DanBIF - Georeferencing Workshop 27-29 January 2009

DanBIF - Georeferencing Workshop 27-29 January 2009 <div style="width: 99%"><style> @page {size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in; } P { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.08in } A:link { COLOR: #0000ff }</style>  <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="AUTHOR" content="Cand.scient. Ph.D. Isabel Calab" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20081029;13140000" /><meta name="CHANGEDBY" content="Mihail-Constantin Carausu" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="20081029;17430000" /><meta name="CLASSIFICATION" content="Write a short summary describing who the document is for and wh" /><style> @page {size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in; } P { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.08in } A:link { COLOR: #0000ff }</style><sdfield type="DOCINFO" subtype="TITLE"></sdfield>DanBIF workshop on advanced modern geo-referencing techniques in Biological Collections and Databases <a name="OLE_LINK4" title="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3" title="OLE_LINK3"></a>Welcome to the DanBIF workshop and introductory lecture on modern geo-referencing of biological collections and databases. The workshop deals with advanced geo-referencing techniques applied to biodiversity data in general and regarding digitisation of biological collections in particular. You will be introduced to the techniques needed to add or complete the geographic information stored with the biological collections' specimens and/or in other databases holding biodiversity information. The purpose of the workshop is to familiarise you with modern geo-referencing techniques including batch processing and historical or old locality precision description.The Workshop content builds on the good experience from many previous workshops and seminars around the world, organised by the world leading expert on the subject, Mr. John R. Wieczorek from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Wieczorek will be the leading trainer of this workshop. He among other things is the Lead Programmer for the Mammal Networked Information System (MaNIS), the Ornithological Information System (ORNIS), the Réseau de la Biodiversité de Madagascar (REBIOMA), and BioGeomancer. He consults for the HerpNET and the FishNet II projects, serves in the Geospatial Information Interest Group and the Darwin Core Task Group of the Biodiversity Information Standards Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG), and has served on the GBIF Data Access and Database Interoperability Science Subcommittee. More info on John Wieczorek through link: <a href="http://www.gbif.org/documents/enprizebio-abstract">http://www.gbif.org/documents/enprizebio-abstract</a>. Trainers:John R. Wieczorek Programmer Analyst Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley Carol L. Spencer Staff Curator of Herpetology & HerpNET Coordinator Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, BerkeleyHeather Constable</div>VertNET Coordinator Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley <div>PREREQUISITES Required: Read <a href="http://manisnet.org/GeorefGuide.html" target="_blank">MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS Georeferencing Guidelines</a> Recommended: Read <a href="http://herpnet.org/herpnet/documents/georeffordummy.xls" target="_blank">Georeferencing for Dummies</a> Suggested: Read <a href="http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/Georeferencing">Best Practices</a> Organiser: DanBIF – Danish Biodiversity Information Facility – Danish participant node of GBIFLecture venue: Auditorium B (ground floor)Workshop venue: Kursussal 4A (fourth floor)Both at Biologisk Institut, Building 12, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø.See photo of the workshop participants and trainers <a href="Products/F1148898331/workshop2009/groupphotocopenhagen.JPG">here</a>.<h2 align="center"><center></center><center>SCHEDULE</center></h2> 27 January <table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="2" width="100%" bordercolor="#008000"><colgroup><col width="26"></col><col width="230"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="background-color: #9cbad6"><td style="width: 10%; background-color: #9cbad6">Hour</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #9cbad6">Lecture at Auditorium B, Biologisk Institut, Building 12 (ground floor), Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø.</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">13:00-14:00</td><td width="90%">Georeferencing Overview (John Wieczorek) <a href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/DarwinCore/" target="_blank">Darwin Core</a>, <a href="http://wiki.tdwg.org/twiki/bin/view/DarwinCore/GeospatialExtension" target="_blank">Geospatial Extension</a>Discussion</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">14:00-14:30</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Break</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">14:30-16:00</td><td width="90%">Introduction to Georeferencing: <a href="http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/Georeferencing" target="_blank">Best practices</a>, <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/GeorefPointRadius_CalculatorCopenh09.ppt" target="_blank">Point-Radius Method</a>, Mapping (John Wieczorek)Discussion</td></tr></tbody></table>   28 January <table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="2" width="100%" bordercolor="#008000"><colgroup><col