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What if Google decides to discontinue Google Scholar?
Since Google discontinued Google reader I have always been wondering; what if they decide to stop with Google Scholar? If you are lucky enough to have access to an university library, you should be fine. But there are also a … Continue reading
Calculating the raster cell area of an unprojected raster layer
What if you get a raster layer with number of people per raster cell, like for example the population layer from Afripop, and you want to convert it to a population density layer? Well, obviously, you need to divide the … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, GIS software, GRASS GIS, research tools, tools
Tagged GRASS GIS, R, raster, surface area
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Stratified random sampling in QGIS
In my previous post I described how you can create a random stratified sampling using GRASS GIS. Unlike in GRASS GIS however, QGIS has a dedicated tool to do this. You can find it under ‘research tools’ in ‘Vector’ menu.
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Tagged ftools, QGIS, random points, random sampling, random stratified sampling, sampling design
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Stratified random sampling in GRASS GIS
There are various options to create a vector or raster layers with random sample points, including v.random, r.random and r.random.cells. The first two generate random points within the defined region. However, only r.random will respect the mask if set. The … Continue reading
Integrating Maxent, R and GRASS GIS
The maximum-entropy (Maxent) methods is one of the most widely used approaches for species habitat modelling. It has its own dedicated software, the Maxent software (written in java and therefore cross-platform). The software is easy to use and includes fairly … Continue reading
OpenGeoDa – cross-platform and open source
GeoDa has been around for a while. It is a great and user-friendly tools for spatial analysis. It was however only available for Windows. That was last time I looked (quite some time ago). I just checked out their website, … Continue reading
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Tagged GeoDa, point pattern analysis, spatial analysis
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JournalTOCs – a convenient way to follow your favorite journals
I just came across JournalTOCs. It is a website for, and I am quoting, “anyone who’s looking for the latest or most current papers published in the scholarly literature with international coverage”. It is a free service with a very … Continue reading
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Tagged citation, journal, literature, references, research, scholarly literature, TOC, Zotero
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Checking the analogies of known places
On the GRASS user email list, a new script for GRASS GIS was just announced; r.finder. The script can be used to check the analogies of places with known characteristics and to show the most similar areas in the region. … Continue reading
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Tagged analogies, GRASS GIS, script, similarities
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Interesting list of mobile apps used in field work
A list of smartphone applications used in field work by ecology-l members: http://www.wec.ufl.edu/faculty/brunae/AppList.php
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