Import Areas Posted on 30th January 2012 You can import or upload an area into the Spatial Portal using one of three standard geospatial polygon area definitions. The choices are to import: A…
Common Layer Functions Posted on 30th January 2012 A new entry is added to the layer list for each layer added to the map; species, area or layer. All layers have a set of associated functions. …
Tabulate Posted on 30th January 2012 Tabulation is the contextual layer counterpart to Scatterplots. In scatterplots, the X and Y axes are environmental layers (e.g., temperature, rainfal…
Spatial Portal Components Posted on 30th January 2012 The Spatial Portal has five components: Main Menu tabs are used to add layers, perform analyses and access to the help system. Map Window and the Map …
Areas (Add to Map) Posted on 30th January 2012 Areas are one of four main data types in the Spatial Portal, along with species (taxa), layers and facets. Area can be defined by 14 different options…
Import or Upload Points Posted on 30th January 2012 You can import or upload your own point-based species data to the Spatial Portal. The uploaded data is treated the same as any species active layer an…
Export Point Sample Posted on 30th January 2012 This tool samples environmental and contextual data layers at locations defined by species, genus, family etc. occurrences in a defined area. Think of…
getLSID Spreadsheet Macro Posted on 3rd January 2012 The following Microsoft Excel macro (getLsid.zip) was a by-product of the development of the Spatial Portal. You enter a scientific name into the …
Zookeys Jubilee Issue No. 150, “e-Infrastructures for Data Publishing in Biodiversity Science” Posted on 6th December 2011 ZooKeys recently published its special jubilee Issue No. 150 “e-Infrastructures for Data Publishing in Biodiversity Science“, comprised of…
