John DeGroote

Bio: John DeGroote serves as the Director of the GeoInformatic Training, Research, Education, and Extension Center in the University of Northern Iowa Geography Department where he also teaches geospatial technology courses. The GeoTREE Center supports the use of GIS and related technologies at UNI and throughout the state of Iowa. Mr. DeGroote has 15 years of experience applying geospatial technologies to a variety of real world issues.

Development of a Solar Potential Map and Web Mapping Application for Iowa

This presentation will detail efforts to use LiDAR data and ArcGIS Solar Radiation Modeling tools to model solar radiation potential across the state of Iowa. The project also documents statistics for solar radiation potential for publicly available building footprints in Iowa. The presentation will also discuss the functionality of the public web mapping/visualization application. This project was funded by the Iowa Economic Development Authority and is similar to the Minnesota Solar Suitability Analysis carried out at the University of Minnesota.

lidar, solar, modeling, web mapping