There is a nice flash charts implementation, that is backed by JSON calls (here) - ideal for a non flashy, backend java person like me. I plan to use it to produce some summary visualisations on datasets so you can discover what you have before downloading 22Million records or so. Combined with some simple mapping views, I aim to do summaries like (these are just some first thoughts and not properly thought through):
- taxonomic + basis of reference matrix (observations of animals, versus specimens of plants etc)
- temporal coverage by taxa (give an idea of what names might have been used during identification)
- X-referenced with mutliple taxonomies (e.g. Catalogue of Life 2008 covers 50% plants, 75% animals in results)
- occurrence density maps
- taxa "distribution" maps - based on raw points. with BiodiversityAtlas, could overlay real distributions and points
- Protected area coverage (records in protected areas, % of result geospatial scope that is considered protected and which category)
This would all sit on top of data that is mined using hadoop. More to follow as this idea develops...
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