Dear colleagues, This is a reminder for our PostGIS/movement ecology workshop held on May 8–12 in Fort Lauderdale. There are still several seats available, so please join us for the event!
https://ase-research.org/training/PostGIS_2017/ We have a deadline set to April 15, but please let me know if you are interested, but can't commit to it right now. Best, Mathieu Basille. On 02/07/2017 11:42 PM, Mathieu Basille wrote: > * Venue: Fort Lauderdale REC, Davie, Florida > > * Contact: Mathieu Basille (basi...@ufl.edu) > > * Instructors: Simona Picardi, David Bucklin & Mathieu Basille (UF WEC) > > * Guest lecturers: Anne Berger (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife > Research, Germany), Hamish Campbell (Charles Darwin University, Australia), > Francesca Cagnacci (Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy) & Ferdinando Urbano > (Independent researcher, Italy) > > * Attendance: Reserved for Natural Resource managers (for a fee) and UF > students (with tuition waiver). Limited seats are available on a first come > – first served basis. Natural Resource managers, please register on > Eventbrite.com [1]. > > * More info on: http://ase-research.org/training/PostGIS_2017/ > > > Recent technological progress has allowed ecologists to obtain a huge > amount and diversity of animal movement data sets of increasing spatial and > temporal resolution and size, together with complex associated information > related to the environmental context, such as habitat types based on remote > sensing, population density, and weather. Based on several years of > experience on multiple species, this intensive five-day workshop is > designed to teach participants how to handle, manage, store and retrieve > movement data in a spatial database, and how to eventually feed them to > analysis tools. In the first part of the course, participants will be > exposed to basics of spatial databases for wildlife tracking data, using > PostgreSQL/PostGIS, the reference free and open-source database system. The > second part will focus on the integration of environmental data in the > process. The third part will tackle the specifics of movement data, and how > to connect the database to the R statistical environment for analysis. Step > by step, using reproducible, hands-on exercises that will be released > on-line, we will provide a complete and seamless procedure from raw data to > final analysis that will enable participants to fully manage and integrate > complex animal movement data sets. Although the workshop is intended for a > wide audience, basic knowledge of SQL, spatial databases and R are highly > recommended to get the best experience. > > Participants will have to bring their own laptop computers, with necessary > software installed (instructions for open-source software will be provided). > > Reference: Urbano, F. & Cagnacci, F. (ed.) (2014) Spatial Database for GPS > Wildlife Tracking Data: A Practical Guide to Creating a Data Management > System with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and R. Springer, 257 pp. DOI: > 10.1007/978-3-319-03743-1 > > -- Mathieu Basille basi...@ufl.edu | http://ase-research.org/basille +1 954-577-6314 | University of Florida FLREC « Le tout est de tout dire, et je manque de mots Et je manque de temps, et je manque d'audace. » — Paul Éluard