Instructors

• Stefano Casalegno University of Exeter, UK - Spatial-Ecology.
• Marcin Jakubowski Open Source Ecology.
• Darren Doherty The Regrarians platform.

Schedule

The Open Source Mapping and Site Design workshop is an immersion 5 day experience in farm and landscape planning and design. We will go through a complete process of generating a site plan and map – geared especially at regenerative land use.
Participants will learn basic competence in open source Geographical Information Systems (GIS) software, open source aerial drone mapping, surveying, geolocating, data collection, planting design, and site design.
The tangible outcome are a baseline composite map, and an initial master plan for plantings, earthworks, ponds, and the built environment – as influenced by the nature of the site. The design framework will be based around principles of landscape architecture, Yeoman’s Scale of Permanence, keyline design, and regenerative agriculture.

• Virtualization software and installation
• Introduction to Linux operating system
• OSlive Geo Virtual machine.

• Geographic projections, projections in US, maps, topography - read, topography - video and GIS data
• GIS data: raster formats - vector formats (min2:35)
• History and basic GIS functionalities
• Getting started with Qgis
• Web gis applications.

• Satellite Data Repository
• vector and rasters base maps layers
• Open Street Map
• GPS data
• Airborne imagery

• Introduction Start a new project - acquire Lidar data.
• Hydrological modelling for site design
• Terrain modelling for keyline site design
• GIS toolbox for Permaculture and Site design

• Local climate parameters

• Sampling data on the field: soil ecology, carbon stocks and physical parameters.
• Georeferencing and importing data from field samples.

• A gentle introduction to low cost DIY UAV mapping for farmers and site design. (Cristiano Giovando: Terraplan - Humanitarian Open Street Map)
• Ground points settings
• Drone Flights
• Georeferencing and importing data from aerial images