Resource Centers - North & Central America

Costa Rica IDRISI Resource Center
Laboratorio Sistemas de Informacion Geografica y Analisis Espacial
Escuela Ciencias Geograficas
Universidad Nacional
Heredia
Costa Rica

Contact: Tony Manuel Antonio Solano Mayorga
Tel: 506 2773288
Fax: 506 2610028
Email: msolano@una.ac.cr

The IDRISI Resource Center in Costa Rica was founded in 1996. IDRISI is used for GIS and remote sensing in a variety of courses in diverse fields.

The IRC provides procurement assistance, technical guidance and training support to diverse institutions in Latin America. It is also interested in application collaboration and support.

Last Updated 10/10/05

Mexico IDRISI Resource Center
Universidad Autonoma del Estado deMexico
Instituto Literario No. 100
Colonia Centro, C.P. 50000
Toluca
Mexico

Contact: Miguel Angel Gomez Albores
Tel: 52 722 296 55 51 Ext 110
Fax: 52 722 296 55 50
Email: idrisi.mexico@gmail.com

http://idrisi.uaemex.mx/

Established officially at the end of 2003, this first Resource Center in Mexico offers education and research support to the Spanish-speaking GIS community (using Geographic Information Systems) of Mexico and Central America. The IRC-UAEM consists of four complementary institutions with the following specialties: water sciences, geographic sciences, agricultural sciences and urban and regional planning.

Applications with IDRISI are developed in each field of specialization:
- water sciences, with a special focus on human health impact of water availability and quality;
- geographic sciences, including socio-economic aspects;
- agricultural sciences, still a key sector in this region;
- urban and regional planning, also critical for the high rate of population and industrialization growth of the zone.

Current activities include user conferences, training workshops and procurement assistance.

Last updated 3/19/04.