Department of Geography and Geology

UWSP students have access to state-of-the-art computer equipment for the facilitation of map production and geographic analyses. Our students are trained in the field with weather and climate studies, submeter GPS data collection, large scale urban mapping, and much more!

GIS Center faculty and staff engage in research opportunities that help enrich the GIS curriculum and provides solutions to challenging spatial problems. GIS Center research also provides our students with life experiences only obtained by working on real-world problems first-hand.

The Center for the Small City focuses on small cities, towns, and rural areas within micropolitan areas, (settlements with fewer than 50,000 people.) CSC sponsors a biennial national conference that brings academics, small city elected officials and staff together to discuss the development, needs, and problems affecting small cities.

The GIS Center conducts Geographic Information Systems training, outreach, and research. Our community outreach and research help Wisconsin citizens and communities confront various types of geospatial challenges.