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Given biodiversity data is inherently spatial, this review of 44 Open Source web map clients may be of interest. http://geotux.tuxfamily.org/index.php/en/component/k2/item/291-comparacion-clientes-web-v6/291-comparacion-clientes-web-v6 Cheers, Brent Wood
Hi Jay, Yes, there is a lot of five minute bird count data in the database that may be useful to you. The problem is identifying which datasets will meet your needs. The 5 minute bird counts used standardised methodology and there are some large sets that are before and after pest control at sites but the difficulty is how to match what's there to other datasets that give pest information. Check the 5 minute bird count page on the DOC website http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/birds/five-minute-bir d-counts/ which has an excel spreadsheet which lists all the datasets in the database. Also email me directly <email obscured> and I can help you identify suitable sets. Also email details on what you propose. (I'm out of the office until next Thursday 9 Feb) Lynette H Lynette Hartley, Data Analyst, Ecosystems and Species Unit, Department of Conservation Five Minute Bird Count Database Administrator 5MBC website Mahaanui Area Office, PO Box 11089, Christchurch 8443, New Zealand, (03) 341 9127 (VPN) 7827 (MOB) 027 660 2467 (MOB VPN 25 4962)
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of jay ruffell Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012 4:14 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [Dataversity] bird and pest monitoring data for a PhD project Hi all, I'm looking into the feasibility of analysing the vast amount of existing bird and pest monitoring data as a way of examining relationships between birds, mammal predators, predator control, and forest fragmentation, as part of my PhD. I'm after any bird and pest monitoring data which have been collected with standardised methodologies (i.e. 5 min bird counts, tracking tunnels, wax tags, chew track cards, RTC etc). I'm particularly interested in data that were collected before and after pest control at a site, or where bird and pest data were collected concurrently - but also interested in results of surveys where this was not the case. If you have any data like this available, or if you have any suggestions/contacts that might be helpful, I would really appreciate it. Cheers, Jay ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/NfGbbn0zr8wQmMPI5rFnN To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Host your own online groups site with GroupServer http://groupserver.org ############################################## This e-mail (and attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. ##############################################
Hi Jay I might have some data Can you please email me <email obscured> with the outline of your proposal. Cheers Owen.
-----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of jay ruffell Sent: Tuesday, 31 January 2012 4:14 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [Dataversity] bird and pest monitoring data for a PhD project Hi all, I'm looking into the feasibility of analysing the vast amount of existing bird and pest monitoring data as a way of examining relationships between birds, mammal predators, predator control, and forest fragmentation, as part of my PhD. I'm after any bird and pest monitoring data which have been collected with standardised methodologies (i.e. 5 min bird counts, tracking tunnels, wax tags, chew track cards, RTC etc). I'm particularly interested in data that were collected before and after pest control at a site, or where bird and pest data were collected concurrently - but also interested in results of surveys where this was not the case. If you have any data like this available, or if you have any suggestions/contacts that might be helpful, I would really appreciate it. Cheers, Jay ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/NfGbbn0zr8wQmMPI5rFnN To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Host your own online groups site with GroupServer http://groupserver.org
Hi Jay, I might have some data you want. Email me phillip.cochrane at ecan.govt.nz to see if I can help. cheers Phillip C
Hi all, I'm looking into the feasibility of analysing the vast amount of existing bird and pest monitoring data as a way of examining relationships between birds, mammal predators, predator control, and forest fragmentation, as part of my PhD. I'm after any bird and pest monitoring data which have been collected with standardised methodologies (i.e. 5 min bird counts, tracking tunnels, wax tags, chew track cards, RTC etc). I'm particularly interested in data that were collected before and after pest control at a site, or where bird and pest data were collected concurrently - but also interested in results of surveys where this was not the case. If you have any data like this available, or if you have any suggestions/contacts that might be helpful, I would really appreciate it.
