The American Museum of Natural History=E2=80=99s Center for Biodiversity = and Conservation (CBC) has been training conservation students and = practitioners for over 10 years. A number of our courses focus on the use of = geospatial tools to address conservation issues including topics related to introductory GIS, remote sensing for biodiversity conservation, and = species distribution modeling.
These courses are taught using either proprietary (ArcGIS and ERDAS) or = open source/freely available software. The materials used for our courses are available for free to the public through our web site: http://geospatial.amnh.org. Our courses are regularly taught at the Southwestern Research Station in Portal, Arizona (http://research.amnh.org/swrs/) and at other locations around the world = by request. We are also considering developing web-based distance learning capabilities to reach a broader community.=20 To better serve the conservation community the CBC is reviewing our = course offerings and researching the need for additional courses. We would like = to ask you to send us your thoughts about the types of courses you would = likely attend. Your response will influence the courses that we develop over = the next few years. Please send your feedback to Ned Horning = ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I will summarize the responses within the next week. Below are a number of topics that are meant to provide some ideas for = new courses but you should not feel constrained by this list.=20 =E2=80=A2 GIS o Introductory o Advanced o Using 3-D GIS (Google Earth, WorldWind, ArcGIS Explorer, = OssimPlanet=E2=80=A6) o Setting up and managing web mapping servers=20 o Application focused=20 =EF=82=A7 Decision-makers =EF=82=A7 Protected area monitoring =EF=82=A7 Other o Other =E2=80=A2 Remote sensing o Introductory o Advanced o Application or sensor focused=20 =EF=82=A7 Land cover and land cover change analysis =EF=82=A7 Radar =EF=82=A7Lidar =EF=82=A7 Other o Other =E2=80=A2 Modeling and analysis o Species distribution modeling o Protected area planning design o Landscape ecology/analysis o Other =E2=80=A2 GPS and field methods o GPS navigation o Radio Telemetry o Other =E2=80=A2 Open source geospatial software o Overview of open source geospatial software o Open source geospatial software development workshops o Tutorials focused on using specific open source geospatial software packages =EF=82=A7 GRASS =EF=82=A7 QGIS =EF=82=A7 OSSIM =EF=82=A7 uDig =EF=82=A7 MapWindow =EF=82=A7 Other =E2=80=A2 Using aerial (fixed wind and UAV) platforms for remote sensing =E2=80=A2 Other=E2=80=A6 -- Thanks in advance for your input. All the best, Ned Horning Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum of Natural History Central Park West @ 79th St New York, NY 10024 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 212-313-7947 fax: 212-769-5292 Home office tel: 802-382-9080 Web site: http://geospatial.amnh.org/
