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  1. Site Page: GBIF and ALA help map plants used in Aboriginal medicine – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 30th August 2011 The innovative use of data accessible through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) may help to identify areas of high cultural value, based on plants used in traditional medicine by Aboriginal people in Australia...

  2. Site Page: The Atlas has upgraded their biocache – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 9th September 2011 The Atlas of Living Australia is pleased to announce that they have upgraded their Atlas’ biocache. So what is the biocache, you might ask? It’s the data store the Atlas portal uses to keep a cache of the occurrence records – sightings, specimen details, survey information – and media files (images, sound files, videos) harvested from our 280+ data set contributors...

  3. Site Page: Australia’s species – Atlas of Living Australia

    See some of Australia’s iconic species on the Atlas’ Species Lists site.

  4. Site Page: Explore by location – Atlas of Living Australia

    Explore your area Simply enter an address or location to find the recorded species nearby. You can set the size of the search area and download the results. Explore regions Pre-defined regions include states and territories, local government areas, biogeographic regions, marine regions, management regions and more.

  5. Site Page: Digitisation guidance – Atlas of Living Australia

    The Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas) has access to biodiversity information only because the information is available in digital form. To assist data providers create and manage digital data, the Atlas has been cooperating with partners to produce a range of guidance on different aspects of digitisation. Learn about: What is digitisation? Imaging Using volunteers for digitisation See also Imaging Hints and Tips for information on a range of imaging topics...

  6. Site Page: Terms of Use – Atlas of Living Australia

    Introduction By using this Atlas website and the Content available on and through it, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. Content that you access through the Atlas website may also be subject to specific terms and conditions imposed by a data provider (Data Provider Terms). These Data Provider Terms may include certain licences to use the Content, such as Creative Commons licences...

  7. Site Page: Atlas partners – Atlas of Living Australia

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Administrative lead agency Australian Museum (AM) Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory (MAGNT) Museums Victoria (MV) Queensland Museum (QM) South Australian Museum (SAMA) Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) Western Australian Museum (WAM) Council of Australasian Museum Directors (CAMD) Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) Council of Heads of Australian Collections of Microorganisms (CHACM) Council of...

  8. Site Page: ABOLN – Atlas of Living Australia

    About ABOLN The Australian Barcode of Life Network (ABOLN) was established in 2006 to develop and promote DNA barcoding and its applications in Australia. It is an informal affiliation of scientists and key stakeholders from across Australia who are involved or interested in the use of DNA barcoding. The initial impetus for forming ABOLN was to coordinate Australian participation in the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL)...

  9. Site Page: Image management – Atlas of Living Australia

    Imaging framework table of contents 1 Introduction 1.1 About this document 1.2 Basis of the guidance 1.3 Using this guidance 2 Need for image management 3 Image management process 3.1 Plan image 3.2 Create image 3.3 Post-process image 3.4 Store image 3.5 Use/share image 3.6 Migrate image format 3.7 Archive image 3.8 Add metadata 4 Components of an image management framework 4.1 Collection strategy/policy 4.2 Recordkeeping obligations 4.3 Imaging use 4.4 Metadata requirements 4...

  10. Site Page: Imaging hardware – Atlas of Living Australia

    Learn about: Mosaicing v single shot cameras Testing the relative performance of different imaging solutions On different brands of studio flash On colour profiles and different cameras On Hasselblad lenses and imaging whole drawers On microscope cameras On batteries On external and internal flashes Sensor to subject distance and magnification Case study: Equipment Options for Imaging by Volunteers Mosaicing v single shot cameras High quality images can be produced in one of two ways: by...