Guide to Best Practices for Georeferencing
This publication is one of the outputs from the
BioGeomancer project and discusses 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.
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.
ISBN: 87-92020-00-3
Recommended Citation: Chapman, A.D. and J.
Wieczorek (eds). 2006. Guide to Best Practices
for Georeferencing. Copenhagen: Global
Biodiversity Information Facility.
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