R-Studio

Over the past few years, William Cinea, an established botanist and entrepreneur, and his team of botanists, have collected over 10,000 data points that identify rare, endemic, and invasive species within Macaya National Park, the largest national park in Haiti. Each of these data points contains coordinate information, photo documentation, and species notes. His data has the potential to inform species conservation status, help establish government-sponsored park management plans, and be used to gain global funding and support for local community wellbeing projects.

The purpose of this independent research project was to utilize data science and GIS programming to transform William’s data into a private, interactive, self-updating geodatabase that may be used for data collection and analysis purposes.

Note: Because this data is private, a link to explore this application is only accessible by request.

ArcGIS Pro, Field Maps, Online

In the Fall of 2023, staff members took the time to map the location of the attributed trees benches, plaques, and areas around Naples Botanical Garden. This information was used to create an interactive web-map which shares the precise locations of the tribute flora and plaques throughout the Garden.

Note: A link to this map will be shared once the application is publicly available.

ArcGIS Online, FieldMaps

This interactive survey allows its users to upload the GPS location, name, and treatment status of invasive species on site. Web-based, participating staff can use their phones to input, update, and record information on the map in real-time.

ArcGIS FieldMaps, Survey123

The Naples Botanical Garden Conservation Horticulture team is hard at work surveying, monitoring, and collecting plant species within our Garden, local, and global community. An interactive survey map was created so that the team could ID the location, date, and detailed information for each plant they collect.

P4 Multispectral Drone, DroneDeploy

By studying phenological processes in the cypress systems at Naples Botanical Garden, the Conservation Team hopes to gain a better understanding of how these wetland ecosystems may respond to hurricanes, climate change and other human impacts on these systems.

DJI P4 Pro, DroneDeploy

Comparative imagery of beach dunes pre and post Hurricane Ian are helping to support research on ways South Florida, and other coastal communities may enhance biodiversity, resiliency, and ecosystem functionality in the face of climate change.