Maps help us to chart the right path. Biological conservation is a ‘path’ that many of us care about, and thus a biodiversity map is needed to create a concrete plan to avoid the extinction of much-loved species. Jorge Velásquez-Tibatá and his team shared a new effective way of mapping species, an alternative to the industry-standard of hand-drawn mapping. This automated workflow provides both a more accurate representation of animals’ geographical distribution and requires less time and knowledge – only a simple understanding of “Geographic Information Systems” is needed. Read full article here
