Minds Behind Maps Emily Darling & Kim Fisher - The Challenges of Mapping Coral Reefs When Satellites Can't See Them - #MBM 23
Jun 15, 2022
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Emily Darling & Kim Fisher both work at the Wildlife Conservation Society, respectively as the Director of Coral Reef & as Spatial Analyst. They have developed MERMAID, a platform enabling coral reef scientists to aggregate & share their data together. One of the main challenges they tackle being most measurements need to happen in the field as opposed to being able to leverage satellite imagery.
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About Emily:
About Kim:
Shownotes
- MERMAID
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Allen Coras Atlas
- SparkGeo
- Books & Podcast Recomendations:
Timestamps
- 00:00 - Introduction
- 03:07 - Kim & Emily presenting themselves
- 07:49 - Computer Science & Data at the service of Science
- 17:30 - A symbiotic relationship Software Engineering & Marine Biology
- 23:38 - High level overview of what MERMAID is
- 26:52 - What problem does MERMAID solve?
- 32:28 - Getting traction on a scientific tool
- 37:37 - Stories on top of the data
- 46:00 - Another simple question: Why is coral reef important?
- 49:55 - Working with Policy Makers
- 55:28 - Coral Reef is still measured with pen & paper
- 1:01:55 - Partnering with SparkGeo, a geospatial consultancy
- 1:10:54 - Thinking about projects over the long term
- 1:12:45 - Financing a Non-Profit project
- 1:19:40 - Transparency in Non-Profits through Open-Source
- 1:25:45 - The impact of Data Science on Emily’s work
- 1:29:01 - Book & Podcast Recommendations
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