This repo does not have any code and serves as a summary of an EarthRanger and Tableau-based project. I completed the project for Loisaba Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, during an internship I had there in the fall of 2022. While at Loisaba, I worked both as an assistant to the conservation officer and as an apprentice safari guide.
Part of my work with the conservation officer involved using EarthRanger, a protected area management tool, and leveraging its integration with Tableau, to automate the monthly creation of maps and figures relating to wildlife sightings by security patrols. I also developed a system to track tourist game drives in EarthRanger and map them in Tableau. This increased the pool of wildlife sighting data feeding Loisaba management's decisions. In addition, it enabled Loisaba to begin giving tourists a digital keepsake, showing them where they went on game drives, and what they saw during their visit.
Below are examples of automated maps I made summarizing monthly sightings of key herbivore and carnivore species, as well as carcasses.
Below is an example of an interactive map I made showing all of a tourist group's game drives during their visit to Loisaba (this map uses dummy data for a trip with Resin, a guide at Loisaba). After building the system of tracking and mapping the game drives, I trained a group of guides and the security team on how to track drives and create the maps.
My work with Loisaba taught me an enormous amount about real-world conservation data and the difficulties associated with GPS tracking, sighting data, and map-making. I also developed data engineering and tableau skills while building data pipelines for automated map-making. The experience has motivated me to seek out related opportunities at the intersection of data science/engineering, and conservation. I am tremendously grateful to the team for inviting me to complete an internship with them.