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From: "CRC GIS Lab, Smithsonian" <crcgis@HOTMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: "CRC GIS Lab, Smithsonian" <crcgis@HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:12:21 +0000
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Advanced Conservation GIS and Remote Sensing Course
The Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center is offering the following
advanced GIS and remote sensing course this Spring:
Measuring Landcover Change and its Impact on Endangered Species
MARCH 31- APRIL 4, 2003
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
* acquiring multi-date satellite imagery to quantify land cover change and
to map the extent of the remaining habitat
* using landscape analysis to determine optimal landscape configurations for
conserving the endangered species.
Visit the following web address for more details and registration
information.
http://www.nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/ConservationGIS/GIS_tra
ining/advanced_GIS/
Contact:
Jenny Gagnon
gagnonj@crc.si.edu
1500 Remount Road
Front Royal, VA 22630
540-635-6535 (GIS Lab)
540-635-6506 (FAX)
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