[tdwg-tag] Referring to GBIF distribution map in RDF

[Dave Vieglais]

Geohash is another algorithm that might be worth considering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geohash 


On May 10, 2010, at 11:11 , Roderic Page wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I'm interested in referring to a GBIF distribution map in RDF, and am  
> having fun figuring out how to do it. One way is to use a c-squares- 
> based URI, see http://iphylo.blogspot.com/2010/05/referring-to-one-degree-s
> quare-in-rdf.html (http://tinyurl.com/33ba4kt).
> 
> The idea is that each 1° × 1° square in a GBIF map has it's own c- 
> squares-based URI, e.g. http://bioguid.info/csquare:3317:364 , and  
> hence a distribution would be a list of these URIs (perhaps with the  
> number of records from each square).
> 
> Any thoughts on this approach, and whether we have an existing  
> vocabulary to describe these relationships?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rod
> 
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