Biomapper is a kit of GIS and statistical tools designed to build habitat suitability (HS) models and maps for organisms. It is based on the Ecological Niche Factor Analysis (ENFA) which enables HS models to be created without requiring absence data (e.g., data documenting locations where the organism is not present). ENFA determines which e ...
Last Update: 2009
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By Alex Rivera, Digital Culture Desk
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By Alex Rivera, Digital Culture Desk
To the uninitiated, it looks like a random assortment of a common name (Ruben) and a Spanish noun ( lamina , meaning sheet, blade, or laminate). But to digital anthropologists, handles like rubenalamina are artifacts of modern identity—a blend of the personal, the poetic, and the purely practical. Let’s break it down. "Ruben" is a name of Latin origin meaning "behold, a son." It is warm, human, and traditional. "Alamina," however, is the wildcard. In Spanish, lámina refers to a thin sheet of material—paper, metal, or glass—or even a printed plate in a book. rubenalamina
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