Cheers, Jay
Hi Dan, Thanks for that update. The project plan that you attached in your Dec 2nd post included a list of outputs, one of which was a final report to be prepared by Dec 20th. Just wondering if you've completed that and if so, can you post it here?
Cheers, Stacey
I am PhD student at Massey University New Zealand. I am doing research on the role and significance of ad-hoc knowledge collaboration between professionals. My study is concerned with the extent to which professionals share information informally with colleagues outside their own work organisation. It is seeking to establish the importance of such information sharing practices and how organisations and individuals may benefit from it. To carry out his study, I need to fill out a questionnaire from professionals working in knowledge-intensive professions. I am inviting you to participate in the survey. It can be completed in less than 10 minutes. Responses are confidential. A summary of the consolidated results will be provided to the interested participants. To access the survey, please copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://masseybusiness.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3BIWzFWJ1FVsz4g Mahmood Ghaznavi Doctoral Candidate School of Management Email: <email obscured>
A useful paper/introduction on the increasingly common Darwin Core standard ... An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. The paper at PLoS ONE: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029715 Abstract: Biodiversity data derive from myriad sources stored in various formats on many distinct hardware and software platforms. An essential step towards understanding global patterns of biodiversity is to provide a standardized view of these heterogeneous data sources to improve interoperability. Fundamental to this advance are definitions of common terms. This paper describes the evolution and development of Darwin Core, a data standard for publishing and integrating biodiversity information. We focus on the categories of terms that define the standard, differences between simple and relational Darwin Core, how the standard has been implemented, and the community processes that are essential for maintenance and growth of the standard. We present case-study extensions of the Darwin Core into new research communities, including metagenomics and genetic resources. We close by showing how Darwin Core records are integrated to create new knowledge products documenting species distributions and changes due to environmental perturbations.
Stuff reports <http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6260834/Regional-councils-join-forces> that Greater Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Horizons regional councils, and DOC have agreed to explore a strategic alliance around science and technical information and capability sharing, biodiversity and biosecurity, regional park management and community engagement. This confirms the growing view that planning for biodiversity data systems should aim to meet common needs across local government and DOC if not NGOs as well.
Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net
Digital Preservation is a topic of interest to many biodiversity data managers. Much biodata remains in analogue forms of one kind or another and is at risk of being lost. Future Perfect 2012: Digital Preservation by Design (26-27 March in Wellington <http://futureperfect.org.nz>) is all about learning how to store, preserve and access digital information. If you get along to Future Perfect, it would be great to get a report back to Dataversity <http://dataversity.org.nz>.
Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net
SPHERE is intended to "map" all available geo-scientific data in the South Pacific Regionfor environmental re-analysis and applications. Ambitious? Yes! It's a Chilean-led initiative with European Framework (FP7) funding. They've just submitted to APEC for support to get more regional support, so watch this space. Read on for more info... Jorge Guzman from the University of Cambridge (Chile coordinator) writes: "Dear ACRE colleagues I write to inform you that only few days ago we have submitted to the Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC) the proposal that you will find in attach (SPHERE). You will see that, in essence, SPHERE is intended "to map" the entire geo-scientific database sparse (but anyway available) for environmental re-analysis and applications in the South Pacific Region. The idea is to make available a comprehensive tool useful for climate and environmental sciences, but in view of the design and implementation of decisions both in the public and private sectors at Pacific Ocean Region scale. With contributions from several friends, Rob, Dr. Clive Wilkinson, Dr. Fiona Williamson and I, have elaborated this proposal, which has been based at the Faculty of Natural Resources of Catholic University of Valparaíso (www.frn.ucv.cl). This Faculty includes Departments of Agriculture, Oceanography, Fisheries and Geography. We feel that this could be a seed for a future reinforced intra Pacific cooperation, and please consider that we are ready to work together will all of you. Funded by a FP7 project, I am about the start the digitization of some 120 years of surface terrestrial and marine Chilean data, as well as about 60 years of upper air info (which includes interesting oceanic stations, like that in Easter Island). From this experience SPHERE has emerged, after it has come absolutely apparent that we have millions of records waiting to be identified, classified and made available in a simple and straightforward manner. Presently SPHERE is being formally "socialized" in an APEC Senior Officials Meeting held in Moscow. There the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the support of both the Ministries of Agriculture and the Subsecretary of Fisheries, will try to obtain support for our proposal. The Chilean delegates in charge of presenting SPHERE are: Ms. Ana Novik, Ms. Marcela Otero and Ms. Myriam Duran. We would be most grateful if, after giving a go to our text, you can contact the APEC delegates of your respective countries to let them know your interest in supporting this initiative submitted by the Delegation of Chile. In advance we remain most grateful of your help. For this purpose, below you will find names and emails of the officers that the Chilean delegation has informed me are related with the revision of our proposal. Also, please consider that we will be equally grateful if you could assist us to get in contact with other colleagues from your own countries, as well as with colleagues from other APEC countries that you could know, hopefully from Brunei, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Many thanks indeed in advance. Best wishes, Jorge Guzman, Mag., MPhil., PHD SPRI-University of Cambridge FP7 ERA CLIM (ACRE Chile) Coordinator Associated Professor UPAC & PUCV.
