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Searching for molecular data in the Atlas

23rd February 2012

The following applies for searching any data set in the Atlas, using facets to restrict the occurrence search result set, for querying the Spatial Por…

Deathcaps – hitchhikers rather than malicious

19th February 2012

By Sapphire McMullan-Fisher, ALA Fungimap Project Manager The recent wet summer in Canberra led to tragic consequences when a meal mistakenly containi…

Dr John La Salle appointed Director of the Atlas of Living Australia

14th February 2012

Dr John La Salle will take on the role as the Atlas’ Director for the next 18 months. John has been involved in the Atlas from its inception an…

Species (Add to Map)

7th February 2012

This tool allows you to search for a species available via the Atlas (including at higher taxonomic levels) and map their distribution. The selectio…

Add Multiple Species (Lists)

6th February 2012

We have replaced the concept of an assemblage with Lists. A list, like the assemblage, is any combination of species but we have now formalized the ge…

Export Checklist

6th February 2012

The Export Checklist produces a list of species for a given area together with the number of occurrences recorded in that area. Note these records ref…

Import Assemblage

5th February 2012

You can import or upload an assemblage of LSIDs in a CSV file to the Spatial Portal. The intention is to generalize the functionality to cater for an …

Faceting and Filtering

5th February 2012

Faceting A facet is an a single attribute of a species that has been indexed against all species records in the ALA’s species database; an inde…

Prior Analysis

3rd February 2012

The “Restore prior analysis” function restores an analysis generated through the tools – Points to Grid, Classify, Predict and GDM…