[tdwg-content] Polygon Madness! Upcoming iDigBio Webinar Dec 13th 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST 8:00 - 9:00 UTC

Deborah Paul dpaul at fsu.edu
Mon Nov 28 18:26:57 CET 2016


Hi Everyone, Please mark your calendars for the

iDigBio Webinar: Polygon Madness! Creating them, using them in research
Details: 
https://www.idigbio.org/content/polygon-madness-creating-them-using-them-research
When: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST, that's 8:00 - 
9:00 UTC
AdobeConnect URL: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain

At our recent iDigBio-CCBER Georeferencing for Research Use (GRU) short 
course 
<https://www.idigbio.org/content/georeferencing-and-visualizing-biodiversity-data-research>, 
we discussed at some length, the creation of polygons around geospatial 
coordinates for expressing uncertainty. One of our course goals was to 
investigate if researchers are using these polygons and how they are 
using them. If they are not using them, we wanted to understand more 
about why not. This webinar is a step toward bringing in the broader 
community to include more researchers in the conversation along with the 
staff who are often creating these, especially for legacy data.

*Webinar:* Polygon Madness! Georeferencing using polygons greatly 
reduces locality uncertainty.  As a use-case, Michael Yost will walk 
through the protocols and best practices he's developed in drawing 
polygons around various localities.  Join us as we work together on 
polygon protocols and increase the utility of polygon locality data. If 
you're someone using these in your research - we need you to attend to 
share your thoughts and questions. If you're actively involved in 
creating these as you digitize legacy collections data, please share 
your insights too!

*Presenter: *Michael Yost, /Macrofungi Collection Consortium (MaCC) 
<https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/The_Macrofungi_Collection_Consortium> 
Project Assistant at the Denver Botanic Gardens 
<http://www.botanicgardens.org/> and active member of the iDigBio GWG 
<http://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Working_Groups#Georeferencing_Working_Group_.28GWG.29>./

Start Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST, that's 
8:00 - 9:00 UTC
AdobeConnect URL: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain

Polygonally yours,
Deb Paul, et al from the GWG and the GRU team
PS sorry for cross-posting

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-- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist
iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative
Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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