GIS at UWF

🎉We enjoyed yesterday's Northwest Florida GIS User Group in Destin, FL!

👏👏Asmita Karki, pictured with GIS Director Amber Bloechle, did a great job presenting her research titled "Modeling Land-Use and Land-Cover Changes in the Pensacola Metropolitan Area Using Ca-Markov and Machine Learning Techniques".

📅Reminder: NWFL GIS UG Tomorrow
Thursday 5/21 8:30 a.m.
📌Virtual Registration Link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4349478239452835160

🎉👏UWF GIS's Asmita Karki will present her work on exploring rapid urban growth, land transformation, and future land-use change using GIS, remote sensing, machine learning, and CA-Markov modeling!

Meet up with local GIS colleagues NEXT WEEK for our Escambia and Santa Rosa County User Group meeting!

When: Wednesday, May 27th 2 - 4 pm
Where: 6575 North W St, 32505
Topic: GIS in Emergency Management

Attendees share current projects and ideas, as well as help eachother troubleshoot problems. We hope to see you there!

📆Spring Northwest Florida GIS User Group meeting is one week from today!

📝Register here: http://bit.ly/3RG3c7j

Destin Community Center
101 Stahlman Avenue
Destin, FL 32541

Thursday, May 21, 2026
8:30 am – 12:50 pm CT

We hope to see you all there!

🌍Happy Earth Day🌎

Its not to late to register for Argos Go Green campus cleanup!!!

Meet at Building 209 and help keep our campus greens clean from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Register for this free event here: https://events.uwf.edu/event/argos-go-green

🎵And don't miss the concert in our beautiful community garden tonight at 6:00 pm https://www.instagram.com/p/DW18GUCCES0/ 🎶

📷Dr. Derek Morgan and his research students, Taylor Smith, Taylor Hardy, and Avi Williams begin work collecting 360 degree imagery of selected sites at Ft. Pickens at the Gulf Islands National Seashore.

🌏The team is collecting data with a Insta360 X3 camera, a GoPro with extension pole, and Kite imagery where conditions are possible.

📌The data is being collected, compared, and analyzed for Dr. Morgan's ongoing VISTA viewshed sea level rise research. It will also be used for each of the students' respective research projects.

We will continue to share updates about this project and findings as the year continues!

👏👏Great job to UWF Earth and Environmental Science students, Asmita Karka and Taylor Smith for their poster presentations featured at December's AGU25 Conference (American Geophysical Union, 2025) in New Orleans, LA!

📍Asmita Karka, graduate student, worked with Dr. Hu for the geospatial analysis in her project "Modeling Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Pensacola Metropolitan Statistical Area Using CA-Markov and Machine Learning Techniques".

📍Taylor Smith, undergraduate student, worked with Dr. Morgan for the GIS component in her work titled "Shifting Horizons: Viewshed Impacts from Shoreline Transformation and Sea Level Rise".

👏Congratulations to brothers Mark Gaddie (left) and Mathew Gaddie (right) in earning their M.S. in GIS Administration 👨‍🎓

🎉Dr. Morgan and Director, Amber Bloechle enjoyed attending the Fall 2025 commencement ceremony! 🏆We look forward to seeing the future accomplishments of all of our impressive graduates.

UWF GIS Alumni and experienced students, Pike County 9-1-1 is hiring a GIS Manager!!!

⏰Job Closing: November 20th
📍Location: Troy, AL
🏅Qualifications: GIS Certification, or GISP Designation, or at least 4 years experience.

✔Apply ASAP Here: https://ondemandassessment.com/o/JB-M7LX7ITXN/landing?u=1156397&redirected=true

👏 Congratulations to Wendy Peloquin, a UWF M.S. in GIS Administration alumni, on being named the new president of GPN (formerly URISA) 🎊 🗺

⭐️ Wendy has made many contributions to the GIS community/industry and is a great example of leadership and excellence!