The White House released a new call to action to create #AffordableHousing — and CGS is helping provide the data to build solutions! #WhoOwnsAmerica uses parcel-level data to help local governments and municipalities take a first step to better understand development opportunities for new housing. #HousingSolutions #UrbanPlanning #PublicLand Learn more about the analysis: https://lnkd.in/g7Ui_-ia
Center for Geospatial Solutions
Environmental Services
Cambridge, Massachusetts 768 followers
We want to help people ask the right questions and transform the right data into actionable insights.
About us
The Center for Geospatial Solutions is a nonprofit geospatial technology enterprise founded to equip people and planet to meet the pace of change. Data navigators for the common good, CGS brings clarity and insight across today’s fractured and fast-paced information landscape. Our team works with purpose-driven organizations to address some of the most pressing issues facing us today like housing affordability, water scarcity, and ecosystem conservation. We help nonprofits, municipalities, federal agencies, and more take advantage of emerging technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence, and earth observations to accelerate their work. With decades of cross-sector experience, we are more than technologists. We intrinsically know what our clients are trying to do. We leverage this applied experience to help guide effective solutions and meet our partners where they are, tailoring services to each organization’s needs and technical capabilities. We work across the full data-information chain, wrangling raw data on small and big scales into useful and actionable knowledge. We transform information into impact by developing software, dashboards, and applications that help our clients understand complex situations and respond to emerging realities and opportunities. The Center for Geospatial Solutions operates as part of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
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https://www.cgsearth.org
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- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2020
- Specialties
- GIS, Remote Sensing, and Geospatial Analysis
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Employees at Center for Geospatial Solutions
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Kyle Onda
Director, Internet of Water, Center for Geospatial Solutions at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
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Jeffrey Allenby, GISP
Integrating the power of technology to help solve the world’s environmental and social challenges
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Reina Murray
Associate Director, Center for Geospatial Solutions at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
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Paula Basile
Media Relations | Thought Leadership | Impact Storytelling
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Congratulations to Mass Audubon on receiving this grant! We're excited to work with them and CTrees to help measure the conservation impact of land restoration in the Connecticut River Watershed.
Big news! We just received a $25 million federal grant—the largest in our history—to work with several nonprofit conservation partners to protect more than 10,000 acres of forests and wetlands in the Connecticut River Watershed. These funds, in addition to the $75 million we’ve committed to raising privately, are a critical part of the solution to meeting the state’s goal of protecting 30 percent of its land by 2030 and safeguarding our most biodiverse and carbon-rich lands to help mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. Read more: https://bit.ly/4flR0zt
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Center for Geospatial Solutions reposted this
#ICYMI: Bloomberg CityLab cited the Center for Geospatial Solutions’ analysis of property owned by religious groups ⬇️
Religious groups own millions of acres of land and thousands of empty buildings. But converting this real estate into affordable homes takes more than just faith.
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Come join our team! We're looking for a Front End Software Developer to build innovative, interactive web applications that make complex geospatial data accessible to a range of audiences. If you're passionate about using #DataScience to drive positive change, we want to hear from you! Apply below: https://lnkd.in/gPfvEQFv
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🌎 I’m excited to attend and contribute to the 2024 International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) Global Congress in Quebec. I'll be part of the Workshop on Conservation Technology, where we'll dive into innovative tools for efficient monitoring and reporting, aligning with emerging themes in land stewardship and large landscape conservation. Center for Geospatial Solutions
Online registration is now open for the 2024 International Land Conservation Network (ILCN) Global Congress, cohosted by ILCN and the Nature Conservancy of Canada/Conservation de la nature Canada. The Congress will take place October 16–18 in Quebec, Canada, and will include online sessions. Experts and practitioners from six continents will speak on key topics and emerging themes in conservation finance, conservation law and policy, land stewardship and management, governance, and large landscape conservation. Sign up: https://lnkd.in/etKjCKZ7 #ILCN2024
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Center for Geospatial Solutions reposted this
Religious groups own millions of acres of land and thousands of empty buildings. But converting this real estate into affordable homes takes more than just faith.
Waiting for the Miracle of Church-to-Housing Development
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Of all the steps that go into developing #AffordableHousing, we're simplifying the first one: identifying new places it can be built. Check out how we're helping religious institutions better understand their landholdings and examine their opportunities for new development in the latest from Bloomberg CityLab https://lnkd.in/gC9VdNH9
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Congrats to Lincoln Institute of Land Policy on their new publication, City Tech! We're excited to continue working with you to put technology to work for the public good.
We’re excited to announce the publication of “City Tech: 20 Apps, Ideas, and Innovators Changing the Urban Landscape,” a new book from Rob Walker. This collection of columns investigates the technologies that have emerged over the past few years and their implications for planners, policy makers, residents, and the virtual and literal landscapes of the cities we call home. Featuring a foreword by tech journalist Kara Swisher and afterword by futurist Greg Lindsay. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d4JVpSta Buy the book here: https://lnkd.in/dstG6HZe
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We're #hiring for a Program Manager! Join our Internet of Water team's work to help implement useful, socially relevant data sharing technology and practices in Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Africa. This position is based in the United States and will include domestic and international travel.
UCAR Program Manager
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Accurate land ownership data is crucial for informing swift and targeted housing strategies. Jeffrey Allenby, GISP sat down with the Land Matters podcast to talk about the latest Who Owns America® analysis from CGS, and how it's helping local decision-makers across the country create more effective housing policy. Listen to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy podcast: https://lnkd.in/g4Xu77DQ Check out the analysis here: https://lnkd.in/g7Ui_-ia #HousingSolutions #UrbanPlanning
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