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

[Tony Rees]

Sorry, the quote marks broke the example above, it turns out they can be
omitted, i.e. the author search can be of the form

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=author%3Atony_1212

Regards - Tony

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

On 4 December 2017 at 06:18, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> And again - other strengths, other weaknesses - there is always Wikimedia
> Commons (repository for images used on Wikipedia in particular, but by no
> means limited to that potential usage), which has a degree of inbuilt
> categorization, however you have to do any subsequent data mobilization
> yourself. As an example, see: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:
> Rainforests_by_country
>
> I would guess that Wikimedia Commons would score highly in the visibility
> and expected persistence areas at least, but the facility for structured
> image search and retrieval would depend on setting up some guidelines for
> annotation and/or categorization in a consistent manner.
>
> This is in fact the only image repository system I have actually used
> myself - but in my case to upload photos of musicians... you can also work
> out (by trial and error) how to search by photo author although this seems
> to be a non-advertised feature at present (!!) - in my case it is
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:
> Search&search=author%3A"tony_1212" . Since I know the images are there,
> it is then a simple matter to call them up and embed them into other pages
> of my own design, a function then available to any third party in the
> future.
>
> Just another thought - and sometimes simple / large outreach is good...
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
> https://about.me/TonyRees
>
> On 2 December 2017 at 08:05, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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