UTC hosted GIS Day on Wednesday, Nov. 20, a worldwide day of celebration of the impactful work of GIS professionals and an opportunity to inspire future innovators. The day began with a cartography workshop hosted by the IGTLab. GIS Director Charlie Mix shared with students, faculty and community members the different types of maps and data classifications—as well as how to create effective maps to tell stories with data.
IGTLab at UTC is part of $6 million project to improve Chattanooga’s urban forests
A map developed by the Interdisciplinary Geospatial Technology (IGT) Lab at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was key in the city’s landing of a $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to grow and maintain urban forests, greenspaces and waterways in Chattanooga’s disadvantaged communities.
UTC GIS team maps its way to two awards
UTC GIS Director Charlie Mix won a Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award for “A 21st Century Park System for Chattanooga, Tennessee” at the 2023 Esri User Conference—one of two awards won by the UTC IGTLab.
UTC’s GIS department is mapping the city’s future
Described by insiders as a hidden gem, the UTC Interdisciplinary Geospatial Technology Lab was created in 1995 to provide learning opportunities for students pursuing careers in Geographic Information Systems. In layman’s terms, GIS marries data to maps to help understand the world in new ways.
UTC collaboration places second in international map gallery competition
“People, Planet, & Profits: The triple bottom line of outdoor recreation, conservation, and public health for the Chattanooga, Tennessee region” placed second in the “Spatial Analysis using ArcGIS StoryMaps” category at the 2022 Esri User Conference Map Gallery.
Work by UTC group helps launch a $5.25 million conservation fund
Environmental map guides an effort to create an $18 million fund to protect land in the Southeast Tennessee region.
Map stakes out regional areas needing the most environmental protection
Award-winning environmental map shows most endangered areas in the Southeast Tennessee region.