GINA...

...is a distributed data system for geospatial information.

...maintains an enterprise-level geographic information system (GIS) with online archiving, internet mapping, and metadata services.

...offers training and assistance in satellite image processing, GIS, and visualization.

...provides custom processing, server-side analysis, and visualization tools.

...unites and extends UA’s GIS and remote sensing activities through the use of internationally adopted standards and a shared web portal.

GINA is the University of Alaska’s mechanism for organizing and sharing its diverse data and technological capabilities among the Alaskan, Arctic, and world communities. This network promotes collaboration at the local, state and federal levels by increasing community wide participation in the discovery and sharing of geospatial data. GINA's services greatly expand the range of available research analysis capabilities in order to address the research, inventory, and monitoring needs of Alaska.

Established in 2001 as an initiative of UA’s President, GINA operates at all three of UA’s main residential campuses and works with agency, NGO, and private sector organizations to serve the geospatial data needs for Alaska.