Module 1: Data to Decision Making

• Introduction to Module

• Data Collection & Telemetry

  • Introduction

  • Bottom-up data collection

  • ICT Tool: CyberTracker

  • ICT Tool: ArcGIS Collector

  • Sapelli Collector

  • POI Mapper

  • Open Tree Map

  • Case Study: Rainforest Connection

  • Top-down data collection

  • Remote Sensing

  • Drone Mapping

  • Carnegie Airborne Observatory

  • Case Study: Congo Basin: Use of French Satellite to help forest management

  • Publicly Available Datasets

  • Deep Dive: Congo Basin CARPE

  • Deep Dive: Forest Europe

• Data Analysis & Visualization

  • Introduction

  • Types of analytical and visualization tools

  • Decision Support Systems (DSS) for Forestry

  • Google Earth Engine

  • IDRISI Earth Trends

  • CLASLite

  • Ushahidi

  • Moabi

  • Canopy/Plot Reduce/Plot Hound

  • Open Street Map

• Knowledge Products

  • Introduction

  • Types of knowledge products

  • Canada’s National Forest Information System

  • Malawi Spatial Data Portal (MASDAP)

• Decision Support Use