GIS

and its application to Wildlife Science

by Melissa Hedges

1. Introduction
   • What do the acronyms GIS and GPS mean?
   • How are GPS and GIS used in Wildlife Science and other disciplines?
   • Why learn GPS/GIS?

    

2. GPS (Geographic Positioning Systems)
   • History and origins
   • How GPS works
     • Map reading
     • Satellites, ground stations
     • Latitude, longitude, altitude

    

3. GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
   • Hardware, software, data, people
   • Application of GPS data
   • Layers and mapmaking

    

4. Application to Wildlife Science
   • Display example of study (Smithsonian Institution Asian Elephant Project)

    

5. Conclusion
   • What did we learn?
   • How GPS and GIS help wildlife scientists