Introduction

► The GIS Laboratory is a unit within the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). It conducts basic and applied research in Geographic Information Science by bringing together faculty, bachelor and master students as well as professionals, and provides a focus for GIS education and training at EPFL.
Geographical information plays an important role in the analysis of the structuring processes of the territory and of the landscape. It is strategic and can be valuated in a wide range of applications from land survey to molecular ecology.
Large scale systems such as environment, cities or transportation systems depend on a variety of elements and factors and cannot be regarded without having recourse to geographical information. The goal is thus to model and analyze the geographical space, in which these systems reside with representation and digital tools.

The GIS Lab contributes to the education of environmental engineers by enabling them to accept the challenges of territorial management, teaching them the knowledge necessary to acquire, manage,  analyse and disseminate territorial information as well as establishing information technologies.

The geographic dimension of any spatially distributed phenomenon is taken into account to complete any standard analytical process, and to contribute to a better territorial assessment and management. As a member of the Institute of Environmental Engineering (IIE), LASIG developed its research activities and specific competences in decision making support, human-computer interactions, and spatial analysis with a particular emphasis on landscape genetics & landscape genomics.

The GIS Lab has close relationships and partnerships to industries, companies and administrations. It offers consulting services for the adequate use of geoinformation technologies through the mediation of research results.

Environmental Geomatics - Environmental monitoring

► Together with the laboratories of Topometry (TOPO), Distributed Intelligent Systems and Algorithms (DISAL) and Environmental Remote Sensing (LTE), LASIG is a member of the Environmental Geomatics group.