Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research

The availability of archival spatial datasets, which are crucial means of obtaining valuable information in biological and ecological research, is often limited due to the analog form of the data. Therefore, digitization projects of natural history collections (NHCs) currently show a rising trend. I...

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Autores principales:	Maciej M. Nowak, Katarzyna Słupecka, Bogdan Jackowiak
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Biotic database Geocoding GIS Mapping Data sharing Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c041a34a29cc4d5ea8d6d80f8749fc3c2021-12-01T04:59:32ZGeotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108131https://doaj.org/article/c041a34a29cc4d5ea8d6d80f8749fc3c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21007962https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XThe availability of archival spatial datasets, which are crucial means of obtaining valuable information in biological and ecological research, is often limited due to the analog form of the data. Therefore, digitization projects of natural history collections (NHCs) currently show a rising trend. Increasingly, these projects include geotagging, which means assigning geographical coordinates and spatial attributes to specimens discovered in the field. Although numerous studies have examined the process of digitizing NHCs, there is still a need to develop good practice guides and a unified database or list of geographical information resources. Moreover, the accuracy of the spatial assignment of specimen locations in many online databases is unacceptable for environmental research. Therefore, it is important to develop a methodology to standardize geotagging methods.The first goal of this paper was to create and verify a list of available online sources of geotagged spatial information. The second goal was to develop a good practice guide for geotagging NHCs based on the limitations resulting from the specificity of archival data. These aims were achieved owing to participation in the AMU Nature Collections project – digitization and sharing of natural data resources of the Faculty of Biology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMUNATCOLL). The results of the proposed methodology indicate that natural history data are so heterogeneous in terms of spatial description quality that it is not always possible to unambiguously and precisely geotag them. Therefore, it is important to implement the spatial quality assessment and commenting system proposed by the authors.Maciej M. NowakKatarzyna SłupeckaBogdan JackowiakElsevierarticleBiotic databaseGeocodingGISMappingData sharingEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 131, Iss , Pp 108131- (2021)
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topic	Biotic database Geocoding GIS Mapping Data sharing Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	Biotic database Geocoding GIS Mapping Data sharing Ecology QH540-549.5 Maciej M. Nowak Katarzyna Słupecka Bogdan Jackowiak Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research
description	The availability of archival spatial datasets, which are crucial means of obtaining valuable information in biological and ecological research, is often limited due to the analog form of the data. Therefore, digitization projects of natural history collections (NHCs) currently show a rising trend. Increasingly, these projects include geotagging, which means assigning geographical coordinates and spatial attributes to specimens discovered in the field. Although numerous studies have examined the process of digitizing NHCs, there is still a need to develop good practice guides and a unified database or list of geographical information resources. Moreover, the accuracy of the spatial assignment of specimen locations in many online databases is unacceptable for environmental research. Therefore, it is important to develop a methodology to standardize geotagging methods.The first goal of this paper was to create and verify a list of available online sources of geotagged spatial information. The second goal was to develop a good practice guide for geotagging NHCs based on the limitations resulting from the specificity of archival data. These aims were achieved owing to participation in the AMU Nature Collections project – digitization and sharing of natural data resources of the Faculty of Biology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMUNATCOLL). The results of the proposed methodology indicate that natural history data are so heterogeneous in terms of spatial description quality that it is not always possible to unambiguously and precisely geotag them. Therefore, it is important to implement the spatial quality assessment and commenting system proposed by the authors.
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author	Maciej M. Nowak Katarzyna Słupecka Bogdan Jackowiak
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title	Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research
title_short	Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research
title_full	Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research
title_fullStr	Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research
title_full_unstemmed	Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research
title_sort	geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research
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Geotagging of natural history collections for reuse in environmental research

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