Mapping our nature
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There is a data revolution in progress for community groups. Citizen scientists can use open source software to provide mapping and data analysis so their information is valued and contributes to environmental management decisions.
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Mapping our nature
- 2. Community projects have • Local connections • Keen outdoor people • Species distribution data • Deep understanding of local situations and a historic perspective
- 3. Community projects grapple with • Reluctance to do office work • Records scattered • Little knowledge of data management • Few national guidelines for collecting data • Knowing what data needs passing on to the next level • Ownership of the data and acknowledgement
- 4. Community District Regional NZ NGOs National Sharing data Private information Held within firewalls of each organisation, some published records DOC, MBI, Statistics NZ, Biodiversity Stack, PFNZ, NatureWatch >>GBIF Fragmented records Reporting standards agreed, data shared Data used at national level to direct best outcomes
- 5. The data revolution for communities • Online information – government data is available, free from MfE, LINZ, Koordinates, LRIS • Make maps using this data – free software
- 6. What MAIN Trust does… We help!
- 9. ‘Pest Mapper’ – analyse trap catches
- 10. ‘Pest Mapper’ – analyse stoat catches
- 11. Stoat catch, 2012 by month
- 12. Now ‘one touch’ …. Free apps to use your mobile phone to take photos, fill in a form, and track your routes, even in deep bush
- 13. See our website for examples of mapping tools and projects ‘Easy-As’ video of data entry for pest trappers http://youtu.be/MzRLmaGBHXU It took 21/2 minutes to enter this trapline information. The data meets national standards and can be downloaded as maps, graphs, raw data, and analysed summaries.
- 14. MAIN Trust NZ Charitable Trust Online pest–data recording and mapping systems for community use. Assist groups set up mapping systems on their own computers to store and share project information. MAIN Trust can assist with funding applications www.main.net.nz main@main.net.nz
Editor's Notes
- Note that the national NGOs include Predator Free NZ and Nature Watch – and MAIN Trust The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet
- Land Resource Information Systems Portal (LRIS). The LRIS portal is the first element of scinfo.org.nz, a new repository of authoritative New Zealand science datasets and information Koordinates - A large collection of New Zealand and international GIS layers and geospatial data covering a wide variety of data types and from numerous data suppliers. MFE – land environment data like LUCAS – the land use classification maps
- Selection of images
- Facility to use your mobile phone GPS to record where you are when you take a photo, or fill in a form, when out in the bush out of mobile range.
- Some link to our website and demo videos www.main.net.nz