The Iowa Geographic Map Server (OrthoServer) is ONLINE.
If you wish to report a problem or be notified of changes in server status, please send an email to mobes@iastate.edu.
LiDAR elevation data capture for the state was completed in 2021, all elevation products have been received. These products can be accessed from GISF image services and the OrthoServer web viewers.
There is additional information and a data download link for HUC12 and county based 1-meter DEM datasets at this location.
The GIS Support and Research Facility is a public computing facility established to support the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology at Iowa State University. The mission of the facility is to provide high level GIS research support for students, faculty and staff as well as to provide GIS education and outreach to the ISU community and the state of Iowa. The Facility includes a research lab (218 Durham) and a teaching lab (248 Durham). The GISF has an administrative home in the College of Design but serves the GIS needs of the entire university.
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For GIS questions, lab information or software use, contact our staff:
ISU GIS Research Lab
515-294-8451, Ames
Kevin Kane, Facility Director
126 College of Design
211 Durham Center
kkane@iastate.edu
515-294-0526
https://faculty.sites.iastate.edu/kkane/
Robin McNeely, Facility Manager/GIS Analyst
215 Durham Center
mobes@iastate.edu
515-294-2087
Project Consulting and Management, Classroom Scheduling
Wael Alhaj, GIS Analyst
219 Durham Center
walhaj@iastate.edu
Projects
Gregg Hadish, GIS Analyst
227 Durham Center
gahadish@iastate.edu
OrthoServer
Amy Logan, GIS Analyst
219 Durham Center
amylogan@iastate.edu
515-294-0980
Outreach, Projects
Josh Obrecht, GIS Analyst (ISU and USDA/ARS)
213 Durham Center
jobrecht@iastate.edu
515-294-6990
Programming, Software, Virtual Campus, Projects
Student GIS Technicians
Eunice Amissa-Mensah, CRP
Christen Bain, Ag Eng.
Kay Ercse, Landscape Arch.
Sam Odoom, CRP
Sepideh Shanemati, Architecture
Thomas Kosacz, CRP