Michele Tobias

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Beach Biogeography, Spatial Data Science, Cartography, Kite Aerial Photography, Science Art, Open Source, Programming, PhD, #osgeo former board member, #gischat #womeningis
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2954-8710
GitHubhttps://github.com/MicheleTobias
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Michele TobiasFeb 25, 2025

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Michele Tobias, PhD (@micheletobias.bsky.social)

California Beach Biogeography & Geomorphology, Geospatial Data Science, Cartography, Open Source, and definitely some cats. OSGeo - FOSS4G - #gischat - #maptimeDavis

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Michele TobiasSep 30, 2024
This work furthers our (very limited) understanding of California's coastal dune systems. I hope the data will be made publicly available.
https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/studying-climate-potential-californias-dunes
Studying the climate potential of California’s dunes

Few Californians know that the state’s coastline once featured humped dunes on over a quarter of its beaches. Today, in some places up to 98% of those dunes are gone, lost to development — flattened for the sake of modern beach aesthetics or, in some cases, to mine the sand.

California Sea Grant
Michele TobiasSep 25, 2024
I'm working on an introductory workshop on GIS data. What currently feels like a barrier for getting started with GIS or geospatial data? What's that annoying thing that keeps you from going farther? #gischat
Michele TobiasSep 25, 2024
School's back in session at UC Davis, which means you've got to be very careful moving around campus. I narrowly avoided a collision with another car driving unpredictably on my way to the parking lot (no biking on allergy shot days) and a woman walking in the MU suddenly spun around and walked right into me.
Michele TobiasSep 25, 2024
Dear journals: if you do not tell me your art specs, I *will* open a recent issue's pdf in Inkscape and find out how big your columns are that way. It's better if you tell me what you want though up front.
Michele TobiasSep 20, 2024
I started today with cartography - making a map for a law professor's publication - then shifted to working on a new introductory workshop about spatial data formats. #gischat
Michele TobiasSep 19, 2024

I used to know how to do this in #qgis but it's been years:
I've got a label made up of three attributes, each on their own line. How do I make the first one bold?

Label Example:

Name <- make this bold
County Population
Number of Homeowners

Michele TobiasSep 18, 2024
pokateo maps 🥔🗺️Sep 18, 2024
What's your favorite GIS hack #gischat?
Michele TobiasSep 17, 2024
I just came from a focus group to help UC Davis with strategies to support open source projects. It was fun to connect with people working across campus and hear that they have the same goals and struggles as the projects I'm involved with. Looking forward to what comes out of this!
Michele TobiasSep 15, 2024
The Geohipster Calendar submission deadline is just about a month away!
https://www.geohipster.com/2024/07/12/2025-calendar-submissions/ #gischat
2025 Calendar Submissions - GeoHipster

It’s that time of year. In order to make this smoother this year the first official calendar recipient is me to make sure there are no glaring errors like “Hey it’s not 1984”. We’re excited to issue the call for maps for contributions for the 2025 GeoHipster calendar. Entries are subject to these rules, and […]

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