As part of a Directions Magazine series on communicating with maps, Diana Sinton discusses issues and advances in mapmaking with cartographer Sarah Battersby, a research scientist at Tableau Software and currently the president of the Cartographic and Geographic Information Society. Q: What are some of the key developments that you have seen in cartography in the last decade? A: I think that one of the most exciting cartographic...
Read MoreThe UCSB Department of Geography celebrated the career of Professor Helen Couclelis on June 11, 2015, in recognition of her retirement this year after 33 years as a professor in the Department. A dinner in her honor was held at Olio Pizzeria in downtown Santa Barbara (in the same building as the late, lamented Video Schmideo), and a fine time and good food (maybe the city’s best pizza) was had by all. Chair Dan Montello...
Read MoreNews Archive for the Year 2017 Date Title September 27, 2017 Welcome Message from New Department Chair, Stuart H. Sweeney September 27, 2017 Introducing our 2017 Incoming Graduate Student Cohort August 10, 2017 Alumni Spotlight: Justin Kiel August 8, 2017 Geography Department Welcomes Katie O’Brien June 27, 2017 Graduate Degrees Conferred 2016-2017 June 26, 2017 Undergraduate Commencement and Awards 2017 June 26, 2017 Quincy...
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