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| Subject: | [gislist] Remote sensing course announcement |
| Date: |
06/24/2005 03:25:04 PM |
| From: |
Ned Horning |
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Practical Remote Sensing Methods for Conservation Biologists
Applications are now being accepted for a course entitled: Practical Remote
Sensing Methods for Conservation Biologists. The course focuses on the
practical aspects of remote sensing and is designed for conservation
researchers with little or no remote sensing experience. Using a mixture of
lectures, hands-on computer lab applications, discussions, and fieldwork,
course participants will learn to:
. download and display satellite imagery for their area of
interest:
. interpret the imagery by linking abstract image information with
the landscape, and use this information to support a range of conservation
objectives: and
. work with visual image products, and assess the advantages and
drawbacks of these map products.
Each participant is encouraged to bring with them a project they would like
to work on, so lessons learned during the course can immediately be applied
to a meaningful example. These projects can be discussed with the course
organizers in advance to ensure they are appropriate. If participants do not
have their own project one will be assigned to them during the course.
COURSE FEE: $1,000 for a single participant and $1,700 for two participants
willing to share a computer (note that space is limited to 7 desktop
computers). The course fee includes room, board, and instruction in the
class. Unfortunately, scholarship funds to defray course expenses are not
available. Participants will also need to provide their own transportation
to and from the site (see below).
COURSE DATES: October 10 to 14 2005
COURSE LOCATION: This course will be offered at the American Museum of
Natural History's Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains
of southeastern Arizona. The Station (http://research.amnh.org/swrs/) is
located at 5,400 ft in riparian habitat, surrounded by oak-juniper-pinyon
pine woodlands. Within a short drive of the Chiricahua Mountains, which
reach nearly 9,800 feet, five life-zones are encountered: Lower Sonoran,
Upper Sonoran, Transition, Canadian, and Hudsonian. Biogeographically, the
Chiricahua Mountains are located at a crossroads between distinct desert and
mountain biotas. At lower elevations, some species are derived from the
Sonoran Desert to the west, and other species are elements of the
Chihuahuan Desert to the east and south. At higher elevations, there is a
mixing of plants and animals from the Rocky Mountains to the north, and from
the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains of Mexico to the south.
APPLICATION: Those interested in participating in the course should send a
short paragraph with the following information: name, address, current
position (student, academia, government, etc.), brief statement on why you
want to take this course, overview of prior GIS or remote sensing experience
(if any), and a brief description of a project you would like to work on if
you have one in mind. Please send applications and questions about course
logistics to Diane Smith, Southwestern Research Station, P.O. Box 16553,
Portal, AZ 85632 or e-mail your application to dsmith@amnh.org. For
information about the contents of the course please contact Ned Horning
(horning@amnh.org).
Posters advertising the course can be downloaded from:
http://cbc.rs-gis.amnh.org/training/cbc_workshops/practical_rs.html
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Ned Horning
Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West @ 79th St
New York, NY 10024
e-mail: horning@amnh.org
tel: 212-313-7947
fax: 212-769-5292
Home office tel: 802-382-9080
Web site: http://cbc.rs-gis.amnh.org/
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