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Quebec emergency services: Open Source; Open Standards; Open Data
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Brent Wood
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Dec 11 09:05 NZDT
This article from Directions Magazine may be of interest... not primarily about Open Data, but the need for access to robust & current data in usable formats via standard protocols is clearly there. http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/open-source-software-and-ogc-web-services-life-saving-components-in-qu/217989 Brent Wood
And don't forget the role NZBRN may play in populating distribution maps of indigenous, exotic and pest species. Please note that the google display of nzbrn is malfunctioning at present - this is being addressed at present so hope to have it patched up soon - while not spending too much on this - with a new platform being our main focus now (below). The NZBRN Trust has commissioned egressive to rebuild nzbrn onto a new iNaturalist platform. We should have a robust version of this up and running in a couple of months; then another few months to bring back all the nzbrn features and some of the enhancements we have in our wish list. If anyone wants to see the specifications for this work and contribute ideas or comments please get back to me or <email obscured>. We are currently collaborating with the NZ Institute of Horticulture, The NZ timber industry and NZ Entomological Society in meshing our common needs for online recording and viewing of spatially-based, natural history observations. So, we expect to have this user-friendly, secure citizen science recording and viewing facility running by mid-summer.
Cheers colin -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 2 December 2011 1:42 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [Dataversity] Integrated Biodiversity Management System ― Attachment links are at the end of this email ― Hi All, Here is an update on the project to look at leveraging existing biodiversity data systems from Auckland Council (Ecobase <http://dataversity.org.nz/guide/systems/ecobase/>) and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Biodiversity Ecologies Application <http://dataversity.org.nz/guide/systems/bea/>). In June 2011, TFBIS contracted with Bay of Plenty Regional Council for project 245 to prepare a Scoping Report on the benefits of merging the Auckland Regional Council and Environment Bay of Plenty systems, and how such a merger could be achieved. The goal of the merger is to create a system that could meet the biodiversity data management needs that are common to most regional councils. The system would be consistent with the recommended biodiversity monitoring framework for regional councils <http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/6wJkud0cFmbOtporP7EIWl> and able to be integrated with IRIS. The system envisaged has been dubbed "Integrated Biodiversity Management System" or IBMS. Jim Fretwell of BoPRC engaged me to prepare the scoping report, with Julian Carver as an adviser. The project plan for this project is attached. The project is currently in the "Determine Merger Options" stage. This involves defining the high level requirements for a biodata system to meet most needs for most councils. That will provide the means to evaluate the extent to which the two existing systems meet the requirements for an IBMS. That evaluation will provide a basis for assessing merger options. I am tending to use the phrase "leverage the strengths of" rather than "merge" so as to keep a broad view of options for building an IBMS. In the background to the IBMS project is the BoPRC and GWRC project to build a biosecurity and land management system ("BALMS"?). I will let Pedro and Jim provide an update on that. From what I understand of the progress with that project, however, it looks likely that there will be some overlap between the needs of that system and IMBS. If ground-up development is required for IBMS, it is possible that efficiencies could be gained through collaboration between these projects. cheers, Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net Dataversity Public Discussion now contains the following file http://dataversity.org.nz/r/file/24187-2011-12-02T004156Z Name: IBMS Scope Project Plan.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 359KB ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/6iQ8bOaP9rrakYtzhJpMmL To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Host your own online groups site with GroupServer http://groupserver.org Please consider the environment before printing this email Warning: This electronic message together with any attachments is confidential. If you receive it in error: (i) you must not read, use, disclose, copy or retain it; (ii) please contact the sender immediately by reply email and then delete the emails. The views expressed in this email may not be those of Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz
Thanks Dan, Keen to hear how this project progresses. Please do keep us up to date.
