The ISU Geomatics Center is an institutional innovation to boost the existing geomatics capability of the University through mentoring of skills/expertise to other faculty and emerge as a self-sustaining holistic functional service and capacity-building facility on geomatics that integrates instruction, research and development (R&D), training and administration and serve as mentor to cascade best practices in advancing geomatics capability to other Universities in Region 2 towards its outcome on the establishment of a regional geomatics network providing geomatics education, utilizing geomatics functionalities and applications for R&D in agriculture, agricultural engineering, forestry, fishery, environment/CCA-DRRM and planning and policy-formulation and providing expert services and products to various clients.
VISION
A center of geomatics capablity in Cagayan Valley contributing to sustainable development.
MISSION
Promote geomatics functionalities and applications for various disciplines in agriculture, agricultural engineering, fishery and environmental science as well as develop geomatics products and competencies in Cagayan Valley.
OBJECTIVES
- To enhance the geomatics capability of faculty (of ISU and other SUCs in Region 02) in order to produce competent geomatics-literate graduates of agriculture, agricultural engineering, fishery, forestry and environmental science; and
- To utilize geomatics functionalities and applications of R&D in agriculture, agricultural engineering, fishery, forestry and environmental science researches/theses/dissertation as well as in planning and policy formulation.