The GeoRS is a geoinformatics research facility in the Geosciences Department of the University of Houston. Geoinformatics, called by many "the science of the new millennium", is the use of advanced information technology in support of research in the geosciences. It includes, but is not limited to, GIS, remote sensing, GPS & laser range surveying and relational databases.

The current research projects in GeoRS utilize modern IT, imaging spectroscopy, GPR, airborne and satellite data (multispectral, hyperspectral and radar) to address geological problems. The majority of studies currently underway at the GeoRS are focused on problems in North America and NW Himalayas.

In addition to these undertakings, we are also involved in the NSF funded global scale project to develop a geoinformatics system for understanding the tectonics of Tethys, a region extending from Gibraltar to SE Asia and heavily troubled by collision-related earthquakes and volcanoes.