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here is a map i generated using ArcMap... ArcMap is a program designed for analyzing and manipulating geospatial data...

the map shows the general distribution of Python reticulatus in relation to average yearly temperatures recorded in this region of the world.

do you like the symbols i put in the legend on the right?
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Yes!! That is great!! I assume the mainland tics cause death? Great map when can I go?

DREW

PS here is a man eater!!! LOL

here is your man eater

thanks man!!

more maps coming soon!!

Nice map, ESRI has some great GIS software. My only suggestion would be to remove the distribution legends from Sri Lanka and all of India except the extreme eastern section near Bangladesh.

Kelly

i tried to go back and edit but the program kept crashing and i didnt feel like creating another mdx...

as we can see GIS technology can have many applications... now who wants to go on a cross country trip through indonesia collecting gps data as it related to reticulated python habitat and distribution. you could find out all kinds of things... types of refuge, nesting microhabitats, game trials and frequency of retics on these trails(types of habits that retics catch prey in)... your only limited by your imagination.

here is another mdx showing distribution as it related to average yearly precipitation. sorry but precip is measured in mm not inches.

are you using. ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo ?

Kelly

i have ArcGIS 9: ArcView student edition on my laptop... i do have full access at school.

i have taken GIS I and GIS for environmental sciences... i was gonna do a cert but i think i got out what i need.

kelly, how are you familiar with the software?
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I work for the City Public Works Department and I supervise several people who use ArcInfo and/or ArcView to identify and map environmental and infrastructure attributes. Most of our infrastructure systems, land uses, and major geographical features have been spatially identified with GPS and then subsequently linked to our GIS system. The flexibility of these ESRI products is incredibly diverse as you probably know, especially for any type of geospatial database management.

Kelly

it is amazing the things you can do with GIS, its a very powerful tool!!!

its also a pretty hot job market that is just gonna keep getting hotter... i know some people who are making $75,000yr just for editing code... doing code isnt the most exciting job in the world though. lol!
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here is a map showing locality retics of the bonerate island chain...

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Wow, it's great to finally have a good reticulatus Locale Map. BWatkins, are you currently conducting any research on P. reticulatus jampeanus? I just recently was awarded a research grant to measure and analyze predatory constriction of jUvenile Thai Reticulated Pythons. It's great to know there are some other people out there investigating the natural history of this species.

Cheers,
Nick

hi nicolas,

no research, just a basement herpetologist...

that would be cool to go over to the bonerates - next to wildlife, i heard that scuba diving is some of the best in the world!!! i know that if one could get funding for this kind of research (collect and document data on all the island locality retics) there would be lots to publish!!!

as far as research, i am an undergrad studying zoology... i do take some independent study courses relating to plethodontid (n. american salamander) physiology.

i would love to go overseas and spend some time in the jumgle. your lucky to get that kind of funding... i dont think anybody knows exactly the life history of juvinille retics... they are very interesting critters!!!

send me your email to watkinsherpetological@hotmail.com so we can chat more...

thanks,
brian
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