The Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Tools Network is simple pleased as Punch to avow three webinars hither minded EBM tools and toolkits in in September and at the crack October: an integrated land-sea planning toolkit, organized well communication tools, and visualization and analysis software for the duration of topography and bathymetry. above all Descriptions, dates and times, and facts on registering for the duration of the webinars is fresh. above all There is a distinct out registration halt for the duration of each webinar. above all The webinar organized well discretion be enabled an hour whilom before to the start of the webinar to bestow on users to assay their systems.
Presentation on an Integrated Land-Sea Planning Toolkit and its smoke in Aransas County, Texas, closely correspond to Kiersten Madden of the Mission-Aransas NERR, Amy Anderson of Placeways, and Ian Varley of NatureServe (September 22, 2 pm US EDT [United States and Canada]).
The county is experiencing quick residents spread, and the community is interested in protecting the calibre of lifestyle, expected resources, and sprinkle calibre. above all In this obligation, three decision-support tools (Placeways’ CommunityViz, NatureServe Vista, and NOAA’s Nonpoint-Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool) were cast-off in an integrated means to unmistakeable another catch smoke strategies that most appropriate upon ecological and socioeconomic sustainability objectives, including sprinkle calibre and estuarine-marine resource objectives, for the duration of Aransas County, Texas, above all Aransas County is a coastal county that supports a hardy estuary with heterogeneous and rare habitats. above all This award discretion account for the duration of the obligation framework, how the nearly community is tangled in smoke of the toolkit, and methods for the duration of using the tools in an integrated means. above all A unrepealable goods of the obligation is a toolkit that can be transferable to other locations and implementation notable. above all This obligation was funded in have a portion as an EBM Tool Demonstration Project closely correspond to the David & Lucile Packard Foundation.
Overview of Science Communication Tools closely correspond to Bill Dennison and Tim Carruthers of the University of Maryland (September 30, 1 pm US EDT [United States and Canada]). above all Register for the duration of the webinar at the halt fresh. above all The Integration and Application Network (IAN) produces a mix of communication products including newsletters, posters, books, reports, brochures, and conceptual diagrams. These products synthesize well-ordered findings using goods organized well communication techniques. This webinar discretion abstain from an overview of the well-ordered communication products that IAN produces with a bring into focus on conceptual diagrams and conceptual diagramming tools.
They can succour acquit point of consider and effluence indefiniteness, contribute a communication interface that combines normal bout well-ordered adeptness with with community priorities and environmental values, and catalogue gaps and priorities. above all Conceptual diagrams or “thought drawings” depict life-or-death attributes of the organized well and can evolve to collar increased adeptness with of the organized well. above all IAN provides a mix of resources, examples, tools and tutorials at one’s disposal along with a coat of arms library of over and beyond 1500 dues symbols to succour you greengrocery your own conceptual diagrams. above all Learn more at http://ian.umces.edu. above all Register for the duration of the webinar at the halt fresh. above all Fledermaus is 3D visualization and analysis software for the duration of topographic and bathymetric facts.
Demonstration of Fledermaus closely correspond to Erin Heffron of Interactive Visualization Systems (October 7, 1 pm US EDT [United States and Canada]).
The software escort allows users to give birth to and interact with full-resolution ground and bathymetric skin models, and then blend those surfaces with a mix of other facts types to act as if a “scene.” Users can consolidate images, vertical figurativeness, ASCII points and lines, Electronic Nautical Charts, 3D models, ESRI shapefiles, and AutoCAD DXF and DWG files to bear visualizations of interrelated facts. Fledermaus can also cross, activity, and visualize multibeam sonar and LIDAR facts, can activity and mosaic multibeam backscatter facts, and be cast-off to run out profiles along a skin, do drop and rugosity calculations, and give birth to fly-throughs. There are tools for the duration of the visualization of real-time action of vessels, autonomous underwater vehicles, or anything getting a NMEA GPS putting.
For dreamer institutions and non-profits, the valuation per entitle ranges from $799 to $1995, a 90% deduct incorrect of commercial pricing. above all The latest model of Fledermaus supports the integration and brilliance of time-stamped facts allowing visualization of earthquakes, remains migration, and ripple propagation over and beyond immediately. above all Government also gets a deduct incorrect of commercial pricing.
There is a royal downloadable viewer so users can portion visualizations with others. above all Tools to blend with ESRI ArcGIS and to activity and visualize sprinkle column facts, such as plumes or fish populations, are beneath submit of affairs. above all Register for the duration of the webinar at the halt fresh. above all Learn more at www.ivs3d.com.
For those who cannot act as if the webinars, recording discretion be at one’s disposal inclusive of the EBM Tools Network website at the unrepealable halt fresh, a some days after the award.
If you have in the offing any other questions hither the demonstrations, choose connection me at sarah_carr@natureserve.org. above all To notable up for the duration of announcements of later EBM shape presentations or demonstrations, notable up for the duration of EBM Tools Network updates at the EBM website.