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#Agenda - final assignments, see http://tinyurl.com/idbttt2   
#Agenda - final assignments, see http://tinyurl.com/idbttt2   
##(Deb put in edits from google doc).
##(Deb put in edits from google doc).
##Define 2.5 hour block on Thursday (Nelson, Deb, Una, David...)
##Define 2.5 hour block on Thursday (Jessica, Nelson, Deb, Una, David...)
Workflows, who is going to cover what, and order.
Workflows, who is going to cover what, and order.
some proposed ideas:
some proposed ideas:
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##What time (exactly) do we want to meet on Sunday, August 11th?
##What time (exactly) do we want to meet on Sunday, August 11th?
###Yes, 6:30-8:30 PM, 105 classroom building
###Yes, 6:30-8:30 PM, 105 classroom building
##. Status of "Preparing for a Georeferencing Workshop"?  
##. Status of "Preparing for a Georeferencing Workshop"?


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Revision as of 16:42, 23 July 2013

GWG notes 23 July 2013

Topics

  1. Agenda - final assignments, see http://tinyurl.com/idbttt2
    1. (Deb put in edits from google doc).
    2. Define 2.5 hour block on Thursday (Jessica, Nelson, Deb, Una, David...)

Workflows, who is going to cover what, and order. some proposed ideas:

Una: A Georeferencing Workflow: Specify, GEOLocate, and Paleontological Data
    What works, what doesn't, expected / unexpected challenges
    What would make it faster
Nelson: GEOLocate: A Complete Georeferencing Workflow
Nelson and David and perhaps Carol (David will ask): Repatriation Issues
Deb: Expert or Novice, what to expect
Sample Workflows from the Participants for Discussion
  1. Data Cleaning / Data Enhancement block (Nelson, Una, Deb)
Why data in Excel is tricky business...
Try OpenRefine to clean your data (Demo by Deb, Una and Nelson)
From steps to clean up trailing white spaces
To using an API to enhance data
  1. Last minute items
    1. T-shirt (Jeremy's still on vacation - T-shirt needs design work)
    2. Deb's working on trivia questions
    3. What to put on pre-reading / viewing list and when (exactly) to send.
      1. Monday August 29th, same list as last year.
    4. What time (exactly) do we want to meet on Sunday, August 11th?
      1. Yes, 6:30-8:30 PM, 105 classroom building
    5. . Status of "Preparing for a Georeferencing Workshop"?

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