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  • Welcome to IowaView
  • Education
    • Getting Started with Remote Sensing
    • Websites for Educators
    • Iowa K-12 GIS Educator Resources
    • IowaView Produced Educational Resources
    • AmericaView Online Educational Resources
  • Data & Imagery
    • Landsat
    • Iowa Geographic Map Server
    • Web Services for Iowa & Beyond
  • Blog + News & Events
  • About Us
    • Factsheets
    • Staff
  • Past Projects
    • Cover Crop Mapping Project
      • Cover Crop ID Tool – Toolbox and Handbook Page
    • Iowa BMP Mapping Project
      • Iowa BMP Project – Accessory Data and Documents Page
    • Earth as Art exhibit – February 2-26, 2017
      • Earth as Art Educational Materials
    • NRCS Slide Conversion Project
    • IowaView Phenocams
    • Riparian Vegetation Buffer Identification
  • IowaShots: Celebrating Landsat in Iowa
  • Dear Teachers: Part 4 – Identify Local Natural Hazards to Prevent Powerful Disasters

    March 7, 2025

    As we continue moving through the series of lessons of the 2024 Earth Observation Day…

  • Timelapse Tuesday – 37 years of Urban Growth in Ames, Iowa

    February 7, 2023

    This week we are exploring urban growth in Ames, Iowa. The red areas are showing…

  • Celebrating Zero Emissions Day with Landsat – A Solar Farm in Wapello, Iowa

    September 21, 2022

    Iowans are working to reduce emissions by moving to renewable energy sources.

  • Change Over Time – Flooding on the Landscape (NW Iowa)

    August 24, 2022

    Use sliders to compare images. Today’s image shows an area in northwest Iowa between Spencer…

  • Happy Summer Solstice Week! Let’s head to the lake!

    June 24, 2022

    We are continuing our celebration of the 50th year of the US Landsat satellite imagery…

  • Way back when before the Saylorville Dam – #Throwback Thursday

    June 9, 2022

    It’s another Throwback Thursday. Saylorville Lake and Dam are located in Central Iowa northwest of…

  • More progress made on the 2020 LiDAR release (Western Iowa)

    May 27, 2022

    Six additional counties in western Iowa have been added to the 2020 LiDAR service: https://arcg.is/15eHuH0

  • Brushy Creek: The Birth Of A Reservoir – #Time Lapse Tuesday

    May 17, 2022

    Today’s time lapse video is highlighting the damming of Brushy Creek and the creation of…

  • #TimeLapse Tuesday – Spot the Change – Urban Growth of Ankeny, Iowa

    May 3, 2022

    What changes do you notice in this Landsat time lapse video? 1) The areas of…

  • More 2020 LiDAR released on the Iowa Geographic Map Server

    May 2, 2022

    Eight more counties in southwest Iowa have been added to the 2020 LiDAR services: https://arcg.is/1PfriS

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Brian Gelder
IowaView Principal Investigator
+1 515 294 3144
bkgelder@iastate.edu

Amy Logan
IowaView State Coordinator
+1 515 294 0980
amylogan@iastate.edu

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