Dear all,
this idea has clearly occurred to several of us.
You may also have seen in the latest EDIT newsletter
http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/news.php?optimurl=Newsletter--4
an article describing 'Scratchpads'. These are web sites that EDIT
are making available to foster collaboration between taxonomists.
More than twenty communities are already using their Scratchpad to
share, manage and integrate taxonomic data on the web.
The import and display of spatial data using a Google Maps API is
used as an example of 'custom data' and there is a screencast to show
you how its done.
We would like to encourage people to take advantage of these sites,
either by collaborating with an existing site or by starting a new
one. A little technical skill is required to manage a site, but we
provide an extensive collection of videos to help users get started
http://www.editwebrevisions.info/help).
The system to support these sites is based at the Natural History
Museum in London, but site content is owned and managed by the
communities that created them. The NHML will support the server for
the foreseeable future, certainly beyond the life of the EDIT project
itself.
To learn more, direct your colleagues to: http://
www.editwebrevisions.info/scratchpads
Take a look at the current sites:
http://www.editwebrevisions.info/SiteList
Or try a demonstration:
http://sandbox.editwebrevisions.info/
Finally, there will be several talks about EDIT in Bratislava and
there are two discussing these scratchpads in particular.
Cheers, Dave Roberts
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On 15 Aug 2007, at 23:05, Rebecca Shapley wrote:
Great to see map information with the species, and using Google
Earth is
exciting.
It would be nice if some representation or preview of the map
appeared right
on the page... worth taking a look at the Google Maps API. Helps
you know
if it's worth the extra click & switching to the other app. Also,
did you
know that KMLs will show up on maps.google.com too? It's called
"kml on
maps" - might help with what you're looking for.
Best,
-Rebecca Shapley
On 8/10/07, Timothy M. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello,
I will not be attending the meeting this fall but thought that this
may be of interest to those interested in species pages models.
I am working on species pages that include the use of video. The
videos
were only added a month ago and are a bit rudimentary
(with budget-conscious equipment) but the potential now seems truly
limitless.
Examples -
http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_eburnea_species.htm
http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/
carex_nebrascensis_species.htm
http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/
carex_mitchelliana_species.htm
Comments appreciated,
Timothy M. Jones
http://utc.usu.edu/keys/Carex/Carex.html
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