Home | Data | News | Events | Articles | Nodes | Preferences | Help | About | Press | Site map
SITE SEARCH: 
    
GBIF Data
Browse
Search
How to search
Providers
Data policy
About GBIF
Press
GBIF Q&A
GBIF Data Sharing
GBIF Symposia, etc.
Ebbe Nielsen Prize
GBIF Posters
GBIF Publications
GBIF Documents
GBIF Membership
GBIF Nodes
GBIF Directory
Tools and services
Newsletters
Mailing lists
Wiki
UDDI registry
Standards
CIRCA
GBIF tools download
Support
Become a data provider
GB documents [login]
GB15
Helpdesk
Training
Travel guidelines
FAQ
Programmes
DADI
DIGIT
ECAT
OCB
Home News

News: Now available: Guide to Best Practices for Georeferencing

This publication is one of the outputs from the BioGeomancer project and discusses in depth best practices for georeferencing biological species (specimen and observational) data. The publication presents examples of how to georeference a wide range of different location types, and provides information and examples on how to determine the extent and maximum uncertainty distance for locations based on the information provided.
Released on: 22 August 2006
Contributor: Not applicable
Language: English
Spatial coverage: Not applicable
Keywords: digitization georeferencing
Source of information: Biogeomancer project and GBIF Secretariat
Concerned URL: http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/Georeferencing

Guide to Best Practices for Georeferencing
Edited by: Arthur D. Chapman and John Wieczorek

Contributors: J.Wieczorek, R.Guralnick, A.Chapman, C.Frazier, N.Rios, R.Beaman, Q.Guo.

Copyright © 2006 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

The information in this book represents the professional opinion of the editors and contributors, and does not necessarily represent the views of the publisher or of the Regents of the University of California. While the authors and the publisher have attempted to make this book as accurate and as thorough as possible, the information contained herein is provided on an "As Is" basis, and without any warranties with respect to its accuracy or completeness. The authors, the publisher and the Regents of the University of California shall have no liability to any person or entity for any loss or damage caused by using the information provided in this book.

Recommended Citation:
Chapman, A.D. and J. Wieczorek (eds). 2006. Guide to Best Practices for Georeferencing. Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility. ISBN: 87-92020-00-3

Please note that this article expired on 2007/10/21

Contact info | Webmaster | Webmaster login | Printable page