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

Deborah Pual dpaul at fsu.edu
Tue Dec 13 05:49:30 CET 2016


Hi Everyone -

Reminder! Please tune in to the Polygon Madness Webinar, Tuesday Dec 
13th 3:00pm to 4:00pm EST 8:00 - 9:00 UTC

*iDigBio Webinar:* 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!

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.

*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 re-cross-posting
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