FYS BIO04: Wildlife Trafficking (Gunther) : 4: Poster

Before you use any photographs in your research paper, presentation, brochure, or poster you need to always make sure that you are using an image that is allowed for reuse under U.S. Copyright law.  The easiest way to go about doing this is to use the built-in functionality of either Google Photos' Advanced search, or else search in Flickr and filter your results to only look at images that are allowed for reuse.  Both options are extremely simple to do - and below you'll find details on how to make either one of those two things happen!  

Google Advanced Image Search

At the very bottom of the Google Advanced Image Search page, you will see a category titled "usage rights".  Click on this drop down list, and choose "Creative Commons licenses", then type in what image you are looking for.  From the list of results, you should be okay to use any image that comes up as long as you follow the Creative Commons license requirements for it!  

Flickr

Flickr is a huge photo-storage / photo-sharing website.  After you type in whatever image you are looking for in the initial search box, you will be taken to a page displaying your search results, and there - under the Any License drop down list, you will see an option called 'All creative commons' that you can choose which lets you limit your search results to only photos that have an associated Creative Commons license.  

For this project, you will need to create both a range map of your trafficked animal.  This is easiest done via Google Maps, and below you'll find information on how to create your own custom map!

Map Creation Via Google Maps

You can create your own map using Google maps!  It is a fairly easy and straightforward process to do so....

Create A New Map:

1. On your computer, sign in to My Maps.
2. Click Create a new map.
3. Go to the top left and click "Untitled map."
4. Give your map a name and description.

You can add important places by searching for locations or drawing them directly on your new map.

Add places to your map:

1. On your computer, sign in to My Maps.
2. Open or create a map. A map can have up to 10,000 lines, shapes, or places.
3. Click Add marker .
4. Select a layer and click where to put the place. A layer can have 2,000 lines, shapes, or places.
5. Give your place a name.
6. Click Save.

Search for places:

You can add restaurants, hotels, museums, and other public places to your map.

1. On your computer, sign in to My Maps.
2. Open or create a map.
3. In the search bar, type the name or address of a place.
4. Click one of the results on the map.
5. If the result is what you want, click Add to map.

Edit a place:

1. On your computer, sign in to My Maps.
2. Open or create a map.
3. Click an existing place on the map. In the bottom right of the box that appears, use the icons to make changes.
   • Remove a photo: Click Edit . Then go to the photo and click Remove .
   • Move place: Drag the feature on the map.

For this assignment you need to find a good amount of information about your chosen trafficked animal, including information on its habitat, history of it being trafficked, where the animal can be found, what status the animal currently holds (both in the US and internationally), and what laws or treaties currently regulate trade of your chosen animal.  The links below which include academic search engines to help you find journal articles, information about the 8-volume set of 'Handbook of the Mammals of the World' which we have in print in the library, and several external websites that were recommended by Professor Gunther, should help you to find all of this information via sites that are both reputable and accurate.