About UCSB
The 8th Annual GAP Meeting will take place at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, from Monday, July 20 to
Friday, July 24, 1998.
Santa Barbara is located in a low coastal valley between the Santa Ynez
mountains to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
The community lies roughly 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles
and 330 miles south of San Francisco.
The city is served by a commercial airport, train, and bus transportation,
as well as scenic Highway 101 along the coast.
The climate is Mediterranean, with
mild to warm, dry summers, and cool, wet winters.
Santa Barbara County numbered 357,608 residents in the 1990
census, 85,000 of whom live within the city limits.
For a general overview of Santa Barbara's highlights:
Welcome to Santa Barbara
You can contact the
Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau directly at
1-805-966-9222
Several companies offer free reservation services for accommodations.
Hot Spots: 1-800-793-7666
Accomodations: 1-800-292-2222
Bed and Breakfast
Reservations: 1-800-557-7898
Sample Attractions:
Channel Islands National Park and
National Marine Sanctuary
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
SB Museum of Natural History
SB Zoological Gardens
El Presidio State
Historic Park
Vandenberg Air Force
Base
Santa Barbara Weather Information on the Web
Santa Barbara Weather (The Weather Channel)
Santa Barbara Average Monthly Conditions
Current Radar for Santa Barbara
The University of California at Santa Barbara is located within
the Goleta Valley, ten miles north of downtown Santa Barbara and
adjacent to the Santa Barbara Airport. The
989-acre campus occupies a picturesque palm- and eucalyptus-lined
plateau overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
The campus accommodates approximately 18,500 students. As a
research-oriented university, UCSB has extensive laboratory facilities
and a 2.2 million volume library. In addition, the
library has an excellent collection of maps and satellite and aerial
images. In 1995, UC Santa Barbara was admitted to the 60-member
Association of American Universities for "making a major contribution
to the advancement of the nations' research base and to the education
of the nation's next generation of scientists and scholars."
The high standards of scholarship,
attention to the individual student and the tradition of informality
combine to make the campus a unique blend of academic excellence and
individual achievement.
With its beautiful seaside location, comfortable accommodations,
exceptional food, excellent service and high educational standards,
we hope you'll find this your best conference ever!
UCSB virtual points of interest:
UCSB Conference Services
Biogeography Lab (CA-GAP)
Department of Geography
Institute for Computational Earth System Science
Map and Imagery Lab, Davidson Library
Marine Science Institute
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
Remote Sensing Research Unit
School for Environmental Science and Management
Sedgwick,
Carpinteria
Salt Marsh, and
Coal Oil Point
Reserves
UCSB Vicinity Map
UCSB Campus Map
About UCSB