Transcript HerpNET Progress and Goals

Progress and Goals
Goals of HerpNET
• Produce a distributed database among 36
museums in North America
• Use DiGIR protocol
• Georeference all N/S American localities in these
collections and make them available through these
distributed databases
• Establish a consistent methodology of
georeferencing, including error calculation
Progress to Date
Publishing Website (www.herpnet.org)
Establishing Listserv to facilitate communication between
institutions
Gathering all collection data from 36 institutions
Start of georeferencing at Year 1 institutions
Establishing prototype gazetteer of all unique localities*
*Note: Due to some technical and staffing problems, along with delays in
obtaining collection data, the projected new date for the finished gazetteer
is January 31, 2004.
HerpNET Index page
Prototype Gazetteer
Progress of claiming localities:
• ~650,000 unique localities (using prototype
gazetteer)
• 3.5 million specimen records total
• Of these, ~391,700 have been claimed
• Leaves 40% left to be claimed
• Of this total, 110,000 are MVZ localities,
which have already been georeferenced
Regions Claimed
regions
claimed
US
16
C anada
2
M exic o
1
C entral A meric a
12
South A meric a
6
A s ia
8
E urope
2
A fric a
6
O c eania
1
TOTALS
54
unclaimed
35
8
0
1
8
22
41
40
18
173
Georeferencing Rates on average
US localities=~10-20 per hour
1000 localities = 67 hours
Foreign localities = ~4 per hour
1000 localities = 250 hours
Next Steps:
Make production gazetteer public
(projected date is Jan 31, 2004)
Institutions download rest of claimed data and
georeference those localities
Set up servers at institutions soon? (e.g. core
institutions with available computer personnel)
Make kernel of country data available (e.g. Belize,
Honduras, El Salvador)
Set up filters at institutions with servers