Grace Kellner
On Wednesday this week, we met to look over our data and prepare our spreadsheets so that we can start analyzing our data. I always forget how much more difficult this is than I think it will be. I have mine set up and half of my data entered. Alyson and I also worked with Pathfinder to try and transfer our points into ArcMap. She got all but three of her points, which is good, but also a little worrisome because it could cause problems if everybody is missing a few points. I had intended to transfer my points in the GIS lab in Burdick on Thursday, but it turns out that Pathfinder hasn't been re installed on the master computer in there yet this semester, so I will try to do it when we get back from spring break.
On Friday, Ali and I went out to transfer her SD cards in the cameras. It was a wonderful day to be outside, although a touch warm. Alyson let us use her camera to make sure the pictures all worked. Unfortunately, the Sample 2 site had no pictures at all on the SD card. This could definitely be a problem for Ali. We were out there from 1:45 to about 3:45 and we visited all sites. When we got back, we helped Alyson pick through some of her macroinvertebrate samples. I vaguely remember doing this in Ecology many semesters ago, but it was fun for me to relearn how to do it and get some practice doing it. We also got to help Kyle and Josh with their samples, although there were a few unfortunate technical difficulties. It was really interesting to me to know what everyone else was doing and get experience in a variety of activities.
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