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From: Jessica Tyrrell <jesstyr87@comcast.net>
To: erich.hoyt@virgin.net, pita@whale.wheelock.edu
Subject: GIS and GPS used in tracking marine mammals
Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2003, 7:27 PM
Dear Mr. Hoyt,
How can GIS and GPS be used to track marine mammals?
Sincerely.
Jessica Tyrell
BCIT student
GIS and remote
sensing class
GPS offers many practical advantages in the field in terms of accurate data
collection (as part of a suite of records taken during sightings). As tools
for mapping, they are very important for marine mammal conservation, in work
that relates to studies of abundance and distribution, food (prey)
distribution, and habitat protection, among other things. GIS mapping is
changing the way we perceive the ocean, and is helping us understand why
whales go where they do, and why they find particular parts of the ocean
more desirable than others. This will help us better define their habitat
which will allow improved conservation through marine protected areas and
other means.
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