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  1. Support article: Where could the Greater Glider be?

    Ecologists, field naturalists and all sorts of people might ask such a question. The greater glider, Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792), is Australia's largest glider, an arboreal marsupial that feeds on Eucalyptus leaves at night and shelters in tree hollows during the day. We have records of where it has been observed, but where else might it be? Species distribution models are often used to answer such questions...

  2. Support article: ALA data standards

    What are biodiversity data standards Different researchers and institutions capture and store data in the forms and combinations which best meet their needs. However, to make this data more widely accessible and to ensure it can be reused for different purposes, data providers need to consider the most appropriate way to expose their data. They need to decide which structures and terms will be best recognised by others...

  3. Support article: Survey location settings

    The location settings allow you to configure how users record locations in your survey form, and the styling of the map displayed in the survey. To configure the location settings for your survey: Click on the “Admin” button at the top. Click on “Survey settings” on the left. Click the “Locations” tab. Configuring how users record locations In the first section you can configure how users provide location information when they are entering data...

  4. Support article: How to access ALA APIs

    Jump to section: Examples of ALA APIs Explore our species information Find an image's link and attribution information We provide access to our data via a set of REST APIs documented on Swagger. You can find the list of published APIs and relevant Swagger documentation at docs.ala.org.au. You can use these APIs in your work to access our open-source data more easily and feed into downstream analyses using your own system...

  5. Support article: What is DigiVol?

    Digivol is an online tool that enables volunteers to capture data and digitise collections held within museums, libraries, archives and herbaria. DigiVol is a collaboration between the Atlas of Living Australia and the Australian Museum, Through DigiVol, volunteers help collection owners make their research material available to everyone online...

  6. Support article: Taxonomy in the ALA

    Jump to section: Why does the ALA need a taxonomic backbone? How does the taxonomic backbone work in the ALA? 1. Combine taxonomy data from multiple authoritative sources 2. Build an index of names and classify them into a tree 3. Match incoming records to names in the index 3.1 Occurrence records 3.2 Species Lists 3.3 Species Search API Useful Examples 1. Resolving names from different authorities 2. Resolving an unrecognised name using a higher match 3...

  7. Support article: BioCollect explained

    What is BioCollect? BioCollect is a data collection and management tool developed by the ALA. It supports scientists, ecologists, citizen scientists and natural resource managers in collecting and managing biodiversity, ecological and natural resource management (NRM) data. BioCollect can be used for survey-based monitoring activities for citizen science and ecology projects, and as a project management tool for natural resource management projects...

  8. Support article: How does the ALA integrate data?

    Integrating or aggregating data is the process of bringing multiple, disparate data sets together and combining them into a single data structure. Combining and standardising the different data sets allows them to be searched as a single unit using common terms. The ALA brings together hundreds of data sets and makes them available through a common interface...

  9. Support article: Sharing data with the ALA

    Once you have started collecting data with BioCollect, you can choose to share your data with the ALA. To turn on data sharing, email support@ala.org.au. Once data sharing is turned on for your project, all occurrence records in your project will be sent to the ALA. If your data is embargoed, it will not appear in the ALA. The licence you select in your survey configuration will be attached to all data from the survey...

  10. Support article: ALA's R package: {galah}

    galah is our R package for retrieving biodiversity data hosted by the ALA. galah enables you to locate and download species observations, taxonomic information, or associated media such as images or sounds, and to restrict your queries to particular taxa or locations. The latest release of galah is available on CRAN, and the development version is available from the GitHub repository...