(St. Louis Public Radio) Taylor Geospatial Institute at SLU to help St. Louis train workers and create startups

The Danforth Center is among the eight St. Louis institutions that are partnering to establish the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI). The TGI will act as a regional hub for access to and development of technology powered by big data analytics and computing resources to support a collaborative research and training environment with a focus on food security, core geospatial science and computation, geospatial health, and national security. The center will also create a pipeline of diverse talent to build the region's economy.