Welcome New IHL Board Members

1
Welcome New IHL Board Members
2
(No Transcript)
3
The Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial
Information Technologies
Developing the local economy through technical
education, training, assistance

• Education
• Now teaching 200 students each year
• Part of BS Interdisciplinary Studies and
  Environmental Science programs
• Cooperative learning/applied science focus
• Students average starting salaries 29,000-35,000
  and most have progressed to 50,000 within 3
  years ALL HAVE JOBS
• Informal training for wide range of audiences
  (teachers, emergency responders, K-12 students,
  development agencies)

• Community Service
• Yazoo-Mississippi Levee Board
• Three Rivers Planning and Central MS Development
  Districts
• Sunflower, Bolivar, Leflore, Washington, Coahoma,
  Leake, Union, Carroll, Quitman, and many more
  counties
• MS Emergency Management and MS Office of Homeland
  Security
• MS Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and
  GIS (Technical Users Group Chair)
• Coahoma and Okolona Electric Cooperatives
• Clarksdale Public Utilities

4
The Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial
Information Technologies
New Albany firefighters learn map reading
fundamentals as part of the Union County Phase II
E-911 project 30 of all emergency calls do
not occur at a street address, so finding your
way there using coordinates is an important
skill set. This class is now being developed
for the Mississippi State Fire Academy.
5
The Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial
Information Technologies
Former student Drew Fioranelli standing in front
of the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park
(Canada) during his internship with Telus
Geomatics. Now a year Post graduation, Drew is
GIS Manager salaried at 54,000 And helping with
our Federal Geographic Data Committee- North
Carolina National Grid project.
Center students check out the TeleAtlas Mobile
Mapping Van and interview for 11 internship
positions to start this Fall semester. Students
will travel the country to photograph and map the
location of significant landmarks (eg., the
Statue of Liberty) and use that information to
develop 3-D map symbols for Tom Tom GPS devices.