The Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center (RMGSC) is a leading scientific authority in evaluating, understanding, and predicting the risks, vulnerabilities, causes, and consequences of landscape change on the physical environment and the human condition.

RMGSC scientists observe, describe, and analyze the state and condition of the natural and human environments by mapping, modeling, and monitoring geographic landscape change at regional, national, and global scales.

The RMGSC strives to implement this vision by performing leading edge geographic and land remote sensing science, and applying state-of-the-art information technology to changing geographic landscapes, ecosystems, and environments. Specifically, the RMGSC emphasizes research and investigations in:

• Land Cover Mapping, Status & Trends
• Landscape Change Analysis & Modeling
• Natural Hazards Risk & Vulnerabilities Assessment
• Remote Sensing Research & Development

This agenda supports the Geography Discipline's primary goal "to improve people's ability to prosper by either affecting how the land will change (positive) or by becoming more adaptive to change (forecasting)." It also allows the RMGSC to provide federal, state, and local decision makers with timely, objective, relevant, and innovative geographic science, tools, models, information and reports that will help to improve and sustain environmental quality and public safety in an ever-changing world.