Cheers Derek -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Friday, 2 December 2011 1:42 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [Dataversity] Integrated Biodiversity Management System ― Attachment links are at the end of this email ― Hi All, Here is an update on the project to look at leveraging existing biodiversity data systems from Auckland Council (Ecobase <http://dataversity.org.nz/guide/systems/ecobase/>) and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Biodiversity Ecologies Application <http://dataversity.org.nz/guide/systems/bea/>). In June 2011, TFBIS contracted with Bay of Plenty Regional Council for project 245 to prepare a Scoping Report on the benefits of merging the Auckland Regional Council and Environment Bay of Plenty systems, and how such a merger could be achieved. The goal of the merger is to create a system that could meet the biodiversity data management needs that are common to most regional councils. The system would be consistent with the recommended biodiversity monitoring framework for regional councils <http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/6wJkud0cFmbOtporP7EIWl> and able to be integrated with IRIS. The system envisaged has been dubbed "Integrated Biodiversity Management System" or IBMS. Jim Fretwell of BoPRC engaged me to prepare the scoping report, with Julian Carver as an adviser. The project plan for this project is attached. The project is currently in the "Determine Merger Options" stage. This involves defining the high level requirements for a biodata system to meet most needs for most councils. That will provide the means to evaluate the extent to which the two existing systems meet the requirements for an IBMS. That evaluation will provide a basis for assessing merger options. I am tending to use the phrase "leverage the strengths of" rather than "merge" so as to keep a broad view of options for building an IBMS. In the background to the IBMS project is the BoPRC and GWRC project to build a biosecurity and land management system ("BALMS"?). I will let Pedro and Jim provide an update on that. From what I understand of the progress with that project, however, it looks likely that there will be some overlap between the needs of that system and IMBS. If ground-up development is required for IBMS, it is possible that efficiencies could be gained through collaboration between these projects. cheers, Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net Dataversity Public Discussion now contains the following file http://dataversity.org.nz/r/file/24187-2011-12-02T004156Z Name: IBMS Scope Project Plan.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 359KB ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/6iQ8bOaP9rrakYtzhJpMmL To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Host your own online groups site with GroupServer http://groupserver.org ********************************************************************** This email message and any attached files may contain confidential information, and may be subject to legal professional privilege. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Waikato Regional Council. Waikato Regional Council makes reasonable efforts to ensure that its email has been scanned and is free of viruses. However, Waikato Regional Council can make no warranty that this email or any attachments to it are free from viruses. Visit our website at http://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz **********************************************************************
Hi All, Here is an update on the project to look at leveraging existing biodiversity data systems from Auckland Council (Ecobase <http://dataversity.org.nz/guide/systems/ecobase/>) and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council (Biodiversity Ecologies Application <http://dataversity.org.nz/guide/systems/bea/>). In June 2011, TFBIS contracted with Bay of Plenty Regional Council for project 245 to prepare a Scoping Report on the benefits of merging the Auckland Regional Council and Environment Bay of Plenty systems, and how such a merger could be achieved. The goal of the merger is to create a system that could meet the biodiversity data management needs that are common to most regional councils. The system would be consistent with the recommended biodiversity monitoring framework for regional councils <http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/6wJkud0cFmbOtporP7EIWl> and able to be integrated with IRIS. The system envisaged has been dubbed "Integrated Biodiversity Management System" or IBMS. Jim Fretwell of BoPRC engaged me to prepare the scoping report, with