Earth Observation Day

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Date/Time:Tuesday, 15 Oct 2019 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location:Room 248 Durham Center
Cost:Free
Contact:Amy Logan
Phone:515-294-0980
Channel:College of Design
Categories:Meetings, receptions Special events
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This free event celebrates remote sensing and GIS (geographic information system). It starts with a faculty presentation and concludes with a mapathon. Pizza lunch is provided for all who RSVP.

Participants are welcome for all or part of the event. The RSVP form is online.

Schedule:
10:30 a.m., Peter Wolter, professor in the natural resource ecology and management department, will discuss his research using remote sensing to measure forest stand structure and composition.
11-11:45 a.m., Mapathon to improve the Iowa OpenStreetMap basemap.
11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Mapathon will focus on a humanitarian mapping project.