NatureMapping Emerging Technologies

GIS

Learning the concepts of GIS through Powerpoint and Excel

GIS is a powerful tool that demands consistency and an understanding of spatial scales, as well as the connection between data tables and the pictures on the screen.

Powerpoint and Excel are programs that can teach you the interconnectedness of GIS data layers. The following is a tutorial of how to develop a GIS layer and relate data to the points or polygons.

View PowerPoint GIS Tutorial (ppt)

Community Explorer

Learn to use GIS to help evaluate the relationship between Spartina and Willapa Bay’s oyster beds.

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NatureTracker

NatureTracker is used to gather and map fish, wildlife, insects, and plant data. Utilizing CyberTracker's unique ability to display icons, text or both, data collection is much faster and consistent; allowing data from one project to match data from different projects within a state or between states. As each state's NatureTracker "sequence" is developed, species lists and codes are included into a national table that will allow users to use state specific species lists by clicking the name of the state they are in, yet the data collection screens are exactly the same.