Julian Carver as an adviser. The project plan for this project is attached. The project is currently in the "Determine Merger Options" stage. This involves defining the high level requirements for a biodata system to meet most needs for most councils. That will provide the means to evaluate the extent to which the two existing systems meet the requirements for an IBMS. That evaluation will provide a basis for assessing merger options. I am tending to use the phrase "leverage the strengths of" rather than "merge" so as to keep a broad view of options for building an IBMS. In the background to the IBMS project is the BoPRC and GWRC project to build a biosecurity and land management system ("BALMS"?). I will let Pedro and Jim provide an update on that. From what I understand of the progress with that project, however, it looks likely that there will be some overlap between the needs of that system and IMBS. If ground-up development is required for IBMS, it is possible that efficiencies could be gained through collaboration between these projects.
cheers, Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net
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Hi Everyone, A quick message to accounce that we were successful in our bid to TFBIS to continue the Dataversity Biodata Management Framework. My special thanks to the Independant Supporters for the project, but also general thanks to you all for your contribution to the first phase, since demonstration of the original concept was critical to continuing this next phase. Dan and/or I will be making further accouncments and requests for your further input as the project progresses.
Regards, Jim
Hi Don, Sorry I was in a day course, yesterday. As Benno explained that currently we are focusing on sorting out DOCs' projects. From 2012 we will be focusing in marketing the tool for external projects. Regards Madan Biodiversity Projects database administrator 31 Nga Mahi Road Christchurch Email: <email obscured> DDI 03-3419123 Mobile: 027 470 1384 VPN: 7823 www.doc.govt.nz/biodiversityprojects
-----Original Message----- From: Benno Kappers Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011 2:22 p.m. To: <email obscured> Cc: Madan Gautam Subject: RE: [Dataversity] DOC's Biodiversity Projects Database Hi Dan, IN 2012 WE WILL LOOK AT EXTERNALS AND "MARKET" THIS TOOL TO ATTRACT PROJECTS No interface to raw data; not what is was meant to do. If no data is collected - all good to be included (you see, as a country still good to have on the board for information sharing) Benno Kappers MSc NHMS information management project leader BioWeb Herpetofauna database administrator Department of Conservation PO Box 644 Napier Phone (DDI): 06 834 4865 Fax : 06 834 4869 Cell : 027 291 6922 www.doc.govt.nz/nzherpatlas -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011 2:14 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [Dataversity] DOC's Biodiversity Projects Database Madan, Congratulations on DOC's Biodiversity Projects Database <http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/land-and-freshwater/biodiversity-pr ojects-database/>. I imagine that this could be very useful to anyone who wants to know what biodata projects are in progress or have been carried out in their region. I see that, while this is administered by the Department of Conservation, it is a *national* catalogue of biodiversity inventory and monitoring projects, for research projects managed by various organisations, institutions and the community. It looks like almost all the project records are currently for DOC projects. What is the plan for populating this more widely? Are you seeking project data contributions from local government, CRIs and NGOs now? While this is a projects database, I assume that it is restricted to projects that yield some kind of dataset. Is that right? Would it be feasible, perhaps for a small organisation to use this to meet their in-house needs for a projects data-catalogue? Does it have some kind of API? Do plans exist to integrate or federate this with DOC's Geoportal <http://geoportal.doc.govt.nz/> or other data catalogues <http://dataversity.org.nz/groups/dataversity_public_discuss/messages/to pic/58zqIICRAQhbZGyEfd3gyL>? cheers, Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/4G579ZXCuZ8Mt30domrXvp To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Host your own online groups site with GroupServer http://groupserver.org ############################################## This e-mail (and attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. ##############################################
