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Come Celebrate ISU Earth Observation Day 2024 with us!

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Next week, IowaView and the ISU GIS Facility will be hosting an Earth Observation Day celebration, on Tuesday, October 15, from 10:00 to 11:30 in Durham 206 as part of Earth Science Week 2024.    

Here’s the schedule:

10:00 – 10:30 Dr. Antonio Arenas, Civil Construction & Environmental Engineering 
Topic: Google Earth Engine and Open ET (Evapotranspiration)

10:30 – 11:00 Dr. Brian Gelder, Agricultural And Biosystems Engineering, ISU GIS Facility Research Lead
Topic: LiDAR Processing via ArcGIS and PDAL (a Python extension for translating point cloud data)

11:00 – 11:30 Bryce Pape – Graduate Student, Community and Regional Planning
Topic: Google Earth Engine and Agriculture Residue Cover

We will also provide snacks (a cupcake cake) and Earth Observation Day swag including booklets, posters, and trading cards.  Please come and go as you need to. We look forward to seeing you there. 

https://www.design.iastate.edu/events/earth-observation-day

Day 5 GAW: Have you discovered the Iowa Geographic Map Server?

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The Iowa Geographic Map Server is a gem of historical and contemporary statewide aerial imagery for Iowa from the 1930s to 2021. It also has many other statewide layers including:

  • elevation maps (LiDAR and USGS topographic maps),
  • historical maps (General Land Office survey maps from 1800s, Andreas Atlas, historic topography),
  • land cover maps (historical and contemporary)
  • geology (landforms and bedrock)

Here’s your challenge: Zoom into your city or a place of significance to you and discover how it has changed over the years, look at how the land cover changed, challenge yourself to find as many changes as you can.

Interested in learning more about the Iowa Geographic Map Server? Watch Gregg Hadish’s recent presentation, “Accessing Iowa Map Services in GIS and Web Applications,” for the Iowa Geographic Information Council September 2023 Lunch and Learn professional development series.