Mapping taxon distributions using Google maps

[Joe Kirkbride]

Forwarded on behalf of Dr. David Farr.  Please reply to Dr. Farr at the
e-mail address given below.

JOSEPH H. KIRKBRIDE, JR., Research Botanist 
USDA Agricultural Research Service 
Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory 
Rm. 304, Bldg. 011A, BARC-West 
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA 
Telephone: 301-504-9447 
FAX: 301-504-5810 
E-mail: joe at nt.ars-grin.gov 
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An easy way to show general distribution maps on the Web is to use
Google Maps.
The link below shows an example of using Google Maps to display specimen
distributions. This uses just a small set of records. Most of the
taxa only have one collection but if you select Melampsora you
will get several hits. Selecting by country uses different pin colors
to represent different genera.
 
http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/all/googlemaps/index.cfm
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David Farr
U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory
davef at nt.ars-grin.gov
Voice: 301-504-5274
http://nt.ars-grin.gov/