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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Drone Technology

GIS and Drone Program Photo Gallery

Students and professors in the GIS and Drone program participate in a variety of activities including drone workshops, Harper's Drone Club, and Drone Safety and Experience Day.

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Harper faculty drone operations course. Summer 2024.

Harper faculty drone operations course. Summer 2024.

Preflight checks. Student experiential learning. Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Palatine. Spring 2024.

Preflight checks. Student experiential learning. Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Palatine. Spring 2024.

Field testing the new DJI Matrice 30T drone. Spring 2024.

Field testing the new DJI Matrice 30T drone. Spring 2024.

Harper faculty drone flight training. Spring 2024.

Harper faculty drone flight training. Spring 2024.

Harper faculty drone flight training. Spring 2024.

Harper faculty drone flight training. Spring 2024.

Harper faculty training on a drone simulator at a workshop. Spring 2024.

Harper faculty training on a drone simulator at a workshop. Spring 2024.

Drone club students learning about assembly. Fall 2023.

Drone club students learning about assembly. Fall 2023.

Demo for Public Safety Class. Fall 2023.

Demo for Public Safety Class. Fall 2023.

Using a high accuracy GNSS receiver in GEG 162. Fall 2023.

Using a high accuracy GNSS receiver in GEG 162. Fall 2023.

Flying a fixed wing drone in GEG 162. Fall 2022.

Flying a fixed wing drone in GEG 162. Fall 2022.

Faculty training with eBeeX drone. Busse Woods. Spring 2022.

Faculty training with eBeeX drone. Busse Woods. Spring 2022.

Preflight checks for a drone flight. GEG 161. Spring 2022.

Preflight checks for a drone flight. GEG 161. Spring 2022.

Fernanda Kuzuhara flies a drone during a demonstration for FIS (Fire Science) 132. Spring 2022.

Fernanda Kuzuhara flies a drone during a demonstration for FIS (Fire Science) 132. Spring 2022

Student and faculty in GEG 161. Spring 2021.

Student and faculty in GEG 161. Spring 2021.

Students in Harper's Drone Program listening to an informative lecture while seated in a lecture hall on campus in Palatine, Illinois.

GIS/Drone Technology Program Coordinator Mukila Maitha going through a paper version of a preflight checklist.

GIS/Drone Technology Program Coordinator Mukila Maitha setting up a drone for a test flight.

A GIS/Drone Technology student using his phone to record the map displayed on the laptop.

A student holding a remote control sits at a distance from the drone and landing pad on the ground.

A group of GIS/Drone Technology students stand with their coordinator at an outdoor tent to look at information on a computer about the drone.

A student checking the position of a drone on a landing pad.

Students watch a fixed wing drone fly outside.

A map with information the drone has recorded, displayed on a laptop.

A student flies a drone outside with the help of an instructor.

Flying a multirotor drone in GEG 162. Fall 2022.

Faculty and students from a drone technology class pose for a group picture on the Harper College campus in Palatine, Illinois.

Drone Technology Class, Fall 2025

Experiential learning drone mapping mission, Fall 2025

Experiential learning drone mapping mission, Fall 2025

Experiential learning drone mapping mission, Spring 2025

Experiential learning drone mapping mission, Spring 2025

GIS and Drone Program Videos

Last Updated: 1/21/26