Species pages update - All issues with the exception of the kml running in Google maps have been addressed. Mapping now includes a Google map listed by GBIF contributor and a Google Earth map that lists all current GBIF data (click-able for more info). Map examples - http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_aurea_range.htm
http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_eburnea_range.htm
http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/CarexFSF/new/carex_folliculata_range.htm
Google Earth available on image on "species"tab and through kml icon on maps page.
One issue that continues to dog development is the wide variety of settings for displays. Approximately half of the users are running 1028 x 758 dpi on their monitors, while the other half is a collection of various settings that are greater than this value. When pages are viewed at 1028 x 758, they require "right/left" scrolling to be fully viewable. Writing (designing) for one half impacts the other half, either limiting or overloading. Any thoughts on how to deal with problem? Will this problem still be here three years from now? Tim
Dave Roberts wrote:
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
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 tpolonski@adelphia.net 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 _______________________________________________ tdwg mailing list tdwg@lists.tdwg.org http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo/tdwg
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