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<p><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Please join us
<b>Tuesday, May 14<sup>th</sup> </b>for a webinar on integrating digital biodiversity data into teaching.</span></i><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Title:
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;font-weight:normal">Using QGIS, to view, validate, & clean up localities in an accession</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Abstract:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Spatial data related to voucher
specimens are fundamental for biodiversity research. These data come in many formats, from textual descriptions of locations to latitude/longitude coordinates or Well-Known Text (WKT) representations of coordinate reference systems. Curators and managers of
museum collections incorporate spatial data when cataloging new specimen records, and validation of such data is essential for ensuring and improving data quality and discovery. This webinar will discuss some workflows for viewing, validating, and cleaning
locality data prior to integration into a collection management information system. Specifically, we will present ways of cleaning Excel spreadsheets (e.g., when coordinate data are in variable formats), and will talk about how to use opensource GIS tools
to map and validate locations. Although our focus is on Arctos (<a href="https://arctosdb.org/"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">https://arctosdb.org</span></a>), these workflows can be applied more broadly to help
improve the quality of spatial data available for biodiversity research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We recommend installing a <a href="https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">free download</span></a> of
QGIS (LongTermRelease version) so that participants can follow along during the webinar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Presenters:</span></strong><span style="color:black"> <span style="background:white">Michelle Koo (Biodiversity Informatics and
GIS Staff Curator) and Carla Cicero (Staff Curator of Birds) at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">When: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 at 3pm ET</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Where: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__idigbio.adobeconnect.com_room&d=DwMFAg&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=_ACjGCbvHFKcpC0UQMLaKuxM2mfCJKHqqAEOVM14NUY&m=ywlzAcc0y6Qseo7zfdm0Xl3L_uzCPnhDDSlqnWbac38&s=7gETVNyhBEpm-ck9AfPgm_OBhBGq40r2bCVvzt6WLP8&e=" target="_blank" id="LPlnk428565"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/room</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Can’t Make It?:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> View archived recordings
here <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__arctosdb.org_learn_webinars_&d=DwMFAg&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=O66SDOkElKwRkmkyUpBx_j4GK4_RTv4F23S5fl-2z6Y&m=wZgT7Rjmtgl-EEsA-JreITDu8YcEUBmrCdqDtDsroNI&s=jmnCf7-msMtQGUgc6Ti3lLzmdnjJl9FRntSou_K8Fqw&e="><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://arctosdb.org/learn/webinars/</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This is the 17th in a series of webinars on Arctos brought to you by the Arctos Working Group and kindly hosted by iDigBio.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Emily Braker</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Vertebrate Collections Manager, Zoology Section</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">University of Colorado Museum of Natural History</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">265 UCB, Bruce Curtis Building</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Boulder, CO 80309-0218</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7F7F7F">Phone: 303-492-8466</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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