Hi Dan, IN 2012 WE WILL LOOK AT EXTERNALS AND "MARKET" THIS TOOL TO ATTRACT PROJECTS No interface to raw data; not what is was meant to do. If no data is collected - all good to be included (you see, as a country still good to have on the board for information sharing) Benno Kappers MSc NHMS information management project leader BioWeb Herpetofauna database administrator Department of Conservation PO Box 644 Napier Phone (DDI): 06 834 4865 Fax : 06 834 4869 Cell : 027 291 6922
www.doc.govt.nz/nzherpatlas -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Dan Randow Sent: Monday, 28 November 2011 2:14 p.m. To: <email obscured> Subject: [Dataversity] DOC's Biodiversity Projects Database Madan, Congratulations on DOC's Biodiversity Projects Database <http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/land-and-freshwater/biodiversity-pr ojects-database/>. I imagine that this could be very useful to anyone who wants to know what biodata projects are in progress or have been carried out in their region. I see that, while this is administered by the Department of Conservation, it is a *national* catalogue of biodiversity inventory and monitoring projects, for research projects managed by various organisations, institutions and the community. It looks like almost all the project records are currently for DOC projects. What is the plan for populating this more widely? Are you seeking project data contributions from local government, CRIs and NGOs now? While this is a projects database, I assume that it is restricted to projects that yield some kind of dataset. Is that right? Would it be feasible, perhaps for a small organisation to use this to meet their in-house needs for a projects data-catalogue? Does it have some kind of API? Do plans exist to integrate or federate this with DOC's Geoportal <http://geoportal.doc.govt.nz/> or other data catalogues <http://dataversity.org.nz/groups/dataversity_public_discuss/messages/to pic/58zqIICRAQhbZGyEfd3gyL>? cheers, Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net ----------------------------------------- Full text of this topic in Dataversity Public Discussion: http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/4G579ZXCuZ8Mt30domrXvp To leave Dataversity Public Discussion, email <email obscured>?Subject=unsubscribe Start your own free groups and site with OnlineGroups.Net http://onlinegroups.net Host your own online groups site with GroupServer http://groupserver.org ############################################## This e-mail (and attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. ##############################################
Madan, Congratulations on DOC's Biodiversity Projects Database <http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/land-and-freshwater/biodiversity-projects-database/>. I imagine that this could be very useful to anyone who wants to know what biodata projects are in progress or have been carried out in their region. I see that, while this is administered by the Department of Conservation, it is a *national* catalogue of biodiversity inventory and monitoring projects, for research projects managed by various organisations, institutions and the community. It looks like almost all the project records are currently for DOC projects. What is the plan for populating this more widely? Are you seeking project data contributions from local government, CRIs and NGOs now? While this is a projects database, I assume that it is restricted to projects that yield some kind of dataset. Is that right? Would it be feasible, perhaps for a small organisation to use this to meet their in-house needs for a projects data-catalogue? Does it have some kind of API? Do plans exist to integrate or federate this with DOC's Geoportal <http://geoportal.doc.govt.nz/> or other data catalogues <http://dataversity.org.nz/groups/dataversity_public_discuss/messages/topic/58zqIICRAQhbZGyEfd3gyL>?
cheers, Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net
GNS, Landcare, NIWA and the NZGO are planning to implement Spatial Information Services Stack <https://www.seegrid.csiro.au/wiki/Siss/WebHome> to create an environmental information sharing platform for government agencies including regional councils and district councils, SOEs, and research institutes <http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/open-source-front-end-for-environmental-data>. This looks like an important enabler of the federated data infrastructure that we have often discussed <http://dataversity.org.nz/r/topic/6XAGTOAj6X0QhR3IX5NdS9>.
Dan -- @danrandow +64-27-431-4928 +64-3-377-5377 Chief Wrangler http://onlinegroups.net
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