Saint Louis University has been at the center of the nation’s geospatial enterprise since the Corps of Discovery returned to St. Louis with maps of the Louisiana Territory in 1806. More than 200 years later, Saint Louis University continues to expand the frontier of geospatial science and technology through its interdisciplinary research, innovative education programs, and strategic partnerships with government, industry and the broader geospatial community.
About the Geospatial Center
In 2017, Saint Louis University launched a faculty-led initiative to identify areas of national leadership, culminating in a bold vision for a geospatial institute. This vision became reality in 2018 with the creation of the Geospatial Institute at SLU (GeoSLU), supported by a $50K Big Idea seed grant. GeoSLU later evolved into the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI, now known as Taylor Geospatial), a multi-institutional consortium launched in 2022 and led by SLU.
Building on this momentum — and with TGI now operating as an independent nonprofit — SLU relaunched its enterprise-wide Geospatial Center on April 15, 2026. This next chapter advances research, education, and workforce development, reinforcing St. Louis as a national leader in geospatial science and innovation.
Primary Research Areas
- Core Geospatial Science
- GeoAI
- Precision and Quantum Agriculture
- Business and Economic Geospatial Insights
- CareMosaic: Community-Centered Health and Resilience
- GEOINT for National Security
- Ecosystem and Biodiversity Conservation
- Infrastructure resilience and arctic security
- Quantum Sensing, CubeSAT, and biosensing
undergraduate and graduate geospatial courses offered at SLU
active research funding and training contracts
in total regional economic activity of geospatial technology in St. Louis
jobs related to geospatial technology in St. Louis