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

[Tony Rees]

Without reading either in full as yet, the following 2016 book and
contained chapter also look worth checking out:

The GEO Handbook on Biodiversity Observation Networks
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-27288-7
Chapter: Involving Citizen Scientists in Biodiversity Observation
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-27288-7_9

Regards - Tony

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

On 2 December 2017 at 06:21, Mary Barkworth <Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu> wrote:

> My  apologies to everyone. There is another deadline (actually a few) but
> I really appreciate all the suggestions. I am eager not to reinvent the
> wheel - and yes, being able to rely on someone else for system maintenance
> would be important.
>
> I was asked what I wanted to be able to do with the images and the flip
> answer is anything that is possible now and that becomes possible in
> future.  A less flip answer is look at changes in plant coverage, termite
> mound abundance, spread of an invasive species, increased frequency of oil
> spills - depending on what, where and how, the images were recorded.
> Images allow ordinary people with minimal formal background to participate
> in environmental monitoring by contributing  potentially useful information.
>
> Mary
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of
> Tony Rees
> Sent: Friday, December 1, 2017 11:27 AM
> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Fwd: Any suggestions of open source monitoring
> software/web sites that stores and makes available location images?
>
> 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
>
> >
> >
> > -----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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