Atlas of Living Australia
One infrastructure - many systems What is the ALA? - an open infrastructure Spain’s “ALA” Web Services click on images to go through to site
What is the ALA made up of? Data Capture Data Discovery Data Visualisation Data Analysis Getting data into the system Combining data sets & applying tools & methods to interpret meaning & relationships in the data Viewing data in different ways Finding, navigating, & filtering data ENABLING researchers government community industry to…… Engage with biodiversity Manage biodiversity Report on biodiversity Understand impact on biodiversity
What type of information do we have? Tell me about this bird
What type of information do we have? Or where it shouldn’t be Where can I find it? How does it compare?
What type of information do we have? What is the temperature like where it lives?What is the rainfall likely in 2030? Spatial Portal
Where does the data come from?
How can you help adding more? Animal SelfiesDigitise the footsteps of others DigiVol
How can you help adding more? Citizen Science Get into natureFind an activity
How can you help adding more? Citizen Science Join a communityTake a Quest
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Citizen Science – Project finder
BioCollect – Sophisticated data capture Benefits: Enabling communities Protecting data from loss Mobilising CS data for science > just occurrence records – context with them Project uniqueness in a common framework Current engagements: ~90 and growing