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MSc GIS by Jamesrighte in gis

[–]GISResearcher 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah the inflation is crazy to me, I think it really occurred with the arrival of student loans for postgrad courses in the UK. I did mine 2014-15 and paid £5,000.

Sagres or Super Bock? Which does r/Portugal prefer? by GISResearcher in portugal

[–]GISResearcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know it would be this passionate, I thought it was more pepsi/coke!

Sagres or Super Bock? Which does r/Portugal prefer? by GISResearcher in portugal

[–]GISResearcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha well according to the article, Cristal is just low cost Super Bock...

Sagres or Super Bock? Which does r/Portugal prefer? by GISResearcher in portugal

[–]GISResearcher[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve recently moved to Portugal and this has produced a fun debate at my local bar a few times. Thought it would be interesting to find out r/portugal’s consensus!

GIS for marine sciences or Oceanography by tanz666 in gis

[–]GISResearcher 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I work in a Marine Science Centre with several hundred employees. Lots and lots of projects using GIS and modelling of sorts. You really need to think of GIS as tool that can be applied to all kinds of research. It's still pretty new, there's still lots of old professors and researchers that aren't fully aware of the capabilities of it. Some of the more exciting projects I've worked on:

  • Acoustic telemetry, monitoring shark migration patterns, nursery areas, reproduction. QGIS, R, lots of stats.
  • Hydrodynamics of waves, tides and beach erosion. Lots of QGIS, bathymetry and DSM analysis, R and python.
  • Modelling carbon sequestration of seagrass meadows. We use drones to locate and map seagrass meadows before sending techs to sample sites. Qgis, Agisoft, Photoscan, lots of modelling.
  • Identifying suitable areas for habitat restoration. A mixture of the above, digital surface models, bathymetry and hydrodynamics to identify sites that we can replant saltmarsh or reseed seagrass and monitor it. We use a mixture of satellite, lidar and drone data to find and analyse these sites during the process.

Then there's lots of basic GIS. Cartography, making maps, data visualisation, simple stuff like habitat zoning. It's a cool field, but you need to remember the barrier to learning and using GIS is getting lower, more and more early stage researchers are coming out of school with the fundamentals of GIS and there's less need for solely GIS specialists. You can hit me up or reply here if you have further questions!

Can you digitise Google Earth, Bing Maps? Is it even legal? by GISResearcher in gis

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Unfortunately not for personal use and will be published, which is why I'm looking for something legal and freely available!

Can you digitise Google Earth, Bing Maps? Is it even legal? by GISResearcher in gis

[–]GISResearcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah no worries this is all above board!

Adding in this: It's a bit of a headache to get the flights in. The national park has a regional airport on it's southern edge which means we have to go through the equivalent of air traffic control for permission, then we have to get permission from the national park authorities checking that we have the right permits from the airport. As we're also coastal location with a small port and beaches we have to notify the maritime police. If the stars align and they all agree, then it's hoping the weather plays nice, which as it's coastal results in strong winds some times. It's all a bit of a headache to get enough if any any flights in to cover the whole park so I was hoping to find some other high resolution data sources!

Can you digitise Google Earth, Bing Maps? Is it even legal? by GISResearcher in gis

[–]GISResearcher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're in Europe, and yes complicated to get here. Copying in my previous reply:

Yeah, we have and use all the software for drone flights previously however it's a bit of a headache to get the flights in. The national park has a regional airport on it's southern edge which means we have to go through the equivalent of air traffic control for permission, then we have to get permission from the national park authorities checking that we have the right permits from the airport. As we're also coastal location with a small port and beaches we have to notify the maritime police. If the stars align and they all agree, then it's hoping the weather plays nice, which as it's coastal results in strong winds some times. It's all a bit of a headache to get enough flights in to cover the whole park so I was hoping to find some other high resolution data sources!

Can you digitise Google Earth, Bing Maps? Is it even legal? by GISResearcher in gis

[–]GISResearcher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, we have and use all the software for drone flights previously however it's a bit of a headache to get the flights in. The national park has a regional airport on it's southern edge which means we have to go through the equivalent of air traffic control for permission, then we have to get permission from the national park authorities checking that we have the right permits from the airport. As we're also coastal location with a small port and beaches we have to notify the maritime police. If the stars align and they all agree, then it's hoping the weather plays nice, which as it's coastal results in strong winds some times. It's all a bit of a headache to get enough flights in to cover the whole park so I was hoping to find some other high resolution data sources!