[Observado.org] <http://observado.org/index.php?lang=en> Observado.org - to register sightings of your butterflies Since a couple months Observado.org has been set up, the international alternative of the succesful Dutch website Waarneming <http://waarneming.nl/index.php?lang=en> .nl <http://waarneming.nl/index.php?lang=en> and Belgium version Waarnemingen.be <http://waarnemingen.be/index.php?lang=en> .
On Observado.org <http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=5&lang=en> you can get a current overview of the bio-diversity (wealth of nature) of your holiday country or more information about the distribution of butterflies in India. [Observado.org] On this website Observado.org <http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=3&lang=en> you can enter your butterflies in India sightings . It's use is free. You can add photo' s <http://waarneming.nl/foto/index?g=5&from=2008-12-29&to=2009-02-27&z=1&s\ ort=date&lang=en> or sound recordings <http://waarneming.nl/sound/index> at your sightings. This is valuable if you hear birds, bats or grasshoppers. All sightings can be seen for free and it is also posible to see distribution maps <http://waarneming.nl/soort/maps/580?from=1980-01-01&to=2009-02-24&grid=\ 5000&prov=0&lang=en> . At this moment hundreds of sightings ay are already introduced by dozens of observers. The dutch website has almost 24.000 registered members <http://waarneming.nl/userlijst_xx.php?lang=en> and in weekends over 10.000 sightings are added every day. This website contains all known butterfly species of the world Software for the smartphone and the PDA This website also has an integrated software for the smartphone (WnSmart) and for the PDA (wnpda). A sighting consists of a species, a location and time. The time is taken from the PDA clock, the location from the GPS (built-in or with a bluetooth connection). More information about wnPDA can be found on this website <http://waarneming.nl/pda/wnpda/handleiding/index.html> .You can also download the software here <http://waarneming.nl/pda/wnpda/handleiding/index.html> . [Observado.org] Dragonfly names The dragonfly list contains near 6.000 species with their English, German, Dutch or French name if available. This list is based on the World Odonata List, a checklist compiled by Martin Schorr, Martin Lindeboom and Dennis Paulson. Photo's The website contains a unique collection of photos. The photo's are screened by a team of experts this set of dragonflyphotos's <http://waarneming.nl/foto/index?g=5&from=2008-12-29&to=2009-02-27&z=1&s\ ort=date&lang=en> with their names and this makes this collection unique. Forum The site has a forum. If you have questions concerning European dragonflies you can create topic in the Dragonflies (odonata) of the World-forum <http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index.php?showforum=109> . Subsite's It is also possible to make small subsites of Observado.org <http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=3&lang=en> . E.g for Italy <http://it.observado.org/index.php?lang=en> is a subsite available or for for dragonflies in Odonata in Italy <http://it.observado.org/index.php?lang=en> . A good overview of possibilities of these subsites can be found in The Netherlands <http://waarneming.nl/kml_get_wg_grenzen.php?lang=en> If you want more information about Observado.org <http://observado.org/waarnemingen_all_v1.php?groep=3&lang=en> you can send a message to [email protected]. More information about Waarneming.nl can be found on Wikipedia <http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waarneming.nl> . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
