Leaders from St. Louis’ business, civic, academic and governmental communities came together Thursday to celebrate the launch of the泰勒地理空间研究所，这是一家首个机构，汇集了八个领先的研究机构 - 包括University of Missouri-St. Louis- 与地理空间技术研究合作。

该研究所的建立实施了该研究所的关键组成部分之一地理福特战略路线图，圣路易斯地区计划在未来十年成为世界地理空间中心。

“Geospatial is the critical technology in nearly everything we do, and it is imperative that St. Louis have the world’s leading geospatial research institution to fulfill our promise as the global center for geospatial technology in the next decade,” saidAndrew C. Taylor，执行主席Enterprise Holdings, Inc.和founding chair of大圣路易斯公司, in宣布新研究所。“It is my hope that this institute will cement St. Louis as the world’s true center for geospatial excellence.”

The Taylor Geospatial Institute is funded by a legacy investment from Taylor with supporting investments from each of the eight member institutions: the唐纳德·丹佛斯植物科学中心,Harris-Stowe State University,密苏里科学技术大学,伊利诺伊大学Urbana-Champaign,University of Missouri-Columbia,必威是大平台吗密苏里大学–ST。路易和Washington University in St. Louis。该研究所最初将被安置在圣路易斯大学。

It builds on St. Louis’ significant geospatial assets and accelerates the region’s position as the global center of geospatial innovation, impact, and excellence.

“安德鲁·泰勒（Andrew C. Taylor）的这项具有里程碑意义的投资将使圣路易斯成为地理空间未来的核心，”圣路易斯大学校长弗雷德·佩斯特洛（Fred Pestello）说。“泰勒礼物还将圣路易斯的心脏放在地理空间进步的中心。泰勒地理空间研究所将成为一个模型，以实现科学创新如何通过真实的合作开发，可以为我们当时最紧迫的一些需求提供更大的好处和支持解决方案。”

“ UMSL很高兴与圣路易斯大学和其他成员合作，在泰勒地理空间研究所的成立和发展方面。”Andrew Kersten，UMSL的院长College of Arts and Sciences和a member of the学院的理事会。“For St. Louis to become the global hub for geospatial science, tradecraft and technology, all universities in the region must work together. The Taylor Geospatial Institute provides one important platform for us all to collaborate. We in the College of Arts Sciences – from the faculty to the staff in theUMSL地理空间合作- - - - - -look forward to working with the other members of the new institute.”

Collectively, the eight member institutions encompass more than 5,000 faculty and 100,000 students and enable the Taylor Geospatial Institute to attract research talent and opportunities not available to each institution operating independently.

By bringing together research institutions from across the St. Louis region, the Taylor Geospatial Institute will act as a hub for access to and development of technology powered by big data analytics and computing resources to support a collaborative research and training environment with a focus on:

• Food security- 告知气候智能耕作实践，同时增加生物多样性和农业产出。
• Core geospatial science & computation- - - - - -leveraging an interdisciplinary network of knowledge, technology, and skills to make geospatial science more powerful and impactful.
• 地理空间健康- - - - - -measuring location and its influence on community health to improve healthcare systems and outcomes throughout the world.
• 国家安全- - - - - -maintaining a leading edge over adversaries through innovation in cutting-edge technologies and a commitment to creating a highly-skilled geospatial workforce.

实施地理杂志战略路线图，用一个声音作为一个地区讲话

Announced in the summer of 2020, the地理福特战略路线图laid out a bold vision to strengthen St. Louis’ role as the global center for geospatial technology by 2030. One of the Roadmap’s strategic priorities was the establishment of an innovation collaborative that would, among other things, promote research into and development of geospatial applications.

“The Taylor Geospatial Institute not only fulfills the call in the GeoFutures Strategic Roadmap for a geospatial research institution,” said杰森·霍尔，大圣路易斯公司的首席执行官，该公司是一项倡议，“但这也体现了我们在圣路易斯看到的新合作精神。一种精神说要向前迈进并完成大事，我们必须以一个地铁的身份工作，并用一个声音说话。”

为未来建立地理空间人才库

In addition to conducting research, the Taylor Geospatial Institute will establish St. Louis as the destination for top-notch talent and the next generation of geospatial scientists and engineers. Among the Institute’s offerings are the Taylor Institute Fellows program, a robust visitors program, flexible funding, startup packages, access to cutting-edge technologies and computing infrastructure.

它将吸引教师，博士后和研究生，并访问科学家，并为他们提供最先进的室内，移动和空中成像功能；研究计算基础架构；并访问区域创新中心。所有这些都将发生在距离市区西北建筑的下一个NGA West校园以及一个蓬勃发展的地理空间初创公司和商业现场仅距离之遥。

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