The Basque Government presents the new Nature Information System of Euskadi (ES)
El nuevo Sistema de Información de la Naturaleza de Euskadi (SINE) se presenta como una herramienta de acceso público, gratuita y universal. Proporciona datos fiables, actualizados y unificados para respaldar la creación de estrategias, planes, normativas, objetivos y medidas destinadas a la conservación de la naturaleza en Euskadi. El objetivo principal del Sistema de Información […]
The National Data Portal uses a new tool for data download
Since July 2019, the way to download data from the National Data Portal has been lightly changed to allow the use of new functionalities and to improve the user experience. Moreover, we have implemented a new tool to make a more detailed tracking of the downloaded occurrences. Now, users need to be logged to download […]
Strengthening the Living Atlases Community of Practice
The Living Atlases community appoints two new coordinators and launches new video tutorials for users of the platform The GBIF Secretariat has funded two half-time positions in the network to assist in developing a growing community of practice around ‘Living Atlases.’ Vicente Ruiz Jurado of the Atlas of Living Spain will act as technical coordinator, […]
Biodiversity data hosted on datos.gbif.es ready to work with R software
In order to support the scientific community, that needs powerful tools to manage, visualize and analyze ecology and biodiversity data, GBIF.ES has configured the ALA4R module on the Spanish Living Atlas. ALA4R is an R programming language package, originally developed by Ben Raymond (Australian Antarctic Division), which enables the R community to directly access data and resources hosted […]
Open call for II GBIF.ES Workshop on the use of Elysia, tool for managing natural history collections
Registration period for the II GBIF.ES Workshop on the use of Elysia, tool for managing natural history collection is already opened. This workshop will take place on June 10-12, 2019 in the computer room at the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (CSIC). The three-day hands-on workshop is addressed to curators and technicians working with natural history collections (both zoological and botanical collections), […]