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<p>Hi Everyone - <br>
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<p>Reminder! Please tune in to the Polygon Madness Webinar, Tuesday
Dec 13th 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST 8:00 - 9:00 UTC</p>
<p><b>iDigBio Webinar:</b> Polygon Madness! Creating them, using
them in research. 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! </p>
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href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/polygon-madness-creating-them-using-them-research">https://www.idigbio.org/content/polygon-madness-creating-them-using-them-research</a><br>
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<div class="field-item even">When: <span
class="date-display-single">Tuesday, December 13, 2016
- <span class="date-display-start" property="dc:date"
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content="2016-12-13T15:00:00-05:00">3:00pm</span> to
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content="2016-12-13T16:00:00-05:00">4:00pm</span>
EST, that's 8:00 - 9:00 UTC<br>
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href="http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain">http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain</a></a></div>
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At our recent <a
href="https://www.idigbio.org/content/georeferencing-and-visualizing-biodiversity-data-research"
target="_blank">iDigBio-CCBER Georeferencing for Research
Use (GRU) short course</a>, 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.
<p><strong>Presenter: </strong>Michael Yost, <em><a
href="https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/The_Macrofungi_Collection_Consortium"
target="_blank">Macrofungi Collection Consortium
(MaCC)</a> Project Assistant at the <a
href="http://www.botanicgardens.org/" target="_blank">Denver
Botanic Gardens</a> and active member of the <a
href="http://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Working_Groups#Georeferencing_Working_Group_.28GWG.29"
target="_blank">iDigBio GWG</a>.</em></p>
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<div class="field-item even">Start Date: <span
class="date-display-single">Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - <span
class="date-display-start" property="dc:date"
datatype="xsd:dateTime"
content="2016-12-13T15:00:00-05:00">3:00pm</span> to <span
class="date-display-end" property="dc:date"
datatype="xsd:dateTime"
content="2016-12-13T16:00:00-05:00">4:00pm</span> EST,
that's 8:00 - 9:00 UTC<br>
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href="http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain">http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/geotrain</a></a></div>
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Polygonally yours,<br>
Deb Paul, et al from the GWG and the GRU team<br>
PS sorry for re-cross-posting<br>
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