Purdue GIS Day
Image 1 For our AT 409 UAS capstone class, we attended the Purdue GIS Day conference. Every year Purdue hosts this conference and it provides an opportunity for students, faculty and industry professionals to gain a greater understanding of what is currently happening with GIS. GIS stands for geographic information systems and provides a multitude of ways to manipulate and represent geographical data. At the conference, there are multiple events throughout the day that people can attend. For starters, there are lightning talks where current students briefly present some of the research they are presenting that relates to GIS. From UAS to forestry students, there was a wide variety of data and studies that were demonstrating information from various parts of the globe. The next major event was the keynote speaker. This presentation was focused on the satellite imagery company Maxxar as this was the company the speaker was currently working for. She talked about the way Maxxar u