21st Annual GIS Day @ KU

VIRTUAL EVENT — Wednesday, November 16, 2022
GIS Day @ KU is part of a nationwide event to promote awareness of geographic information systems (GIS), and how we use this evolving tool to analyze our world. We continue our tradition of bringing together a community of GIS users from academia, business and government. GIS Day @ KU is FREE and open to all.
See the event schedule below or download the schedule here.
Time | Speaker | |
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9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome Speech | David B. Mechem Professor, Chair Department of Geography & Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas |
9:15 - 10:00 | "What s Truth?: When GIS Data Representing the Same Features Don't Agree" | James A. Stewart GIS Manager Kansas Department of Transportation |
10:15 - 11:00 | "Utilizing Low-Cost Drone LiDAR for Topographical Survey: A Case Study" | Christian Stallings Director of Operations Alynix |
11:15 - 12:00 | "Cloud Computing and Interactive Mapping with Geemap and Leafmap" | Qiusheng Wu Assistant Professor Department of Geography and Sustainability University of Tennessee |
1:00 - 1:45 | "Latest Advances in Web GIS and Mobile GIS" | Pinde Fu Software Developer/Team Lead/Book Author at Ersi Adjunct Faculty at Harvard University Extension |
2:00 - 2:45 | "The NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit: GIS Use in Tornado Damage Surveys" | Daniel Reese Meteorologist National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service - Topeka |