TAXACOM Digest - 8 Nov 2005 to 10 Nov 2005 (#2005-248)

[Stinger Guala]

There is also a great implementation that Dave Thau did for antweb
(http://www.antweb.org/google_earth.jsp), and a GBIF based implementation by
Derek Munro (http://www.gbif.org/Stories/STORY1128701845).

Cheers,
Stinger

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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. Mapping taxon distributions using Google maps
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> Date:    Thu, 10 Nov 2005 13:30:55 -0500
> From:    Joe Kirkbride <joe at NT.ARS-GRIN.GOV>
> Subject: Mapping taxon distributions using Google maps
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> Forwarded on behalf of Dr. David Farr.  Please reply to Dr. Farr at the
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> JOSEPH H. KIRKBRIDE, JR., Research Botanist=20
> USDA Agricultural Research Service=20
> Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory=20
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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.
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> 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/
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