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| Subject: | GISList: Smithsonian Intro Conservation GIS Training - April |
| Date: |
05/06/2002 09:53:04 AM |
| From: |
CRC GIS Lab, Smithsonian |
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There's still time to sign up for spring GIS training - we have a few spaces
left!! If you would like to register, please contact me ASAP.
The Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center is offering the following
course this spring:
GIS & REMOTE SENSING FOR WILDLIFE MANAGERS
An Introduction to the use of Geographic Information Systems &
Remote Sensing in Conservation and Wildlife Management
April 22- 26, 2002
Increasingly, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing - the
mapping of features using imagery acquired either from an aircraft or a
satellite - have become important tools for decision making and the applied
management of natural resources. Many federal agencies and NGO's rely on
GIS and satellite data for their work and are starting to produce their own
spatial databases. However, there are few training opportunities for
wildlife managers to learn the application of GIS in everyday management
situations. We are offering a course for wildlife managers that will
provide hands-on experience for the collection of data, GIS analysis of the
data, and map making.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This short course will provide wildlife managers with a working knowledge
about the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote
Sensing to the monitoring and management of wildlife and forest vegetation.
Exercises in establishing locations with a Global Positioning System (GPS),
data input into a GIS, and spatial analysis techniques for GIS will provide
hands-on and real world experience during the course. Based on examples
about habitat selection in songbirds and white-tailed deer, course
participants will learn how to:
* Collect GIS data in the field using survey techniques and GPS.
* Differentially correct GPS data.
* Input GPS data into ArcView GIS (digitizer input, on-screen digitizing,
keyboard data entry).
* Input field data into ArcView GIS.
* Design and perform analysis using GIS data and spatial analysis
techniques (ArcView & Spatial Analyst).
* Create a basic land cover map from Landsat imagery in ERDAS Imagine
* Accuracy assessment for land cover data sets
* Capture radio-telemtry data in the field and import it into ArcView
* Calculate home ranges and habitat use in ArcView
* Perform basic suitability analysis using ArcView and Spatial Analyst
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. All computer labs will be taught at the Center's Spatial
Analysis Lab. The lab is equipped with various PC's, a GPS Base station,
two digitizers, and color plotters and printers.
Visit the web address below for more details and registration information.
The CRC will also be offering an Advanced Course in Conservation GIS and
Remote Sensing.
Information on this course is also available on the following web address:
http://www.si.edu/crc/tp/tp.htm
Contact:
Natalie Marioni
1500 Remount Road
Front Royal, VA 22630
540-635-6535 (GIS Lab)
540-635-6506 (FAX)
(crcgis@hotmail.com)
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