among
the top three high$B!>(Btechnology, high$B!>(Bgrowth industries in the country and has
become a $30 billion$B!>(Ba$B!>(Byear industry.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Of the total $5 million grant,
Del Mar College will receive $3.2 million directly while partner institutions
will share the other $1.8 million during the four$B!>(Byear grant period that runs
through 2012. Gainesville State College will receive approximately $360,000 for
the first four years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Led by Del Mar College, the NGTC
is a partnership and collaboration that includes seven colleges (Lake Land
College in Illinois, Gainesville State College in Georgia, Southwestern
Community College in California, the Kentucky Community Technical College
System, Niagara Community College in New York, Century Community College in
Minnesota, and Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina), four
universities (San Diego State University, Pennsylvania State University, Texas
A&M University$B!>(BCorpus Christi and University of California– San Diego), an
industry partner representing all regions of the country (ESRI, Inc.) and the
Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) Research Services in College
Station, Texas, as fiscal agent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tripp
Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP<br>
Vice President, GIS/IT<br>
<i>ESRI Authorized Instructor</i><br>
<b><a href="http://www.keckwood.com/">Keck & Wood, Inc.</a></b><br>
(678) 417-4013<br>
(678) 417-8785 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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