Geographic Information Systems/Remote Sensing
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a framework for gathering, managing, and analyzing data. GIS is rooted in Indiana State University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Systems (EES), which has long been a respected international leader in research and a pipeline of masters and PhD levels of the state and national workforce.
People and organizations in nearly every field rely on GIS mapping that communicate, perform analysis, and solve complex problems around the country and world. The Department’s home to spatial analysis and expertise complements its cooperation with the University’s Office of Information Technology by maintaining sophisticated site licenses that allows the University to support ODD efforts in a variety of ways, namely making the case to the United States Department of Defense on defense-related assets and capabilities.
The technical focus of EES in GIS and Remote Sensing is broad, and students in our programs receive training in consumer- and research-grade unmanned systems and imaging platforms (including visible-spectrum and thermal remote sensing), network analysis, raster- and vector-based data models, database management, and cartographic representation. STATE students use hands-on and computer laboratory experiences to learn the state of the art in a variety of civilian uses, many of which have relevancy to the ODD's efforts to secure our nation. In STATE’s advanced curriculum in remote sensing, the Department also teaches students "big-data" management techniques (including big-data management), scripting methods (using Python), and active remote sensing techniques (such as LiDAR).
People and organizations in nearly every field rely on GIS mapping that communicate, perform analysis, and solve complex problems around the country and world. The Department’s home to spatial analysis and expertise complements its cooperation with the University’s Office of Information Technology by maintaining sophisticated site licenses that allows the University to support ODD efforts in a variety of ways, namely making the case to the United States Department of Defense on defense-related assets and capabilities.
The technical focus of EES in GIS and Remote Sensing is broad, and students in our programs receive training in consumer- and research-grade unmanned systems and imaging platforms (including visible-spectrum and thermal remote sensing), network analysis, raster- and vector-based data models, database management, and cartographic representation. STATE students use hands-on and computer laboratory experiences to learn the state of the art in a variety of civilian uses, many of which have relevancy to the ODD's efforts to secure our nation. In STATE’s advanced curriculum in remote sensing, the Department also teaches students "big-data" management techniques (including big-data management), scripting methods (using Python), and active remote sensing techniques (such as LiDAR).
