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GIS, a Necessity in the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina
dc.contributor.author | Gonterwitz, Kyle | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-06-05T17:39:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-06-05T17:39:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-11-15 | |
dc.identifier.citation | http://www.gis.ku.edu/gisday/2006/index.shtml | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/1628 | |
dc.description | Abstract is speakers' biographies. | |
dc.description.abstract | URS Corporation is the largest global engineering design firm and a leading U.S. federal government contractor. URS holds multiple contracts with FEMA to provide technical assistance to support FEMA's disaster response, recovery and mitigation mission. Kyle Gonterwitz and Isabella Willsey are GIS specialist from the Overland Park, Kansas office who volunteered to support the recovery in New Orleans. Kyle and Isabella also perform GIS support for several other projects including floodplain mapping, environmental remediation, geotechnical engineering, and water resources. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | # KU Department of Geography # Kansas Biological Survey # State of Kansas Data Access and Support Center (DASC) # KU Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) # KU Transportation Research Institute # KU Biodiversity Institute # KU Institute for Policy & Social Research # Kansas View Consortium # Western Air Maps # KU Libraries # The Coca-Cola Company | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | KU GIS Day Committee | |
dc.subject | GIS Day | |
dc.title | GIS, a Necessity in the Recovery from Hurricane Katrina | |
dc.type | Presentation | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |