History of BCC Geospatial Center of the CUNY CREST Institute

The Bronx Community College Geospatial Center of the CUNY CREST Institute or BGCCCI is a collaborative satellite center of the CUNY CREST Institute. BGCCCI was officially launched when Bronx Community College and the CUNY CREST Institute (City College of New York) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on October 3, 2014. Since 2010, Dr. Sunil Bhaskaran spearheaded the development and growth of geospatial technology at BCC-CUNY which led to the formation of BGCCCI. Dr. Bhaskaran achieved this by engaging students and multi-disciplinary faculty in cutting-edge research, and by delivering information sessions for administrators.

About the Center Facilities at Bronx Community College

BGCCCI has a state-of-the-art Geospatial Computing Center that houses the current suite of industry-standard software and a large archive of multi-resolution satellite and geographic datasets. The Geospatial Computing Center was funded by the CUNY Workforce Development Initiative (WDI). Over the years, a large number of students, faculty, and collaborators have received training and education in geospatial technology at BGCCCI.

Student Growth and Involvement

Students use the state-of-the-art geospatial computing center (GCC) for investigating a wide range of  Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) centered topics. They analyze a wide range of BIG geospatial data for developing spatial information systems. At BGCCCI they learn from expert faculty and leaders from the Industry.