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Hodges, C. 2014. COBWEB: helping to map vegetation - work with Aberystwyth University. Presentation as part of the COBWEB Workshop, 22nd May 2014, y Plas, Dyfi, UK.

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Dr Cróna Hodges Research Officer Earth Observation Group, Aberystwyth University Y Plas, Machynlleth 20th May 2014 crh18@aber.ac.uk http://cobwebproject.eu/ COBWEB: Helping to map vegetation Work with Aberystwyth University
Presentation Outline • Existing work – Earth Observation – Land Cover and Habitat Mapping? • How COBWEB can help • Going forward - what we can give back
Earth Observation © iStockphoto (2014)
Vegetation and Land Cover: Why does it matter? • Important at every scale – Global: Understanding global agricultural resource, forest extent, distribution of sensitive habitat types, understanding climate change… – Regional: Mapping that informs policy for sensitive habitat management, monitoring biodiversity, understanding how vegetation changes… – Local: Protecting sensitive species, conservation management, our impact on the local environment…
Global land cover products • Include ‘GLC Share’ launched recently
Regional land cover products • Europe-wide and national datasets
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (2013) ©CountrysideCouncilforWales.Allrightsreserved. Local Vegetation and Land Cover Research
How COBWEB can help
How COBWEB can help
How COBWEB can help • In the field we need to know: – Our location, – Basemapping, – Information about what we are looking at, and – Photographs to support our field notes (preferably). • Mobile apps can be a valuable data collection tool
Going forward - What we can give back • Data that COBWEB can work with to meet data quality and data management objectives • Data that will be of interest to other academics and stakeholders • Field observations – descriptions/data about vegetation and habitat type • Geotagged photographs of vegetation and habitat types • …
THANK YOU crh18@aber.ac.uk

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COBWEB: helping to map vegetation - work with Aberystwyth University - Crona Hodges

  • 1. Dr Cróna Hodges Research Officer Earth Observation Group, Aberystwyth University Y Plas, Machynlleth 20th May 2014 crh18@aber.ac.uk http://cobwebproject.eu/ COBWEB: Helping to map vegetation Work with Aberystwyth University
  • 2. Presentation Outline • Existing work – Earth Observation – Land Cover and Habitat Mapping? • How COBWEB can help • Going forward - what we can give back
  • 4. Vegetation and Land Cover: Why does it matter? • Important at every scale – Global: Understanding global agricultural resource, forest extent, distribution of sensitive habitat types, understanding climate change… – Regional: Mapping that informs policy for sensitive habitat management, monitoring biodiversity, understanding how vegetation changes… – Local: Protecting sensitive species, conservation management, our impact on the local environment…
  • 5. Global land cover products • Include ‘GLC Share’ launched recently
  • 6. Regional land cover products • Europe-wide and national datasets
  • 7. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (2013) ©CountrysideCouncilforWales.Allrightsreserved. Local Vegetation and Land Cover Research
  • 10. How COBWEB can help • In the field we need to know: – Our location, – Basemapping, – Information about what we are looking at, and – Photographs to support our field notes (preferably). • Mobile apps can be a valuable data collection tool
  • 11. Going forward - What we can give back • Data that COBWEB can work with to meet data quality and data management objectives • Data that will be of interest to other academics and stakeholders • Field observations – descriptions/data about vegetation and habitat type • Geotagged photographs of vegetation and habitat types • …