I've added some additional functionality to the Google Map of eBird locations by increasing the icons displayed to 6 from the original 2. Here's the breakdown of icons used on the map which will extend to all future counties. I've also added a line item to each icon (5,160) showing the # of checklists associated with each location and the county it is linked to.
This should help with finding existing hotspots and for locating personal locations you may wish to suggest as a hotspot. This will also help show where a personal location is close to an existing hotspot that you may wish to merge with a hotspot if it's not on private property (**). Google Maps: New York County (Hotspots and Personal Locations) <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1G3ObnxZagED3t2eGT5Gx6eYk4XZkYV2E&usp=sharing> 1. Hotspots 80% (Red marker) - 30 hotspots 2. Hotspots 20% (Teal marker) - 204 hotspots 3. Personal locations w/ 10 or more checklists (Gold Flag) - 179 markers 4. Personal locations w/ less than 10 checklists(Gray dots) - 4,723 markers 5. Postal Codes (Olive Envelope) - 3 markers w/ 170 checklists 6. Town Codes (Purple Houses) - 21 markers w/ 456 checklists Hotspots: there are a total of 233 with 30 making up 80% of the checklists (55,065) & 204 making up 20% (13,941). Personal locations: there's a total of 4,926 with 179 with 10 or more checklists making up 56% of the checklists (9,667) and 4,723 making up 40.5% of the checklists (7,011). (**) If you wish to merge your personal location with an existing hotspot here are the steps: — Sign into eBird.org — Go to "My eBird" & select "Manage My Locations" in the right panel — At the bottom of the screen click "Show All" to see all locations on one page — You can sort the list by clicking on any of the headers: Location, Country, State/Province, County, Type* or # of Checklists — Select your personal location (it will show a letter "P" under Type*) by clicking "Edit" on the right side of the line — Select the "Merge" button and you'll see all nearby hotspots as red icons — Keep the checkmark for "Delete after merging" selected — Click the icon that best fits your location — ... now you'll see the hotspot description above the 'Merge' button along with the # of checklists you'll be merging — Click on the 'Merge' button — Answer Yes to the 'Yes or No' query All checklists for that personal location will be combined with the hotspot with this process. -- Ben Cacace Manhattan, NYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
