FishNet 2 Collaborative Georeferencing Workshop Lawrence, KS 10-11, Jan 2013
History 1999: Creation of original FishNet Network Z39.50 protocol for sharing data Search via Species Analyst (distributed query model) 2005: FishNet 2 created Search via DiGIR Portal (distributed query model) Harvesting of DiGIR, DwCA, IPT, Static Spreadsheets Search via FishNet 2 Portal (centralized query model) 2010: FishNet 2 (centralized query model) Transition to DiGIR Protocol : Portal & data expansion and enhancement
Global network of fish collections 48 data providers 3.2 million lots 30+ million specimens 57% georeferenced
Generalizing FishNet 2: The Biological Object Search Service (BOSS)
Full Text Searches Common Names Synonyms Institutional Temporal Geographic
Enabling Spatial Queries
Search Results Occurrence Records Geographic Summary Taxon Summary Provider Summary
Downloading & Visualizing Results
api=myapikey&t=percina aurora Search API Characteristics – “REST” like style – Output in CSV or Tab – API Key to track usage Services – Taxon – Provider – Occurrence – Occurrence Counts Allows integration with research workflows Percina aurora
> library(rvertnet) > f1=vertoccurrence(t="Hypophthalmichthys molitrix",grp="fish") > f2=subset(f1,Latitude !=0 & Longitude != 0) > world = map_data("world") > ggplot(world, aes(long, lat)) + geom_polygon(aes(group = group), fill = "white",color = "gray40", size =.2) + geom_jitter(data = f2, aes(Longitude, Latitude), alpha=0.6, size = 2.5, color = "red") + opts(title = "Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Silver Carp)") > library(rvertnet) > f1=vertoccurrence(t="Hypophthalmichthys molitrix",grp="fish") > f2=subset(f1,Latitude !=0 & Longitude != 0) > world = map_data("world") > ggplot(world, aes(long, lat)) + geom_polygon(aes(group = group), fill = "white",color = "gray40", size =.2) + geom_jitter(data = f2, aes(Longitude, Latitude), alpha=0.6, size = 2.5, color = "red") + opts(title = "Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Silver Carp)") Interoperability: RVertNet
Reporting
Reporting Details
by the Numbers Number of Records Number of Queries or Visitors
Current Project Goals: To expand the number of records within FishNet to approximately 4 million lots representing over 30 million specimens To georeference all "georeferencable" records lacking geographic coordinates To repatriate results to source data providers
Georeferencing Collaborators
“Preliminary” Assignments 2 out of 4 million records in need of georeferencing ~290,000 locality records