EDIT Geo-tools in E-biosphere conference (London)

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Enhancing the visualiza0on of biological data: EDIT Geographic tools Roca, P. 1 ; Sastre, P. 1 ; Lobo, J.M. 1 ; Meganck, B. 2 ; Theeten, F. 2 ; Mergen P. 2 .; Müller, A. 3 ; Kohlbecker,A. 3 ; Dusan S. 4 ., Mikiewicz D. 5 1 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), 2 Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), 3 Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum (BGBM), 4 InsRtute of Botany, Slovakian Academy of Sciences (IBSAS) ,5 Hungarian Museum of Natural History (HNHM) 4 CORE EDIT GeoTools all the tools are Open Source allows postgreSQL to be used as a backend spa5al database for geographic informa5on systems (GIS) server‐side work, including the genera5on of images to download non‐profit organiza5on leading the development of standards for geospa5al services Upload, symbolize and query your point data EDIT mapViewer aims to provide taxonomists an easy‐to‐use webapplicaRon to visualize, filter, symbolize, print and analyze their own point data hDp://edit.csic.es/geo/mapviewer/edit.html EDIT mapViewer tools Open Source map viewing library, wri\en in pure JavaScript JavaScript library designed to change the way that you write Javascript. jQuery plugins ‐farbtasRc ‐jqModal ‐flot Add extra geographic informa0on to your map, including on‐screen digi0zed polygons Get your maps at different resolu0ons and in different formats (TIFF, JPEG, PNG, GIF…) Perform basic spa0al analysis, browse and visualize GBIF density data mapREST services Integrate clear colourful maps into your own website or applicaRon. Choose data sources and adapt colour, symbology, extent and line types to fully customise your map. You construct the URL, we provide you a map image h\p://edit.csic.es/v1/areas.php?l=earth&ad=tdwg3:a:PHI,VAN,BOR| b:BIS,SUM,CBD,SOL,ASS&as=a:8dd3c7,,1|b:e91f16,5be166,1,1_2&ms=800&label=1 In this example, TDWG level 3 has been symbolized with the parameters defined in “a” and “b” style. Each style has associated a list of TDWG level 3 codes. You can find the mapREST API in h\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/trac/wiki/MapRestServiceApi Some EDIT Data Portals already use this service to show their data: ‐h\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/dataportal/palmae/ ‐h\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/dataportal/cichorieae/ ‐h\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/dataportal/diptera/ Also a mapREST service is ready for ploqng point data. We only need the coordinates, you define your symbology… that’s all! ATBI Mercantour website already uses this service: ‐h\p://www.atbi.eu/mercantour‐mariqme/?q=node/ 13&tree_s=755 publishes data from any major spa5al data source using open standards

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Enhancingthevisualiza0onofbiologicaldata:EDITGeographictoolsRoca,P.1;Sastre,P.1;Lobo,J.M.1;Meganck,B.2;Theeten,F.2;MergenP.2.;Müller,A.3;Kohlbecker,A.3;DusanS.4.,MikiewiczD.5

1MuseoNacionaldeCienciasNaturales(CSIC),2RoyalMuseumforCentralAfrica(RMCA),3BotanicalGardenandBotanicalMuseum(BGBM),4InsRtuteofBotany,SlovakianAcademyofSciences(IBSAS),5HungarianMuseumofNaturalHistory(HNHM)

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COREEDITGeoTools

allthetoolsareOpenSource

allowspostgreSQLtobeusedasabackendspa5aldatabaseforgeographicinforma5onsystems(GIS)

server‐sidework,includingthegenera5onofimagesto

download

non‐profitorganiza5onleadingthedevelopmentofstandardsfor

geospa5alservices

Upload,symbolizeandqueryyourpointdata

EDITmapViewer aimstoprovidetaxonomistsaneasy‐to‐usewebapplicaRontovisualize,filter,symbolize,printandanalyzetheirownpointdata

hDp://edit.csic.es/geo/mapviewer/edit.html

EDITmapViewertoolsOpenSourcemapviewinglibrary,wri\eninpureJavaScript

JavaScriptlibrarydesignedtochangethewaythatyouwriteJavascript.

jQueryplugins‐farbtasRc‐jqModal‐flot

Addextrageographicinforma0ontoyourmap,includingon‐screendigi0zedpolygons

Getyourmapsatdifferentresolu0onsandindifferentformats(TIFF,JPEG,PNG,GIF…)

Performbasicspa0alanalysis,browseandvisualizeGBIFdensitydata

mapRESTservicesIntegrateclearcolourfulmapsintoyourown

websiteorapplicaRon.Choosedatasourcesandadaptcolour,symbology,extentandlinetypestofully

customiseyourmap.

YouconstructtheURL,weprovideyouamapimage

h\p://edit.csic.es/v1/areas.php?l=earth&ad=tdwg3:a:PHI,VAN,BOR|b:BIS,SUM,CBD,SOL,ASS&as=a:8dd3c7,,1|b:e91f16,5be166,1,1_2&ms=800&label=1

Inthisexample,TDWGlevel3hasbeensymbolizedwiththeparametersdefinedin“a”and“b”style.EachstylehasassociatedalistofTDWGlevel3codes.YoucanfindthemapRESTAPIinh\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/trac/wiki/MapRestServiceApi

SomeEDITDataPortalsalreadyusethisservicetoshowtheirdata:

‐h\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/dataportal/palmae/‐h\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/dataportal/cichorieae/‐h\p://dev.e‐taxonomy.eu/dataportal/diptera/

AlsoamapRESTserviceisreadyforploqngpointdata.Weonlyneedthecoordinates,youdefineyour

symbology…that’sall!ATBIMercantourwebsitealreadyusesthisservice:

‐h\p://www.atbi.eu/mercantour‐mariqme/?q=node/13&tree_s=755

publishesdatafromanymajorspa5aldatasourceusingopen

standards