In January 1990 the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam established a chair in Spatial Computer Science. This chair was allocated to the Department of Spatial Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration. The main objective of the chair in Spatial Computer Science is education, research and consultancy in Geographical Information Systems and Location based services. Education is focused on the analytical capabilities of Geographical Information Systems. One of the results of the chair in Spatial Computer Science was the establishment of the interfaculty centre SPINLab (SPatial INformation LABoratory) in the year 2000.

The GISgroup of the Department of Spatial Economics is part of the SPINlab. From here, you will be linked to the SPINlab-theme website on Spatial Analysis and Modelling that is hosted at he Department of Spatial Economics.
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