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A New Iowa as Art Piece – Cautionary Waters

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The piece asks viewers to reflect: when we are planning, do we consider only typical conditions, or does our planning account for extremes, flood or drought as well?  Are we willing to allow development in the floodplain and take the loss when the flood comes, or perhaps make a harder choice to not develop there and lose out in the short-term?  Also, in cases when we choose to develop in lower elevation areas, what kinds of zoning and development are we allowing in these areas?

Thanks for coming out to celebrate GIS Day with us!

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On Wednesday, November 20, we had a great GIS Day celebration at The Catalyst in Parks Library. Thank you to library digital scholarship staff for hosting us and providing their expertise. We had five speakers sharing on different topics: Visit the ISU GIS Facility GIS Day website for more details about the speakers: https://www.gis.iastate.edu/gis-day-2024 The

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

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This week we are exploring urban growth in Ames, Iowa. The red areas are showing areas of vegetation that are primarily agricultural in the larger areas, the neon green areas are short grass and trees, the gray color is urban areas, and blue areas are water. As you watch the time lapse video notice several

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Photos from ISU GIS Day 2022

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Celebrating 30 years of GIS at ISU today on GIS Day! We also celebrated the 50th anniversary of Landsat and were able to hand out playing cards, refreshments, posters, and other educational materials. This was a great opportunity for our staff in the GIS facility to share the work that they are doing, and teach

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Celebrate with us today! 30 years of GIS at ISU!!!

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Today is GIS Day! We are celebrating in the North atrium of the College of Design. Today is an especially exciting celebration as we are also celebrating the 30th anniversary of the ISU GIS Facility on campus and 50 years of the US Landsat, earth observing satellite mission. Please join us in the College of

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Are you Counting Down to GIS Day 2022?

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022, the Iowa State University GIS Facility will be hosting an open house event for GIS Day from 11:30 to 2:00 in the North atrium of the College of Design. This year we will also be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the ISU GIS Facility and 50 years of Landsat, the US

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Disaster at Lake Delhi – #Landsat50

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Well, it’s Water Wednesday. Today’s Landsat highlight is a time lapse video (2007-2017) showing the effect of a 2010 dam breach on the water level of Lake Delhi located in Delaware County in eastern Iowa. Notice the dramatic decrease in water and the exposure of large sandbars and the refilling of the lake as the

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How are you celebrating the Landsat’s Golden Jubilee?

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To celebrate the Landsat Golden Jubilee, consider taking a virtual visit to Camp Landsat! This summer Camp Landsat is celebrating this exciting anniversary with 5 weeks of programming, celebrating the 5 decades of Landsat’s continuous mission. This week the theme is People and Places. Enjoy and explore many activities from Camp Landsat including: Stay Cool

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Celebrating 50 years of Landsat Earth Observation!

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Saturday, July 23, 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of the USGS/NASA Landsat earth observing satellite mission. With the launch in 1972, Landsat has continued its earth observation mission and become the longest continuous earth observing satellite. Enjoy this video recalling the launch and explaining the beginning of the earth observing satellite mission,

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