Regional Application Center at UL Lafayette

06/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us—both in person and virtually—for our Disaster Response/Geospatial Data Mining Workshop last week!

We were proud to bring together emergency management and GIS professionals to connect and strengthen disaster response. We hope you found the presentations, networking, and training valuable and supportive of your important work.

⭐ A special thank you to our sponsors for your generous support and for helping make this experience possible.

➡️Acadian Ambulance
➡️Andy Hollerman, PhD, Award-winning Barbecue Brisket
➡️Community Coffee
➡️Drone Institute
➡️Eagleview
➡️Esri
➡️Fenstermaker
➡️LouisianaView
➡️Seiler Geospatial
➡️Survey Equipment Services, Inc.
➡️University of Louisiana at Lafayette
➡️U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

We appreciate you being part of this community—together, we’re building a more prepared and resilient future.


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06/01/2026

Registration Announcements!

27th Annual Disaster Response Workshop + Geospatial Data Mining Training

June 4-5, 2026

In-person registration closes today, June 1, at 5:00 PM.

Virtual registration closes at 7:00 AM on Thursday, June 4.

Registration - https://arcg.is/0SyTHS1

For more information, contact Rodney Yantis ([email protected]) or Courtney Poirier Chicola
([email protected]).

05/29/2026

The 27th annual Disaster Response Workshop + Geospatial Data Mining Training is next week at the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) Center! We look forward to the exciting speaker lineup, networking, and enjoying some amazing BBQ!

We want to thank our incredible sponsors for helping put on this free event for the disaster response and GIS community.

🔵 Regional Application Center/LouisianaView
🔵 LouisianaView
🔵 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
🔵 Acadian Ambulance
🔵 Andy Hollerman, Barbecue
🔵 Community Coffee
🔵EagleView
🔵 Esri
🔵 Fenstermaker
🔵 Seiler Geospatial

Don't forget to meet us at Adopted Dog Brewing for Mappy Hour on Thursday, June 4, right after the workshop!

In-person registration closes today, but you can still attend virtually https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/a7e11bc640fc4b93921713fd72079699

05/26/2026

The Regional Application Center at UL Lafayette and LouisianaView present a free disaster response workshop on Thursday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to - 5:00 pm at the LITE Center in Lafayette.

In-person registration will close soon!

A room block is available at the Hilton Garden Inn across the street, but the discount pricing ends tomorrow!

Please register - https://arcg.is/0SyTHS1. If you cannot attend in person, you can attend virtually!

Featured topics
- Coordinating geospatial response during hurricanes and wildfires
- Data clearinghouses, applications, and acquisition systems
- Best practices from federal and state emergency response
agencies
- Cross-organizational and regional collaboration strategies

Sponsorship Opportunities are still available!!

Contact Us
For more information, contact Rodney Yantis ([email protected]) or Courtney Poirier Chicola
([email protected]).

Don't miss the Mappy Hour networking event that will take place at Adopted Dog Brewing following the conclusion of Day 1 of the workshop on Thursday, June 4.

https://rac.louisiana.edu/news-events/2026-disaster-responsegeospatial-data-mining-workshop

05/25/2026

Join us this Memorial Day as we remember and thank the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives to serve our nation. 🇺🇸

University flags fly at half-staff and offices are closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of the holiday. We will reopen for normal business hours on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.

05/20/2026

With IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers 🎉

05/18/2026

Congratulations, Class of 2026!

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette awarded 1,775 degrees on Friday, May 15, during Spring 2026 Commencement exercises.

1,353 bachelor’s degrees
366 master’s degrees
43 doctoral degrees
6 post-master’s certificates
5 undergraduate certificates
2 graduate certificates See less

05/13/2026

🌟 Article of the Week 🌟

This week’s featured article from the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Section within IEEE Access highlights a new benchmark dataset for complex urban airborne LiDAR point clouds.

🔍 This Week's Highlight
Title: Thiruvananthapuram Aerial LiDAR Dataset (TALD): A Benchmark for Complex Urban Point Cloud
Authors: Jayati Vijaywargiya, Anandakumar M. Ramiya

📖 🛰️ In this article, the authors introduce the Thiruvananthapuram Aerial LiDAR Dataset (TALD), a benchmark dataset covering 9 square kilometers from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. TALD, derived from airborne laser scanning (ALS) point clouds, includes colored LiDAR points classified into buildings, trees, shrubs, and ground, providing a valuable dataset for urban mapping and point cloud research in complex environments.

🔗 Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3546628

Stay tuned for more groundbreaking research every week as we celebrate excellence in geoscience and remote sensing! 🌍📡

05/13/2026

12/16/2025

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season from the Regional Application Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and LouisianaView!