TAXACOM Digest - 13 Nov 2005 to 14 Nov 2005 (#2005-251)

Tue Nov 15 07:54:27 CST 2005

In addition there is the discoverlife.org website.  Linking a number of
collections and mapping them through topozone.  Maps plot individual
specimens using decimal long/lat data.  If precise location is not known
it give county centroids for the location.  Search and map by genus or
species level.  Mycology collections seem to be missing.  Herbaria that
are participating include MOBOT, portions of the Smithsonian and a
number of University herbaria.

Robert Neidlinger
Associate Curator, WKU
270-745-8864 WKU Herbarium
270-799-1788 Cell

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> Date:    Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:35:27 -0800
> From:    Stinger Guala <stinger at STINGERSPLACE.COM>
> Subject: Re: TAXACOM Digest - 8 Nov 2005 to 10 Nov 2005 (#2005-248)
>
> 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
>
> >
> > There is one message totalling 41 lines in this issue.
> >
> > Topics of the day:
> >
> >   1. Mapping taxon distributions using Google maps
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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=20
> > USDA Agricultural Research Service=20
> > Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory=20
> > Rm. 304, Bldg. 011A, BARC-West=20
> > Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA=20
> > Telephone: 301-504-9447=20
> > FAX: 301-504-5810=20
> > E-mail: joe at nt.ars-grin.gov=20
> > +++++++++++++++++++++ =20
> > 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.
> > =20
> > http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/all/googlemaps/index.cfm
> > <BLOCKED::http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/all/googlemaps/index.cf
> > m>=20
> > =20
> > 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/