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Master in Global Enviromental Change- Data Management and Information Design Session 1
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Data management and informationdesign
Session I
Welcome everybody!Data management and information design
Javier de la Torre
Sergio Alvarez
Andrew Hill
“The goal is to transform data into information, and information into insight” Carly Fiorina
Data management and information design
Make a differenceData, information, insight...
Learn how to tell stories from dataData and analysis together can make a story
Learn the techniques and ideasBiodiversity is our background
Global Environmental Change is about a lot of things...
2010The International Year of Biodiversity
The year in which new species continue to be found, butmore tigers live in captivity than in the wild
The International Year on Biodiversity
The year in which 34 per cent of Asia-Pacific CEOs and 53per cent of Latin American CEOs expressed concern about the impacts of biodiversity loss on their business growth prospects, compared to just 18 per cent of Western European CEOs (PwC, 2010)
The year in which there are 1.8 billion people using the internet, but 1 billion people still without access to an adequate supply of freshwater
To Hack with data to save the planetWhat do we want from you?
2-3 million species
P.N.Ordesa 7-7-79
Dr. Scott Mori, an expert in the Brazil nut family and tropical forests
7th July 1979
3 de Enero de 19797 de Julio de 1979
foto de ordesa
Osmoderma eremita
P.N.Ordesa 7-7-79
Primary data
mapa de europa con el punto del bicho
Este es el mismo mapa con muchos mas puntos de donde se encuentra ese bicho en Europa
Este es el mismo mapa con muchos mas puntos de donde se encuentra ese bicho en EuropaArea de distribucion real de los puntos en europa
Systematic conservationKnowing where species are
We need dataLots of data
datos primarios al final
175 million records on the web
http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org
But when there is not enough data...Knowing where species are
Este es el mismo mapa con muchos mas puntos de donde se encuentra ese bicho en Europa
Plano de condiciones ambientalesSummer precipitation Winter precipitation
Maximum temp. summer Average height
Plano de distribución potencial de la especie
Plano de distribución potencial de la especie
Plano de distribución potencial de la especie
Distribution simulation of Carex bigelowii for different scenarios
Pearson et al., 2002
Crotalaria pallida (FABACEAE)
Rafael Luís Fonseca
Ocurrence data, specimen-observation data
Environmental layers
Distribution models
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BibliographyBooks we want you to read
Organization and structureWhat about the classes?
TheoryScience modulesLabsHomework
Organization and structure
Intro to data communicationData basicsData processingData visualization
Theory
Biodiversity and TaxonomyBiodiversity IndicatorsNiche modelingPhylogeneticsGap AnalysisProtected Areas analysisEnvironmental Impact Assessments
Science modules
HomeworkAll to be published on the blog
We are changing it...What about the Syllabus?
IntroVisual communicationData, Data and DataPecha KuchaData ProcessingJon Hutton visitData VisualziationFinal project
Course structure
We want you to tell a story out of data, place it in Internet and promote it.
We will help you with the data analysis and visualization but we want you to pick up the story.
Final project
Stay awake and be proactiveIt is a lot of content
Communication is keyInternet,Internet and Internet
“They say Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, but I think that a laughing gas factory would be pretty tough competition” - Greg Pettit
Let’s compete!
Most interesting blog postMost visited postBest project
promote your postsUse in whatever is in your hands to
Wiki demoClass tools
Questions?Probably I am missing things...
Creating your own online presenceSession I - LAB
TwitterTumblrGithub
Sign on...
Fill a user profile on the WikiSession I - Homework
https://github.com/andrewxhill/DMID/wiki/2011-Class-Profiles
Download refineSession I - Homework
http://code.google.com/p/google-refine/
Find a good conservation documentary
Session I - Homework
There is thousands on Internet, choose one and share it over Twitter and Facebook.
