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Make it digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2009, Dr. Alex Smith began using GigaPan photography technology to record weekly habitat panoramas in U&nbsp;of G\u2019s Dairy Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 8.5-hectare hardwood forest on the University campus is a research site for students in a popular biodiversity course in the Department of Integrative Biology taught by Smith and Dr. Shoshanah Jacobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, they used 11 years\u2019 worth of GigaPan images to create the Digital Forest, a virtual classroom that stands in for the real thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are now working with GigaPan to make the user interface more accessible to more people, whether they are right next door or thousands of kilometres away,\u201d Jacobs says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They expect to continue using the Digital Forest after the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you bring a small urban forest to students worldwide during a pandemic? Make it digital. 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