Presentation by Lovina Roselle, University of Idaho, presented at the 2011 Society for Range Management in Billings, MT.

1. Internet Technologies for Rangeland Ambassadors Lovina Roselle1, Cody Sheehy2, & Karen Launchbaugh1 1 University of Idaho; 2 University of California, Davis

2. An “Ambassador” for Range Range professionals are representatives for these vast, poorly understood landscapes Empower people with a sense or wonder… …like looking at the ocean or the sky Harnessing internet technologies

3. A video journey http://www.youtube.com/user/codysheehy#p/a/u/1/bcs70CfmtJU

4. How much of the world is range? 47% of the EARTH is rangeland 36% of the US is rangeland 53% of Western States is rangeland

5. Smart Phone Applications SoilWeb: An online soil survey browser http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu Coming Soon… USDA PLANTS database

6. A closer look at the landscape http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/8156/

7. GigaPan “There’s more than meets the eye” A free community open site = anyone can upload and share + Robotic Mount Camera Massive Gigapixel-sized images

8. Google Earth Create narrated tours Annotate locations Explore landscapes through time Photos and images

9. Bringing technology together Case Study: Sacramento River Watershed Project http://www.uphillemu.com/SRWP/index.html

10. Stories from people on the land Life on the Rangewww.lifeontherange.org

11. YouTube University of Wyoming CE

12. Teaching Resources

13. Take home Using technology helps to create a global community – interconnected to other social networks Able to deliver technology coupled with scientific information Exploring broad scales – from the very small to the very large Readily accessible – a myriad of resources at your fingertips

14. Lovina Rosellelovina@uidaho.edu208-885-6536 Internet technologies for Rangeland Ambassadors