# dots on maps

[Jim Croft]

> Does anyone have an opinion about how many dots (=distribution records) a
> map needs to be useful? Many of my species are known from only one or two
> sites, so a map of their distribution would probably be a waste of space and
> time (but maybe other people think otherwise?). How many locality records
> does it take to interest biogeographers?

as many as you have records - any less would not be telling us all you
know, any more would be fibbing...

If you are worried about space you can always plonk a number of related
taxa on the one map.

Of course if you generate the maps on the fly on the web, space is never
a problem.

-- jim