internet technologies for rangeland ambassadors
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Presentation by Lovina Roselle, University of Idaho, presented at the 2011 Society for Range Management in Billings, MT.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Internet Technologies for Rangeland Ambassadors
Lovina Roselle1, Cody Sheehy2, & Karen Launchbaugh1
1 University of Idaho;
2 University of California, Davis - 2. An Ambassador for Range
Range professionals are representatives for these vast, poorly understood landscapes
Empower people with a sense or wonder
like looking at the ocean or the sky
Harnessing internet technologies - 3. A video journey
http://www.youtube.com/user/codysheehy#p/a/u/1/bcs70CfmtJU - 4. How much of the world is range?
47% of the EARTH is rangeland
36% of the US is rangeland
53% of Western States is rangeland - 5. Smart Phone Applications
SoilWeb: An online soil survey browser
http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu
Coming Soon
USDA PLANTS database - 6. A closer look at the landscape
http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/8156/ - 7. GigaPan
Theres more than meets the eye
A free community open site = anyone can upload and share
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Robotic Mount
Camera
Massive Gigapixel-sized images - 8. Google Earth
Create narrated tours
Annotate locations
Explore landscapes through time
Photos and images - 9. Bringing technology together
Case Study: Sacramento River Watershed Project
http://www.uphillemu.com/SRWP/index.html - 10. Stories from people on the land
Life on the Rangewww.lifeontherange.org - 11. YouTube
University of Wyoming CE - 12. Teaching Resources
- 13. Take home
Using technology helps to create a global community interconnected to other social networks
Able to deliver technology coupled with scientific information
Exploring broad scales from the very small to the very large
Readily accessible a myriad of resources at your fingertips - 14. Lovina [email protected]
Internet technologies for Rangeland Ambassadors