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Dynamic Landscapes

Title:	GIS Tools for Analyzing Dynamic Landscapes
Instructor:	Charlene Nielsen
Contact:	Charlene Nielsen; University of Alberta; ccn<at>ualberta.ca
Date and Time:	Sunday, April 3, 2011 8:00am–4:00pm with one hour break for lunch
Location:	Portland State University; Science Building 2, Room B1-82
Fee:	$50
Class size limit:	25
A map of Portland State University, and direction to the campus, may be found at: http://www.pdx.edu/campus-map

Description:

This is an applied GIS workshop for spatially and temporally analyzing landscapes, using examples as leveraged by research collaborators at the Alberta Conservation Cooperative Research Unit (ACCRU), University of Alberta.

Objectives:

1. Gaining proficiency with existing built-in and custom GIS tools.
2. Learning to build tools for analyzing landscapes spatially and temporally.

Topics to be covered include:

• Landscape characterization (vegetation indices, satellite image classification, and change detection)
• Management unit delineation (watersheds and home ranges)
• Scenario modelling (creating and shifting landscape features)
• Temporal and proximity analyses of habitat (date matching, cost paths, and network distances)
• Calculating the spatial map from regression-based equations (model calculation)
• Basics for modifying and building geoprocessing tools

Although the custom tools were developed for specific applications they are flexible and easily modifiable: explore how the open source of the ModelBuilder framework and the Python programming language allows landscape ecologists to adapt the tools and build new ones to help answer alternative issues.

Prerequisites require familiarity with with ArcGIS.

All materials are eco-friendly and provided electronically.

Questions?
For general questions about workshops and registration for them, please contact Anita Morzillo at workshops.usiale2011<at>oregonstate.edu. For questions about workshop content, please contact the individual identified as "Contact" within the information above.