Training Materials

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Below you will find links to materials to help you learn to use and try out the various components of GEOLocate.

Using the GEOLocate Web Client:

• Practice localities to illustrate use of the GEOLocate web application.

Link the GEOLocate Web Client to Your Data in Excel:

• Within Excel it is possible to generate a hyperlink based upon your data which links out to the GEOLocate web api.
  Excel/GEOLocate WebClient Example Spreadsheet
  

Creating Data Files for Batch Processing:

• Instructions of how to format a file in Excel for import into GEOLocate.
• CSV file template (with Uncertainty Radius).Note: This template will allow you to use either the web or desktop application, but only the web application is capable of generating and editing the uncertainty radii.
• CSV file template (without Uncertainty Radius). For use with desktop or web based application.

Using the Batch Georeferencing Web Client:

• Demo of preloaded records. Phoxinus erythrogaster records from Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (44 records)

Creating Data Files for Collaborative Georeferencing:

• Instructions of how to format a file in Excel for import into the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Portal.
• Minimal CSV file template for uploading to the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Portal.
• Full CSV file template for uploading to the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Portal.

Videos:

• Using the Collaborative Georeferencing Web Client:
• Stream/Dowmload Windows Media Video Format (WMV) (appox. 50 MB)
• Download MPEG-4 Format (MP4) (appox. 50 MB)

Sample Datasets:

Desktop and Web App Input Files:
• GEOLocate sample input file (10 records)
• GEOLocate sample input file with uncertainty radii (20 records)
• Fish locality records from Texas. GEOLocate csv input format (13,159 records)
• Demo of preloaded records. Phoxinus erythrogaster records from Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (44 records)
Collaborative Georeferencing Input Files:
• Selected HerpNet specimen records from Arkansas. Formatted for collaborative georeferencing (5,246 records)
• Minimal csv file for collaborative georeferencing. Random records selected from texas fish localities (250 records)
• Full csv file with minimum required data for collaborative georeferencing. Random records selected from texas fish localities (250 records)
Unformatted Data Files:
• Lungfish records from Queensland Australia. Raw csv format from FishNet2 (63 records)
• Cornell fish collection records via FishNet2 from Africa. Raw csv format (35 records)

Links:

• GEOLocate home page
• Collaborative geoereferencing web portal
• The case for representing uncertainty as polygons