[Taxacom] Fwd: Any suggestions of open source monitoring software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?

[Tony Rees]

Keeping on... Morphbank http://www.morphbank.net has a "localities"
function here; http://www.morphbank.net/MyManager/?tab=localityTab (quotes
121,000 localities entered spread over 6,000 pages) which can have
associated images, although the initial few default pages all say "No.
images: 0". I guess if you have a known locality name you can search for
it, though... Morphbank seems set up/originally intended for individual
species/specimens but you could see whether habitats would be in scope, I
imagine.

Again it will ultimately come down to which project seems the best fit for
your people/clients to consider, will permit easy search and retrieval of
the images as needed, and is likely to be there for the long term (with
somebody else doing the system maintenance!!)

Regards - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
https://about.me/TonyRees

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
> Tony Rees
> Sent: 29 November 2017 20:04
> Cc: (Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu)
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Any suggestions of open source monitoring
> software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?
>
> Hi Mary,
>
> iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/) seems to have a lot of
> traction for species observations globally. Maybe there is an element of
> this that could suit your needs? I guess important factors for your
> decision would be to seek a system with substantial take-up already and
> onward data sharing already in place, have likely sustainability into the
> future, as well as other aspects / functionality already in place that
> could benefit your project in ways beyond your immediate initial need.
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
> https://about.me/TonyRees
>
> On 30 November 2017 at 05:17, Peter Rauch <peterar at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> > Mary,
> >
> > "...record standardized images of a location...."
> >
> > "...tracking changes over time at that location".
> >
> > "...the way collections networks bring specimen data together."
> >
> > Without more details on what sorts of "changes" are to be detectable
> > by these "standardized" images, it's a bit of a challenge to know
> > whether any existing systems would suffice.
> >
> > How about https://www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook
> > and https://www.usanpn.org/nn/become-observer
> > and https://www.usanpn.org/
> >
> > There are lots of good ideas (about "standardization" and "location"
> > and "change" [of a sort --phenological] and a way to "bring data
> together"
> > nationally), though the diving in deep to systematize and record
> > phenological information specifically may be beyond your need.
> >
> > I think the first question that needs more elaboration is what you
> > want from "standardized images" and "what changes"?
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > > From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf
> > > Of Mary Barkworth
> > > Sent: 28 November 2017 21:00
> > > To: (Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu)
> > > Subject: [Taxacom] Any suggestions of open source monitoring
> > > software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?
> > >
> > > I am interested in encouraging people to record standardized images
> > > of a location and saving them to a web site, with appropriate
> > > metadata, so
> > that
> > > they could be used to track changes over time at that location.  I
> > > know this sort of work is done, but I would appreciate being told of
> > > a
> > program,
> > > web site and or organization that brings such resources together the
> > > way collection networks bring specimen data together.
> > >
> > > Mary
> > >
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