Warren County, Iowa is seeking a GIS Coordinator

Warren County, Iowa is seeking a GIS Coordinator to oversee the development, use, maintenance, and support of geospatial technologies throughout the County. The successful applicant will coordinate all GIS functions and activities throughout the County, and represent the County at the regional and State level.

For a full job description and qualifications please visit www.schneidercorp.com/warren. All resumes should be sent to jcorns@schneidercorp.com.

Wind Farms and GIS

For the second half of the summer term you will have an option of doing a project instead of working in the GIS Tutorial 3 book.  This project will deal with wind farms, wind energy, and/or wind turbines.  Remember the DNR site for great data.  Some project ideas are:

-Finding ideal locations for wind farms in Iowa

Article

-Creating noise pollution maps

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/11/measuring-wind-turbine-noise

http://www.wind-energy-the-facts.org/en/part-i-technology/chapter-4-wind-farm-design/factors-affecting-turbine-location/noise.html

http://betterplan.squarespace.com/brown-county-ledge-wind-projec/

-Show where shadows of turbines fall

http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/2010/noise-pollution-from-wind-turbines-minneapolis-star-tribune/

-Show Iowa Wind Patterns

Link

http://www.mapcruzin.com/wind-energy-maps-80-meters/state-wind-maps/free-iowa-wind-energy-maps.htm

http://www.iowaenergycenter.org/june-wind-map/

-Create a map showing migratory bird patterns and bird or bat species near current wind farms

http://batsandwind.org/pdf/Jain_2005.pdf
http://www.horizonwind.com/images_projects/what_were_doin/TOI_Avian_Annual_Interim_Report_2004_020205.pdf

 http://www.iowadnr.gov/portals/idnr/uploads/wildlife/wind_wildliferecs.pdf

-ArcLesson for siting wind farms in Colorado


-Add missing turbines