NOTES FROM NATURE - GEOREFERENCING EVENTS WeDigBio • October 8–11, 2026 LOVE MAPS? INTERESTED IN BIODIVERSITY? HELP US PUT MUSEUM SPECIMENS ON THE MAP! WHAT IS GEOREFERENCING? Georeferencing turns written descriptions of places into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). Many museum specimens were collected before GPS was widely available. Your help allows this valuable locality information to become mappable data for biodiversity research. Our current project focuses on plant specimens from the California Academy of Sciences. No California geography expertise is needed! FOUR DAYS • FOUR EVENTS ✓ No experience needed ✓ Free and open to everyone ✓ All you need is a computer + internet access ✓ Join one event or all four THU • OCT 8 BEGINNER'S COURSE: Georeferencing Museum Specimens 12–2 PM Pacific • 3–5 PM Eastern Learn the basics and try the new Notes from Nature tool. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/47gIiftgSCeltZByhIl0pw FRI • OCT 9 GEOREFERENCING HANGOUT 10–11 AM Pacific • 1–2 PM Eastern Drop in, georeference together and join in some fun activities. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HBO32XXMQQ-z63WbXL1r4Q SAT • OCT 10 GEOREFERENCING HANGOUT 9–10 AM Pacific • 12–1 PM Eastern Drop in, georeference together and join in some fun activities. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/s9ykMWYlQQKICpQzBC1wFA SUN • OCT 11 GEOREFERENCING HANGOUT 2–3 PM Pacific • 5–6 PM Eastern Drop in, georeference together and join in some fun activities. Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/8Kkdh9U_R1mMAPyZXsF1gA Prefer to work on your own? All training materials will be available closer to the event: georeferencing.org/training/2026-03-05-CAS/ Questions: notesfromnature.pm@gmail.com