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WELCOME !

Welcome to the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity Geographic Information website. The primary purpose of the site is to assist UWGB faculty, students and staff who are interested in applying geospatial technology to the study of biological diversity. The site is also intended to facilitate our frequent collaborations with GIS users across the campus and in the community at-large.

What's New?

Spring, 2010 - Learning How To Improve GPS Accuracy - The Biodiversity Center is currently trying out Trimble® Planning Utility for forecasting GPS conditions. The stormwater mapping work being done by Jill Fermanich was chosen as a test project. Jill is utilizing submeter GPS equipment and methods for the project. Being able to predict and work around periods of poor GPS performance should mean that more of the data she collects will wind up being useable.

February 22, 2010 - Website Update - The version of the site that you are  seeing represents a fairly extensive reorganization. Like earlier versions it is full of holes and links that don't go anywhere. I felt it was appropriate to rush it out because it contains some elements that people are looking for:
- UWGB's user resources are now separate from external resources
- Menus have been cleaned up and "Help Topics" is now a separate section
- A calendar has been added
- A format for reporting and archiving project milestones has been chosen

Users have complained about things moving around on the site - they get accustomed to the location of a favorite tool and then have to hunt it down again. I promise no more big "upgrades" until summer. For now I will concentrate on housekeeping and filling in the content gaps - Mike Stiefvater

UPCOMING EVENTS
Jul 9-11, 2010 - SCGIS Conference
The annual conference of the Society for Conservation GIS is one of several lead-ins to the ESRI User Conference. This year the SCGIS Conference is in Monterey. more info
Jul 9-11, 2010 - GIS Business Summit
more info
Jul 12-16, 2010 - ESRI International GIS User Conference
This years conference is in San Diego. Conference publicity indicates there will be a focus on web-based applications. more info


-- QUICK LINKS --

Map the Ecodata Drive (pdf)
Biodiversity Center GIS Assistant
Wisconsin DNR WebView (Nat. Resource Web-Map)

-- UWGB PROGRAMS & RESOURCES --

Geographic Information System Software
UWGB Course Offerings
Classroom Applications and Student Research
In-House Geospatial Data Library
Mapping Equipment and Methods
Partnerships and Major Projects

-- EXTERNAL RESOURCES --

ESRI Training
On-Line Mapping - Natural Resources/Environment
On-Line Mapping - Imagery and Maps
On-Line Mapping - Wisconsin Land Records
GIS Servers and Services
On-Line Retail Stores
Textbooks and Periodicals

-- HELP TOPICS --

Georeferencing And Coordinate Systems
Geospatial Databases
The Global Positioning System and GPS Mapping
Why Is It So Complicated?
"Mastering ArcGIS - Fourth Edition"
ArcGIS Software

-- USER COMMUNITY --

Business Applications
Municipal Users And Consultants
Federal and State Agencies
Conservation and Land Protection
Research and Education

Biodiversity Topics: Introduction . Plants . Animals . Mammals . Birds . Reptiles & Amphibians . Arthropods . Spiders . Insects

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Last updated on January 12, 2006