width="230"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="width: 10%; background-color: #9cbad6">Hour</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #9cbad6">Workshop (registered participants only) at Kursussal 4A, Biologisk Institut, Building 12 (fourth floor), Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø. </td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">9:00-9:15</td><td width="90%">Welcome and housekeeping</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">9:15-9:30</td><td width="90%">Workshop Overview (John Wieczorek)</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">9:30-9:45</td><td width="90%">Introductions</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">9:45-10:00</td><td width="90%">Summary from the ½ day introduction/presentation</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">10:00-10:30</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Break</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">10:30-10:45</td><td width="90%"><a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/UsingGeorefCalculator-DenmarkNew.ppt" target="_blank">Georeferencing calculator</a>, <a href="http://manisnet.org/gci2.html" target="_blank" title="The Calculator Itself!">Link to calculator</a>, <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/GeoreferencingTemplate.xls" target="_blank">Georeferencing template</a> (Carol Spencer)</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">10:45-12:00</td><td align="center"><a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/papermaps/papermaps20072methods2_DanBIF.ppt" target="_blank">How to use paper Maps and Paper Map Exercises</a> & <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/papermaps/PaperMapsTalkTemplate.xls" target="_blank" title="PaperMapsTalkTemplate">PaperMapsTalkTemplate </a>(Heather Constable)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">12:00-13:00</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Lunch</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">13:00-13:30</td><td width="90%"><a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/papermaps/Exercises_Papermaps_CostaRica_Tapanti_Canas.xls" target="_blank"></a><a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/papermaps/Exercises_Papermaps_CostaRica_Tapanti_Canas.xls" target="_blank">Paper Maps Exercises</a> and <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/papermaps/handoutpapermaps2Methods.doc" target="_blank">Hand-outs </a> </td></tr><tr><td>13:30-15:15 </td><td align="center">Exercises: Describe this Locality (John Wieczorek)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">15:15-15:45</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Break</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">15:45-17:15</td><td align="center" style="width: 90%"><a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/onlineresources2009copenhagen.ppt" target="_blank">Internet Resources</a> (Carol Spencer & Heather Constable)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">17:15</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">End of the day</td></tr></tbody></table>  <style> @page {size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in; } H2 { MARGIN-TOP: 0.19in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.19in; PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: auto } H2.western { FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif } H2.cjk { FONT-FAMILY: "DejaVu LGC Sans" } H2.ctl { FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma" } P { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.08in }</style>29 January <table border="1" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="2" width="100%" bordercolor="#008000"><colgroup><col width="230"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="width: 10%; background-color: #9cbad6">Hour</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #9cbad6">Workshop (registered participants only) at Kursussal 4A, Biologisk Institut, Building 12 (fourth floor), Universitetsparken 15, 2100 København Ø.</td></tr><tr><td>9:00-9:30</td><td align="center"> <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/papermaps/PaperMapsAnswerAllNew.xls" target="_blank">Paper Maps Exercises Review</a> (Heather Constable) - <a href="http://berkeleymapper.berkeley.edu/run.php?ViewResults=tab&tabfile=http://128.32.146.144/digir/mapresults/PaperCopenhagen.txt&configfile=http://128.32.146.144/digir/schemas/copenhagendescribethis.xml&label=1&sourcename=GBIF+Workshop+Georeference+Locations&&lang=en" target="_blank">Link to Paper Map results on map</a> </td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">9:30-10:00 </td><td width="90%">Results: Describe this Locality - <a href="http://berkeleymapper.berkeley.edu/run.php?ViewResults=tab&tabfile=http://128.32.146.144/digir/mapresults/DescribeThisCopenhagen.txt&configfile=http://128.32.146.144/digir/schemas/copenhagendescribethis.xml&label=1&sourcename=GBIF+Workshop+Georeference+Locations&&lang=en" target="_blank" title="Link to "Describe this" results on map">Link to "Describe this" results on map</a> (John Wieczorek)</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">10:00-10:30</td><td width="90%"><a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/goodbadlocalities.doc" target="_blank">Writing Good Localities</a>, <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/Goodbad_Localities_DanBIF2009.ppt" target="_blank">Good and Bad Localities presentation</a>, <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/T-Shirt_Localities_localities.ppt" target="_blank">Georeferencing t-shirt localities</a> (John