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Geolocate website
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Geolocate website

The GEOLocate project is an effort to develop software and services for translating textual locality descriptions associated with...

Author(s): Bart, H.L., Rios, N.E., Abibou, D. & Ranipeta A.
Presentation: Georeferencing concepts
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Presentation: Georeferencing concepts

This presentation reviews the most important concepts around cartography, geographical information and the process of georeferencing....

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Georeferencing for dummies
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Georeferencing for dummies

A simple table that summarizes the MaNIS/HerpNET/ORNIS georeferencing guidelines. For a given locality type, it suggests what is the...

Author(s): Spencer, C., Yamamoto, K., Fang, J., Constable, H., Koo, M. & Wieczorek, J.
MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS georeferencing guidelines
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MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS georeferencing guidelines

Web document describing the georeferencing process in brief. Includes graphics, a glossary and a list of references. Last update from...

Author(s): Wieczorek, J.
GEOLocate tool
GEOLocate tool Tool

GEOLocate tool

GEOLocate is a platform for georeferencing biodiversity data. It provides coordinates and precision values for textual locality...

Author(s): Henry L. (Hank) Bart, Jr., Nelson E. Rios, Djihbrihou Abibou & Ajay Ranipeta
Principes de la bonne pratique sur le géoréférencement
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Principes de la bonne pratique sur le géoréférencement

Un article sur les principes de la bonne pratique sur le géoréférencement par plusieurs auteurs, coordonnés par Arthur D. Chapman et J...

Author(s): Chapman, A.D. & J. Wieczorek (eds)
Darwin Test (English version)
Darwin Test (English version) Tool

Darwin Test (English version)

DARWIN_TEST is a MS Access software application to validate and check records from tables in a Darwincorev2/Darwincorev4 format (...

Author(s): Ortega-Maqueda, I. & Pando, P.
Download GBIF Training Manual 1: Digitisation of Natural History Collections Data Document

GBIF Training Manual 1: Digitisation of Natural History Collections Data

A complete package of background information and guidance for the curators and managers of natural history collections and herbaria....

Author(s): Chapman, A.D., Franzier, C.K., Grafton, O., Grant, S., Hobern, D., Lane, M., Wall, J. & Wieczorek, J.
GBIF Position Paper on Future Directions and Recommendations for Enhancing Fitness-for-Use Across the GBIF Network
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GBIF Position Paper on Future Directions and Recommendations for Enhancing Fitness-for-Use Across the GBIF Network

GBIF Position Paper on Future Directions and Recommendations for Enhancing Fitness-for-Use across the GBIF Network.

Author(s): Hill, A. W., Otegui, J., Ariño, A. H., and R. P. Guralnick.
Biogeomancer, Guide to Best Practices in Georeferencing
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Biogeomancer, Guide to Best Practices in Georeferencing

A guide to the best practices for georeferencing biological species written by the BioGeomancer Consortium.

Author(s): A.D. Chapman, J. Wieczorek (Eds.)
Presentation: GEOLocate, software and services for georeferencing of natural history collections data
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Presentation: GEOLocate, software and services for georeferencing of natural history collections data

This presentation explains the GEOLocate system that enables automated georeferencing of database records, also through webservices. It...

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Presentation: Online resources for georeferencing
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Presentation: Online resources for georeferencing

This presentation is a compilation of online resources that can be used when georeferencing biodiversity data(bases), together with...

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Presentation: Introduction to (collaborative) georeferencing
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Presentation: Introduction to (collaborative) georeferencing

This presentation describes the work of several distributed networks such as MaNIS, Ornis, HerpNET, FishNet and VertNet, and their...

Author(s): Bloom, D., Rios, N., Spencer, C. & SERNEC
Presentation: The point radius method: uncertainty and best practices
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Presentation: The point radius method: uncertainty and best practices

This presentation describes the point radius method of georeferencing. It explains some of the basic concepts you need to use (i.e....

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Presentation: Georeferencing with paper maps
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Presentation: Georeferencing with paper maps

This presentation explains how to use paper maps to georeference locality descriptions, including which parameters must be taken into...

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Presentation: Biogeomancer, semi-automated georeferencing engine
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Presentation: Biogeomancer, semi-automated georeferencing engine

This presentation introduces BioGeomancer, a georeferencing engine that can assign georeferences and approximate error margins to...

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Presentation: Good and bad locality descriptions
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Presentation: Good and bad locality descriptions

This presentation describes the best practices when describing a locality in the field where a biological occurrence is recorded,...

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Introduction to spatial coordinate systems: flat maps for a round planet
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Introduction to spatial coordinate systems: flat maps for a round planet

This paper presents a basic introduction to some of the basic concepts of cartography.

Author(s): Kunen, I.
MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS manual for the georeferencing calculator
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MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS manual for the georeferencing calculator

This is the user manual for the MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS georeferencing calculator, a tool to calculate error margins for a georeference,...

Author(s): Wiekzorek, J.
Georreferenciación usando cartografía
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Georreferenciación usando cartografía

Este corto documento explica las bases de la georeferenciación utilizando mapas en papel, cuando no se tiene acceso a información...

Author(s): The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley

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