Each November, Purdue Libraries hosts a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Day celebration as a local component of the greater international event. “GIS,” typically defined, is a collection of software applications, hardware devices such as GPS receivers and data sensors, and various processes that take maps and statistical data and put them together in a digital mapping environment in order to ask questions of it all collectively.

The event typically features poster and presentation sessions, but each year might include a number of other activities, including workshops, videoconferences, and seminars. Each year, all participants are given the option of submitting their content to this archive. Submission is voluntary, which means this is not necessarily a full archive of our GIS Day celebration.

Manuscripts from 2009

GIS Day 2009: Program & Announcements, Christopher C. Miller

Validation of a Commercial Geographical Information Systems Database of Walking and Bicycling Destinations, Heather A. Whitcomb, Ellen K. Cromley, Kosuke Tamura, Steven J. Melly, Sayali Kale, Francine Laden, Peter James, Robin Puett, Eran Ben-Joseph, and Philip J. Troped

Manuscripts from 2008

Construction of an Indiana Water Monitoring Inventory Using the Google Maps API, Jae Sung Kim, Laura Esman, and Jane Frankenberger

GIS Day@Purdue, Christopher C. Miller

Mash Something, Christopher C. Miller

Modular, Distributed Spatial Metadata Repository on the Services Principle, Christopher C. Miller

The epidemiology of Giardia spp. infection among pet dogs in the United States indicates space-time clusters in Colorado, Ahmed S. Mohamed, George E. Moore, Elizabeth Lund, and Larry T. Glickman

Using Virtual Machines to Prototype Mapping Applications, Larry Theller

Exploratory Study of Environmental Effects on Physical Activity and Overweight in Older Women: Research Update, Heather A. Whitcomb, Kosuke Tamura, Lauren Milius, Francine Laden, Steve Melly, Peter James, Robin Puett, Ellen Cromley, Eran Ben-Joseph, and Philip J. Troped

Manuscripts from 2007

Estimating the parking lot footprint across the Great Lakes region, Amélie Y. Davis, Bryan C. Pijanowski, Kimberly D. Robinson, and Paul B. Kidwell

What I’ve learned about Python, Carolyn Foley

Using GIS to Predict the New Range Boundary of an Old Pest Insect, Jeffrey D. Holland

Calls for Collaboration: Wherein Ideas Shop for Solutions, C.C. Miller, Jeffrey D. Holland, and Darrell Schulze

The Feasibility of Installing and Monitoring an Extensive Green Roof at Purdue University, Kristin Rogers, Kensey Thurner, Heather Preisendanz, Amélie Y. Davis, Hollie Colony, Dan Schuster, Larry Nies, and Kim Wilson

Using Accelerometry and Wearable GPS Units to Measure Trail Users’ Physical Activity: Preliminary Findings, Philip J. Troped, Charles E. Matthews, Ellen K. Cromley, Steven J. Melly, Marcelo S. Oliveira, and Jean Wolf