Wieczorek)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">10:30-11:00</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Break</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">11:00-11:30</td><td width="90%"><a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/Exercises_Online_Denmark.xls">Online Exercises</a><a href="Exercises_Online_forAK.xls/download"> </a>(Carol Spencer & Heather Constable)</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">11:30-12:30</td><td width="90%"><a href="http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040381&ct=1" target="_blank">BioGeomancer</a> <a href="Documents/georeferencing-workshop-27-29-january-2009/BGHowitworks2007.ppt" target="_blank">How it works</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">12:30-13:30</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Lunch</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">13:30-14:30</td><td width="90%"><a href="http://www.biogeomancer.org/">BioGeomancer</a> <a href="http://bg.berkeley.edu/latest">Georeferencing Workbench</a> (John Wieczorek)</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">14:30-15:45</td><td width="90%"><a href="http://www.biogeomancer.org/">BioGeomancer</a> Single Georeference Exercises with BG Workbench (John Wieczorek)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">15:45-16:15</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Break</td></tr><tr><td width="10%" valign="top">16:15-17:15</td><td width="90%"><a href="http://bg.berkeley.edu/latest">BioGeomancer Projects (Batch Processing)</a> (John Wieczorek)</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="width: 10%; background-color: #dbe6f1">17:15</td><td style="width: 90%; background-color: #dbe6f1">Wrap-up - End of the workshop</td></tr></tbody></table>   <style> @page {size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in; } H2 { MARGIN-TOP: 0.19in; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.19in; PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: auto } H2.western { FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman", serif } H2.cjk { FONT-FAMILY: "DejaVu LGC Sans" } H2.ctl { FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma" } P { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.08in }</style>  <style> ge { MARGIN: 0.79in; size: 8.5in 11in } P { MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.08in } A:link { COLOR: #0000ff }</style><h2>Some useful georeferencing resources:</h2><a href="http://www.herpnet.org/Gazetteer/GeorefResources.htm" target="_blank">Georeferencing Resources (HerpNet)</a> <a href="http://olla.berkeley.edu/ornisnet/?q=node/5">Georeferencing Links (ORNIS)</a> <h2>Background: Good geo-referencing & BioGeomancer </h2>Geo-referencing is the process of converting text descriptions of locations to computer-readable geographic locations, such as a GIS system uses. Although this can be done by hand with maps and some guesswork, the BioGeomancer project (see below) provides the tools to improve the results for organizations to effectively geo-reference large amounts of data by:<ul><li>automating the geo-referencing of bulk data, </li><li>intelligent application training (learning) from existing geo-references, </li><li>accessing map and place-name gazetteers, </li><li>generating the computer-readable geographic locations and </li><li>error descriptions according to accepted standards and providing tools for validating these.</li></ul>With standards-based geo-referenced locations, your data can be contributed to mapping and geographic search applications, such as portals and applications with intensive data requirements for pattern prediction or other data mining applied methods. These applications allow users to use map-based interfaces to review, query and interact with their own data enriched in this way by intelligent combinations with data from other sources, such as environmental data.Well geo-referenced relevant biological collection data is in high demand. Mapping species occurrence data is fundamental to describing and analysing biotic distributions. This information is also critical for conservation planning, reserving selection, monitoring, and the examination of the potential effects of climate change on biodiversity.A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place names, used in conjunction with a map or a full atlas.The BioGeomancer Project is a worldwide collaboration of natural history and geospatial data experts. The primary goal of the project is to maximize the quality and quantity of biodiversity data that can be mapped in support of scientific research, planning, conservation, and management. The project promotes discussion, manages geospatial data and data standards, and develops software tools in support of this mission.The BioGeomancer consortium aims to develop the online workbench, web services, and desktop applications that will provide geo-referencing for collectors, curators and users of natural history specimens, including software tools to allow natural language processing of archival data records that were collected in many different formats. The tools developed here are meant to be interoperable with data demanding applications like the GBIF data-portal.    </div> 2010-01-29T11:01:59Z tag:www.danbif.dk,2010-01-29:/Products/F1148898331/workshops/workshop2009 http://www.danbif.dk/misc_/CHM2/Site.gif DanBIF Photo of the workshop participants and trainers tag:www.danbif.dk,2010-01-30:/Products/F1148898331/workshops/workshop2009/groupphotocopenhagen.JPG 2010-01-30T06:54:59Z Lotte Endsleff Lotte Endsleff