Area report update Posted on 17th February 2014 By Linda Riquelme. Since its inception in 2006, the Atlas of Living Australia has become the most comprehensive public access point for information ab…
Spatial variation in Grevillea flower colour: Novel uses of ALA data and web services Posted on 8th November 2013 Ben Raymond, scienceuntangled.com and R.O. (Bob) Makinson, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust Scientific analyses are usually driven by a resea…
Spatial Portal Update Posted on 19th October 2013 Due to demand – I have produced a detailed user manual for the Atlas of Living Australia’s Spatial Portal (SP). This is intended to be a s…
The time has come: a continent-wide system for monitoring for our biodiversity Posted on 20th September 2013 A collaboration of BoM, CSIRO and the Atlas of Living Australia have looked into how such a system might work and released their findings in a new rep…
So many fish, one great map – The Atlas launches FishMap Posted on 27th February 2013 By Andrea Wild From ugly ducklings like the Rough Dreamer to the kiss-me-I’m-really-a-prince Clown Triggerfish, Australia’s marine fishes are now …
Finding Pinot Noir – an example of how to use the Atlas Posted on 29th November 2012 I like good wine. Fortunately these days, Australia has a huge number of excellent value wines. After many years enjoying Australia’s wonderful …
PhyloJive – Integrating biodiversity data with phylogenies Posted on 23rd October 2012 PhyloJive (Phylogeny Javascript Information Visualiser and Explorer) is a web based application that places biodiversity information aggregated from …
Viewing species layers in uDIG & ArcGIS Posted on 11th October 2012 Its now possible to view and work with a list of species layers for a genus or higher taxon through a OGC compliant desktop tool such as uDIG or ArcGI…
Sandbox – custom search facets for your data Posted on 11th October 2012 A few months ago, John Tann posted a blog on how to use the sandbox with a list of names. This blog will focus on point data you would like to use wit…