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We had thirty-five people attend our first ever IGIC Dinner Meeting on Nov. 10, 2009 at the University Plaza Hotel in West Lafayette, IN. We were very happy to see a great turn-out from the GIS community from both the central and north-west side of the State, and especially from Purdue University.
An ulterior-motive for IGIC having the meeting at the University Plaza was to check out the accommodations, service (and food) as a possible site for our 2012 Annual GIS Conference. Everyone had a very nice time, and based on this first experience we plan to make these IGIC evening meeting events a regular occurrence around the State of Indiana in 2010.
Our guests speakers for the evening were Mr. Larry Biehl and Dr. Jie Shan from Purdue University. We really appreciate their participation, and it was especially interesting to hear about the University's first-response flood mapping capabilities, as well as their extensive remote sensing capabilities and programs.
Dr. Shan's presentation showed the University's recent flood [assessment] mapping experience using existing GIS data layers available from the affected Counties and the IndianaMap, coupled with new satellite imagery, multi-spectral and hyper-spectral remote sensing data to quickly map flood extents live during the disaster. Dr. Shan shared his experiences and lessons learned with the recent Indiana Floods in June 2008 and March 2009, as well as most recently [September 2009] working with the International Charter to provide first-response flood mapping of the historic flooding that occurred in the Atlanta, GA area.
A copy of Dr. Shan's presentation can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/u3bZA
The interactive Google Earth flood map (plug-in required) can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/4aPzjd
Mr. Biehl's presentation provided a sampling of geospatial and remote sensing capabilities and programs at Purdue, including:
- Brenda Bowen, Assistant Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences research using
spectroscopy to map mineralogy of the Earth and Mars.
- Jim Bethel, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering work with DigitalGlobe to
develop new geometric sensor models for the Worldview-1 imagery satellite.
- Melba Crawford, Professor, Agronomy & Civil Engineering, and Director of LARS
works with fusion of LiDAR and SAR data, and Crop Residue Mapping project with the USDA
- Larry Theller, Geographic Information Systems Specialist, Ag & Biological
Engineering development of numerous web-map based Decision Support System Tools.
- Gilbert Rochon, Director, Purdue Terrestrial Observatory, develop near real-time
satellite image data acquisition and products
- Larry Biehl, Systems Manager for the Purdue Terrestrial Observatory (PTO), and
the IndianaView and AmericaView programs to promote sharing and use of public
domain remotely sensed image data (aerial and satellite platforms) for research,
education, and applications.
Larry was only able to talk about a portion of the GIS and remote sensing work going on at Purdue. The scope and depth of the geospatial research and data development project/programs under way at Purdue University, many of which directly support Indiana and its economy, is very impressive.
A copy of Larry's presentation can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/wXMrJ
Be sure to view the cool Satellite Imagery Cloud Video by clicking on the link on Slide 39
An ulterior-motive for IGIC having the meeting at the University Plaza was to check out the accommodations, service (and food) as a possible site for our 2012 Annual GIS Conference. Everyone had a very nice time, and based on this first experience we plan to make these IGIC evening meeting events a regular occurrence around the State of Indiana in 2010.
Our guests speakers for the evening were Mr. Larry Biehl and Dr. Jie Shan from Purdue University. We really appreciate their participation, and it was especially interesting to hear about the University's first-response flood mapping capabilities, as well as their extensive remote sensing capabilities and programs.
Dr. Shan's presentation showed the University's recent flood [assessment] mapping experience using existing GIS data layers available from the affected Counties and the IndianaMap, coupled with new satellite imagery, multi-spectral and hyper-spectral remote sensing data to quickly map flood extents live during the disaster. Dr. Shan shared his experiences and lessons learned with the recent Indiana Floods in June 2008 and March 2009, as well as most recently [September 2009] working with the International Charter to provide first-response flood mapping of the historic flooding that occurred in the Atlanta, GA area.
A copy of Dr. Shan's presentation can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/u3bZA
The interactive Google Earth flood map (plug-in required) can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/4aPzjd
Mr. Biehl's presentation provided a sampling of geospatial and remote sensing capabilities and programs at Purdue, including:
- Brenda Bowen, Assistant Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences research using
spectroscopy to map mineralogy of the Earth and Mars.
- Jim Bethel, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering work with DigitalGlobe to
develop new geometric sensor models for the Worldview-1 imagery satellite.
- Melba Crawford, Professor, Agronomy & Civil Engineering, and Director of LARS
works with fusion of LiDAR and SAR data, and Crop Residue Mapping project with the USDA
- Larry Theller, Geographic Information Systems Specialist, Ag & Biological
Engineering development of numerous web-map based Decision Support System Tools.
- Gilbert Rochon, Director, Purdue Terrestrial Observatory, develop near real-time
satellite image data acquisition and products
- Larry Biehl, Systems Manager for the Purdue Terrestrial Observatory (PTO), and
the IndianaView and AmericaView programs to promote sharing and use of public
domain remotely sensed image data (aerial and satellite platforms) for research,
education, and applications.
Larry was only able to talk about a portion of the GIS and remote sensing work going on at Purdue. The scope and depth of the geospatial research and data development project/programs under way at Purdue University, many of which directly support Indiana and its economy, is very impressive.
A copy of Larry's presentation can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/wXMrJ
Be sure to view the cool Satellite Imagery Cloud Video by clicking on the link on Slide 39
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