Planning Committee
About
GIS Day is an international celebration of geographic information systems (GIS) technology. GIS is a scientific framework for gathering, analyzing, and visualizing geographic data to help us make better decisions. On GIS Day, we hope to help others learn about geography and the real-world applications of GIS through lightning presentations and GIS workshops.
Detroit has been a hotbed of geospatial data collection, innovative GIS projects, and new applications in GIS for cities.
Members
Alex B. Hill
Founder/Principal, DETROITography
Adjunct Faculty, WSU DUSP; Co-Director, Geospatial@Wayne Learning Community
Rayman Mohamed
Chair; Professor;Â Graduate Director, WSU Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP)
Eric Bettis
Assistant Professor, WSU DUSP; Co-Director, Geospatial@Wayne Learning Community
Amy Xiao Zhou
Civil Engineer/Urban Planner; Adjunct Faculty, WSU DUSP
Djennin Casab
City of Detroit, Open Data Portal, Department of Innovation and Technology
Joshua Neds-Fox
Coordinator, Digital Publishing, WSU Libraries
Paul Draus
Director, UM Detroit Center
Professor, Sociology, UM-Dearborn
Jacob Napieralski
Director of EIC; Professor of Geology; Director, Master of Science in Environmental Science (MSES) Program