I would like to make a map to show clearly where my fish survey points were. However I am not yet sure whether I can create this in QGIS - it depends on whether can obtain a suitable base map, as just putting the coordinates on a blank sheet would not mean much.
That sounds great. Eventuallt I would like to work up to something like that, especially for the Banggai cardinalfish which has been the main focus of my research and conservation work, but also for my friend’s seahorse research and other taxa as well.
My research focuses on a single (very large) social group of primates, but there are several other neighboring groups in the vicinity. It would be very interesting to plot the locations of each group at some point in time, ideally using point data representing locations of individuals, where individuals are color coded by group of origin. If we had the data, I would like to map movement of migrating males between the groups.
Turns out it’s more challenging than I thought, I wanted to make it a 3D looking hillshade map but I need to lower the intensity or resolution of it because it just looks way too busy
this is a really cool idea, and great for making future plans for combating invasives. How often would you update a map like this, yearly? And with the types of plants you have, would you record that as raster or vector?
That’s a really cool point, do you know how one would create that sort of later? A raster polygon with a color density variance reflecting the time spent, maybe?
To show the location of artificial rock pools and the tide height at which they sit.
In my thesis I use QGIS to draw maps, in them the message is to show the distribution of the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in South America, I also show the locations where I found the specimens with which I am working.
For which I use vector layers and points to locate the corresponding coordinates.
The easiest way to create a map like that is to generate a grid map of appropriate size, then use one of the overlay functions to overlay your obseravtions on your grid map and summarise the “time” attribute of all the obseravtions within that grid cell to get a “total time” for the grid.
There are quiet a lot of other approaches so depends on exactly what it is you are trying to find out - happ to provide some one to one tution on this if you want - email directly at jongatward@ntlworld.com if you are interested.
I would like to create a map representing the distribution of leopards, and human settlements. The human-leopard interaction (based on intensity level) zone of the area.
I do not have my own data so I will think about previous projects that I have been involved in and think about what their potential messages were. One project collected spatial data from collared male lions in Southern Africa. The goal was to look at where the lions spent time between protected areas, address human-wildlife conflict in those areas, and create wildlife corridors between protected areas. A map with a message like this would need to include boundaries of protected areas, points where lions were detected between reserves, and could include a shaded area to suggest the pathway of the wildlife corridor and where to focus human-wildlife conflict resolution efforts.
I do not have my own data, however, in theory, I would like to be able to make maps that illustrate the occurrence of rare plant species throughout a monitoring area. If species occurrences correlated with abiotic factors, it’d be great to also show those (i.e. water sources).
I would like to map a species’ distribution in different landuses.
The message of my map is to show fish distribution in South African mangroves and in Inhambane Bay, Mozambique.
One of the maps i am trying to make is to show peat depths across different habitats on the estate, to show if plantation forestry is on previous peatbog sites. I want to highlight the data points to show those above 50cm as different to those below 50cm.
@NicWill You may want to investigate the “interpolation” functions within QGIS that allow you to create a “surface” from a number of peat depth sample points. Do get in touch with me direct at jongatward@ntlworld.com if you would like further info on how to do this - I can offer one-to-one tution on a 1/2 hourly or hourly basis on how to approach project specific tasks using QGIS.
I’ve done a lot of peat depth modelling in the work I have undertaken for Environmental Impact Assessments for major wind farm developments that often need to do the Geotech analysis on peat disturbance (the foundations required for wind turbines are quiet substantial and are difficult in areas of deep peat!).
I would like to create a map to show the distribution of microplastics in South African estuaries and maybe one day expand to other estuaries and oceans.
To illustrate public sighting data of red-billed choughs in Jersey and demonstrate where choughs are most commonly seen, including uncertainty of sightings.