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| Subject: | GISList: Smithsonian Advanced Conservation GIS Training - April |
| Date: |
03/26/2002 02:21:04 PM |
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CRC GIS Lab, Smithsonian |
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The Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center is offering the following
advanced Conservation GIS and Remote Sensing Course this spring.
Advanced GIS & Remote Sensing:
Measuring Landcover Change and its Impact on Endangered Species
April 29 - May 3 2002
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This one-week advanced GIS and remote sensing course provides
conservationists with an opportunity to learn how GIS and remote sensing can
be used to assess the conservation status of endangered species. Each
participant will be provided with their own desktop computer for all lab
exercises. During the hands-on exercises participants will use the Internet,
ArcView, ArcView Spatial Analyst, ERDAS Imagine, Fragstats, and other
spatial analysis programs. Instructors will lead participants step-by-step
through the process of:
* conduct a regional conservation assessment using GIS to determine critical
conservation areas for an endangered species
* acquire satellite images and other digital data through the web
* Georeference satellite images
* acquiring multi-date satellite imagery to quantify land cover change and
to map the extent of the remaining habitat
* Determine landscape patterns and configurations using ArcView
* Calculate Fragstats landscape indices using ArcVies
* Use Principal Components Analysis and Discriminant Function Analysis to
explore and analyze landscape data.
* use landscape analysis to determine optimal landscape configurations for
conserving the endangered species.
TRAINING LOCATION
The course will be taught at the National Zoological Park's Conservation and
Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia. The Center is located at the
north entrance of the Shenandoah Park approximately 70 miles west of
Washington, D.C. Pick-up from Washington Dulles Airport can be arranged.
Participants will be housed at the CRC and meals provided at the CRC's
Conference Center.
Visit the following web address for more details and registration
information.
http://www.si.edu/crc/tp/tp.htm
Contact:
Natalie Marioni
crcgis@hotmail.com
1500 Remount Road
Front Royal, VA 22630
540-635-6535 (GIS Lab)
540-635-6506 (FAX)
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