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Site Page: Data processing – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 9th October 2013 We are regularly asked about how we process and manage data. This blog provides a reasonably technical overview of: some of the processes occurrence data goes through; how the results of this processing are visible to users; and how users can explore and filter data to be “fit for purpose” Note that these processes continue to evolve over time to better detect issues and address your needs so your feedback is welcome...

Site Page: Privacy Policy – Atlas of Living Australia

Important By using this Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas) website and the Content available on and through it, you are agreeing to be bound by this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to set out how the Atlas will deal with personal information gathered by the Atlas when you visit and use the site. Personal information collected by the Atlas is governed by the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988...

Site Page: Species names – Atlas of Living Australia

Learn more about: What is a ‘species name’? How is a species name determined? Can a species name have more than one meaning? Why does a species have more than one name? Where does the ALA get its species names? What is the problem with common names? Why doesn’t the ALA list all the common names for a species? How does the ALA resolve species names, noting that they change over time? How does the ALA treat manuscript or phrase names? What is a ‘species name’? A species (or ‘scientific’) name...

Site Page: ALA in action: Trevor Booth, CSIRO Land and Water – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 26th February 2018 Trevor Booth uses the ALA to study where particular tree species can grow in Australia and overseas, under both current and future climatic conditions. In this article, Trevor describes some of his work and provides some useful tips for anyone using the ALA’s mapping and analysis features to study plant or animal distributions...

Site Page: Species traits: exploring why species live where they live – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 26th November 2018 By Michael Kearney, Physiological Ecologist, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne Michael Kearney with a Stumpy Tailed Lizard near Ouyen, Victoria. I grew up in a bushy outer suburb of Melbourne and spent most of my spare time looking for animals in my backyard and down at the local creek. As my travels grew wider, I began to find the geographic distributions of species fascinating...

Site Page: Our ALA interns dive into data – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 22nd December 2022 The Atlas of Living Australia was delighted to host three undergraduate students from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) as part of a 12-week internship program across spring – summer 2022...

Site Page: Classify – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 31st January 2012 ALOC (short for Allocation) is a highly efficient yet simple classification method from the PATN package (http://www.patn.com.au) designed to classify large volumes of data. Think of ALOC as combining multiple layers of environmental data (e.g. mean annual temperature, slope, and precipitation) into one new layer that captures the essence of all chosen layers...

Site Page: Indigenous language names in the ALA – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 29th October 2019 At the PULiiMA 2019 Indigenous Languages & Technology Conference in Darwin in September, Senior Knowledge holders from the Kamilaroi community, Bernadette Duncan and Rhonda Ashby, together with the ALA’s Nat Raisbeck-Brown, demonstrated how Indigenous language names can be presented in the ALA...

Support article: Finding Pinot Noir – an example of how to use the Atlas

November 29, 2012 By Lee Belbin I like good wine. Fortunately these days, Australia has a huge number of excellent value wines. After many years enjoying Australia’s wonderful Shiraz, I’ve transitioned through Cabernets to Pinot Noir. However, finding good Pinot Noir is a lot harder than finding good Shiraz. So that brings me to the point of this article...

Site Page: Finding Pinot Noir – an example of how to use the Atlas – Atlas of Living Australia

Posted on 29th November 2012 I like good wine. Fortunately these days, Australia has a huge number of excellent value wines. After many years enjoying Australia’s wonderful Shiraz, I’ve transitioned through Cabernets to Pinot Noir. However, finding good Pinot Noir is a lot harder than finding good Shiraz. So that brings me to the point of this article. Maybe you want […] By Lee Belbin I like good wine. Fortunately these days, Australia has a huge number of excellent value wines...