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    RESOURCES OVERVIEW

    The primary resources for this class fall into two categories: platforms for content curation (Are.na + Zotero) and for remote sensing-based geospatial analysis (e.g., Google Earth Engine) and related learning resources (EEFA, ARSET, etc). There is a vast and growing world of online resources for both of categories, so this is not by any means an exhaustive list! While we will definitely lean heavily on Are.na (for collecting and posting dossier materials) and Zotero (for organizing, sharing, and annotating readings), the Remote Sensing Resources list is somewhat more fluid. The key resources there are the Google Earth Engine Developer site the Earth Engine Fundamentals and Applications book (EEFA). We might add (or subtract) items depending on what we’re all most interested in, so keep an eye on this page and the Are.na Resources channel.


      CONTENT CURATION

        Are.na

      Are.na is a free curatorial platform for saving digital content, creating collections of that content, and connecting with other collections and members. We will use Are.na as an informal space for gathering interesting materials, posting dossier content, and sharing resources with each other. 

      It’s a simple and useful tool to quickly bookmark, collect, and organize digital media without knowing exactly where you’re heading, or what that material will do for you in the longer term. Students, artists, and designers often use it as an individual and/or collective repository for images, videos, texts, and other media; you’ll inevitably spend time exploring other members’ collections, called channels, and the items they contain, called blocks. You can either clip directly from your web browser (using a plugin) or manually link or upload materials.

        Zotero
       
      You probably already know about Zotero as a bibliography manager through its integration with common word processors like Microsoft Word and Google Docs.  While I highly encourage you to use Zotero this way, we’re also going to use it to compile and share course readings in a Group Library. Everyone will need a Zotero account (sign up using your UChicago email address for free and unlimited storage) to access the Library; I’ll send an invite out after the first session.  


        REMOTE SENSING RESOURCES

      For our workshops we’ll be using Google Earth Engine (EE), a cloud-based geospatial processing platform used primarily with remote-sensed imagery and other data. We’ll spend time during the first session talking about the basics of EE, EEFA and other Earth Observation (EO) platforms and tutorials, and Awesome-GEE-Community-Catalog, a public repository for data prepped for Earth Engine. 

      More detailed information will be made available for the workshops-- stay tuned!