Bottom line: The principal investigator needs to keep in mind that a Grant Proposal is as much a marketing document as an intellectual document. You will benefit by consulting a few key individuals at an early stage in the planning of the proposal. The Sponsorâs Program Officer (PO). Regardless of the funding agency, it is advisable (and sometimes required) to contact the program officer for the purposes of introducing yourself and your work.
spatial data. Spatial data, also known as geospatial data, is information about a physical object that can be represented by numerical values in a geographic coordinate system.
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) system for displaying and analyzing Census tracts and tract changes in the United States. HistoAtlas is an open historical geographical information system that tries to build a free historical atlas of the world.