Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM

doi:10.15468/lotsye

Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM

Citation

Queensland Museum (2021). Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/lotsye accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-01-25.

Description

Queensland Museum provider for OZCAMQueensland Museum collections date back to the 1860s. Many early specimen records contained incomplete or inaccurate spatial information and in such cases, no interpretation of accuracy has been applied herein. When the museum commenced databasing in the mid-1980s, terms were introduced to represent assumed accuracies of collecting information. The terms below are a refinement of disparate lists and have been used for mapping to the Darwin Core field 'coordinateUncertaintyInMeters'. The table below shows how the terms are represented in metres of accuracy and the assumptions made in assigning these values.Term coordinateUncertaintyInMeters AssumptionsSurveyed (ground control)1International Terrestrial Reference Frame is used for ground survey mappingGoogle Earth20Latitude and longitude taken from Google Earth by positioning cursor over land featureGPS reading50In-field GPS reading, but correct datum is not assumedCollector's data500Generalised - usually legacy data, pre-GPSCentrepoint of geographic unit1000Centroid values used when no other, more accurate method has been recorded, (e.g. "Fraser Island").Gazetteer1000Gazeteer values used when no other, more accurate method has been recorded,(e.g. "Bundaberg, Queensland").Geographic location given1000Gazeteer values used when no other, more accurate method has been recorded, (e.g. "Blue Lake").Point in Polygon method10000Centroid values used when no other, more accurate method has been recorded, (e.g. "Springbrook National Park").Regional Approximation10000Centroid values used when no other, more accurate method has been recorded, (e.g. "Torres Strait").Level 1 - excellent20Adopted CSIRO terminologyLevel 2 - good50Adopted CSIRO terminologyLevel 3 - satisfactory100Adopted CSIRO terminologyLevel 4 - poor500Adopted CSIRO terminologyLevel 5 - doubtful1000Adopted CSIRO terminologyGeological Map (1:25 000 scale)25Accuracy by designationTopographic Map (1:25 000 scale)25Accuracy by designationGeological Map (1:50 000 scale)50Accuracy by designationTopographic Map (1:50 000 scale)50Accuracy by designationGeological Map (1:100 000 scale)100Accuracy by designationTopographic Map (1:100 000 scale)100Accuracy by designationGeological Map (1:250 000 scale)250Accuracy by designationTopographic Map (1:250 000 scale)250Accuracy by designationGeological Map (1:500 000 scale)500Accuracy by designationTopographic Map (1:500 000 scale)500Accuracy by designationTopographic Map (1:1 000 000 scale)1000Accuracy by designationMap Reading - accurate to 1 minute1853Mathematical extrapolation

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Contacts

originator
OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
homepage: http://www.ozcam.org.au/

metadata author
OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
homepage: http://www.ozcam.org.au/

distributor
Atlas of Living Australia
CSIRO Ecosystems Services
Canberra
2601
ACT
AU
email: info@ala.org.au

originator
Queensland Museum
Corner of Grey & Melbourne Streets, South Bank, South Brisbane
Brisbane
4101
Queensland
homepage: http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/

OZCAM Webmaster
administrative point of contact
position: Webmaster
email: OZCAM.CHAFC@gmail.com