Workshops & Training

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    Over the years, GEOLocate has evolved to support diverse modes of operation suiting the variable needs of our users.  To maximize georeferencing efficiency and understanding, we are happy to participate in workshops and provide training to interested user groups on GEOLocate software and services.
Previous & upcoming workshops include:

• Unidad de Coordinación de GBIF en España. Madrid, Spain. March, 2009
• National Museums of Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya - July, 2010
• Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History Georeferencing Workshop. New Haven, Connecticut. Aug, 2010
• Tanzania Biodiversity Information Facility (Sponsored by GBIF-CEPDEC Pilot Project). Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. October, 2010
• National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens (Sponsored by The Atlas of Living Australia). Melbourne, Australia. February, 2011
• SANBI/SABIF Georeferencing Workshop, Cape Town South Africa. April 4-8, 2011
• ASB/SERNEC Herbarium Curators Workshop, Hunstville, Alabama. April 16, 2011
• Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)Georeferencing Workshop. San Francisco, California. May 21-22, 2011
• SERNEC/Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina. January 27-29, 2012
• Georeferencing Natural History Specimens. Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. May 24-30, 2012.
• SPNHC 2012 Georeferencing Workshop. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. June 10-11, 2012
• VertNet Biodiversity Informatics Training Workshop. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. June 24-30, 2012
• iDigBio Specimen Digitization Tools and Practices Workshop at Botany 2012. Columbus, Ohio. July 12, 2012
• iDigBio GWG Train the Trainers Workshop I. Gainesville, Florida. Oct 8-12, 2012

 To inquire about coordinating a training workshop for your institution or group contact: Nelson Rios  

GEOLocate Training Materials

Below you will find links to materials to help you learn to use and try out the various components of GEOLocate.

Using the GEOLocate Web Client:

• Practice localities to illustrate use of the GEOLocate web application.

Link the GEOLocate Web Client to Your Data in Excel:

• Within Excel it is possible to generate a hyperlink based upon your data which links out to the GEOLocate web api.
  Excel/GEOLocate WebClient Example Spreadsheet
  

Creating Data Files for Batch Processing:

• Instructions of how to format a file in Excel for import into GEOLocate.
• CSV file template (with Uncertainty Radius).Note: This template will allow you to use either the web or desktop application, but only the web application is capable of generating and editing the uncertainty radii.
• CSV file template (without Uncertainty Radius). For use with desktop or web based application.

Using the Batch Georeferencing Web Client:

• Demo of preloaded records. Phoxinus erythrogaster records from Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (44 records)

Creating Data Files for Collaborative Georeferencing:

• Instructions of how to format a file in Excel for import into the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Portal.
• Minimal CSV file template for uploading to the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Portal.
• Full CSV file template for uploading to the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Portal.

Videos:

• Using the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Client:
• Watch Online
• Stream/Dowmload Windows Media Video Format (WMV) (appox. 50 MB)
• Download MPEG-4 Format (MP4) (appox. 50 MB)

Sample Datasets:

Desktop and Web App Input Files:
• GEOLocate sample input file (10 records)
• GEOLocate sample input file with uncertainty radii (20 records)
• Fish locality records from Texas. GEOLocate csv input format (13,159 records)
• Demo of preloaded records. Phoxinus erythrogaster records from Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (44 records)
Collaborative Georeferencing Input Files:
• Selected HerpNet specimen records from Arkansas. Formatted for collaborative georeferencing (5,246 records)
• Minimal csv file for collaborative georeferencing. Random records selected from texas fish localities (250 records)
• Full csv file with minimum required data for collaborative georeferencing. Random records selected from texas fish localities (250 records)
Unformatted Data Files:
• Lungfish records from Queensland Australia. Raw csv format from FishNet2 (63 records)
• Cornell fish collection records via FishNet2 from Africa. Raw csv format (35 records)

Links:

• GEOLocate home page
• Collaborative geoereferencing web portal
• The case for representing uncertainty as polygons