GIS Students Learning and Doing

Dr. Jimmy Wilson and his GIS students have been working diligently to improve our university and the village of Ada by using Geographich Information Systems to make helpful data available.  In the past, they have mapped the location of emergency sites around campus, and created 3D images of the buildings on campus.  A recent story featured on ONU's homepage tells of yet another effort - mapping trees in the Ada community.

Dr. Wilson makes it a requirement that his student's projects not only give them experience using GIS applications, but also aid someone.  The combination of academic content and useful application is what makes GIS courses so valuable to students.  Wilson and students Blakely and Nebgen who are featured prominantly in the ONU article, presented their research to the 2012 Northwest Ohio Urban Forestry Semionar at Blufffton University last November.  These sorts of knowledge and skills can raise applicants with this background above their competitors in the job market and separates an ONU education from many of its competitors!