The Consortium uses Trimble GPS hardware and software, including a community GPS base station, via a partnership arrangement with the GeoEnvironmental Sciences and Engineering Department at Wilkes University.  A faculty research grant of $1.5M (Dr. Dale Bruns and Dr. Sid Halsor, Principal Investigators) in the GSE Department was funded in 1994 by DOD ARPA.  This lead to the start up of the GSE Department's GIS Center which integrated the geospatial technologies of GIS, GPS, digital aerial photography, and remote sensing based on several National Laboratory models for environmental monitoring and assessment of landscape and watershed impacts. 

In 2000, the Consortium, at the request of Trimble, was asked to participate in a national workshop in Washington, DC.  The objective was to educate Congress and staff members about the need to protect the "GPS bandwidth" for the global use of these technologies in commerce, government, education, and research.  The Consortium provided a computer and poster demonstration of its GIS and GPS applications in the American Heritage River watershed in conjunction with briefing by Trimble.  The Consortium also made a brief presentation to Senator Stevens (Alaska) about the environmental applications of GPS.

Reference:

Benefits of GIS, GPS, Ortho-imagery, and Remote Sensing for Regional Mine Reclamation.  Invited poster session at the Congressional GPS Workshop-Conference sponsored by the Department of Transportation and the Interagency GPS Executive Board (IGEB).  Senate Dirksen Building, Washington, DC,  June.

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