[Taxacom] Catalogue of life distribution abbreviations

[John Grehan]

It did seem to be a rather complex way to approach geography, and it was
frustrating to have to first find the key and then second convert to
name. Did not understand why complete words were not sufficient in the
first place.

John Grehan

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Geoff Read <gread at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

>
> As if Catalogue of Life or Kew did not have the screen real estate to
> display the actual names for users.
>
> Afghanistan, Pakistan, West Himalaya, etc,  or the subdivisions thereof if
> any.
>
> Silly, silly, historic relic, obfuscating, timewasting practice as just
> demonstrated.
>
> Geoff
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of John
> Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> Sent: 18 May 2015 02:05
> To: taxacom
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Catalogue of life distribution abbreviations
>
> My thanks to everyone who provided the code information! Problem solved.
> John
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I think you will find the answer and full list here (TDWG Region Codes):
> >
> > http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/GeographicRegion
> >
> > Regards - Tony
> >
> > On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 3:44 AM, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> If anyone out there is familiar with the catalogue of life web site and
> >> can
> >> tell me where the key to distribution abbreviations can be found I would
> >> be
> >> most grateful. For example, the record below refers to AFG; PAK; WHM.
> >> Probably with more effort I could locate the information (and its
> probably
> >> obvious), but I am hoping someone  will be able to tell me more
> >> immediately.
> >>
> >> http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/19336463
> >>
>
>
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