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discussion / Remote Sensing & GIS  / 21 March 2017

Conservation GIS Group Social

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The second bi-monthly Conservation GIS social of 2017 will be at The Eagle on Benet Street from 18:00 on Thursday 23rd March. This informal social event is for people with an interest in conservation and GIS to discuss ideas and maps over a refreshing beverage. Look out for an inflatable globe.

For further information, please see the The Return of the CCF Conservation GIS Group!



Thomas Starnes
@Thomas_Starnes
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Key Biodiversity Areas Programme Officer, IUCN
Commenter level 2
Conversation starter level 2
Poster level 2

27 March 2017 7:35am

Last week's GIS social topics included:

  • IfSAR and InSAR Interferometric synthetic aperture radar, as used by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in their new TanDEM-X high resolution global digital elevation model. The new GDEM has a vertical accuracy of < 1 metre and an xy resolution of 6 metres. You can read more on the project web page https://tandemx-science.dlr.de/.
  • Using Maxim iButton termperature data logger arrays to monitor the diurnal temperature fluctuations of different habitats and microhabitats. We also touched on sampling design and interpolation methods.
  • Towards the end of the evening we discussed the difference between geodesic and Euclidian distances, the planar nature of the solar system (see Laplace's invariable plane) and whether the galaxy has a ‘right way up’.

Beverages of choice were Greene King’s Abbot Ale and IPA Special Reserve. Put the next GIS social date in your calendar now and don’t miss out –  it’s Thursday April 13th.