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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our next Geospatial/GIS meetup will be on
<b>Thursday, February 9, from 12:00*-12:50 pm</b> in Rivera Library, Room 140 and on Zoom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">*NOTE</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">: the room will be occupied until just before noon, so we might have to start a few minutes late.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Our presenter will be Richard Minnich, a Professor of Geography in the Earth and Planetary Sciences department at UCR. Dr. Minnich will present on
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Tree Atlas of the Californias, compiled using Google Earth</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This atlas is a compilation of unprecedented high resolution maps of 87 tree species in the three Californias along the North American Pacific coast—California south of San Francisco,
Baja California, and Baja California Sur—interpreted from Google Earth<sup>TM</sup> imagery. Google Earth is a transformative platform for broad scale ecological research. It permits the viewing of vegetation at high resolution both at large scales for broad
spatial pattern, and local scales for taxonomy, population characteristics, and map accuracy. Using the history function one can observe vegetation dynamically on georeferenced time-series imagery including growth, recruitment, mortality, vegetation response
to disturbance, and long term vegetation dynamics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">In the mapping process, imagery is analyzed one species at a time. While this requires multiple scans of the study area, species by species, the eye automatically captures “surprises”
subliminally and this led to discovery of 31 species range extensions not reported in previous surveys or in botanical collections. The species approach permits the analysis of single taxa and deconstruction of
<i>a priori</i> defined plant assemblages. The kml/kmz software gives capability to separate maps of species as independent files that can be aggregated into plant communities in a geographic information system (GIS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Implications of the outcomes of this mapping project will be discussed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">We’ll also have time for announcements and discussion.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This meetup will be recorded.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The reminder notice that you’ll receive the day before the meetup will contain the Zoom information (which will be the same Zoom meeting for the March
meetup). This means that - although I really do appreciate RSVPs! – you don’t <i>
have to</i> respond to this calendar invitation in order to receive the Zoom information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You also have the option of registering through
<u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/geospatialgis-meetups-tickets-487910181487">Eventbrite</a></span></u> – that way you’ll receive an automated email with the Zoom information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To find Rivera 140: turn right after entering Rivera Library. Keep walking until you pass the elevators. Room 140 is on the corner of the hallway
you’ll see to your left.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Feel free to forward this invitation to anyone you know who may be interested<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please consider joining us!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">-Janet Reyes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Geospatial Information Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UC Riverside Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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