Post on 10-May-2015
Digitization efforts and products from the USNM Hymenoptera Unit
Digitization efforts and products from the USNM Hymenoptera Unit
Matthew L. Buffington & Michael GatesSystematic Entomology Lab, ARS-USDANMNH, Smithsonian Institution
Whole Drawer Imaging: Giga panning the USNM gall waspsWhole Drawer Imaging: Giga
panning the USNM gall wasps
Type digitization in the Hymenoptera Unit
Type digitization in the Hymenoptera Unit
USNM Hymenoptera TypesUSNM Hymenoptera Types Online Database: www.usnmhymtypes.com
7,267 primary types included. Four images per type,
incl. labels (~3,200) All types being affixed
with unique matrix code
label.
Online Database: www.usnmhymtypes.com 7,267 primary types included. Four images per type,
incl. labels (~3,200) All types being affixed
with unique matrix code
label.
Type database specimen viewsType database specimen views
Value Added IValue Added I Zoobank: www.zoobank.org
Working with Rich Pyle to assign Life Science Identifiers to all Hymenoptera type species in USNM.
Cross check in advance
with Hym. Name Server. Provide link to LSID on
USNMHymtypes.
Zoobank: www.zoobank.org Working with Rich Pyle to assign Life Science
Identifiers to all Hymenoptera type species in USNM.
Cross check in advance
with Hym. Name Server. Provide link to LSID on
USNMHymtypes.
Value Added IIValue Added II Global Names Interface for Taxonomic
Editing: www.gnite.org Name-based cyberinfrastructure for
interconnecting all online information about any species.
Ultimately, link all USNMhymtypes information.
Global Names Interface for Taxonomic Editing: www.gnite.org
Name-based cyberinfrastructure for interconnecting all online information about any species.
Ultimately, link all USNMhymtypes information.
Value Added IIIValue Added III CiteBank: www.citebank.org Our contractor and CiteBankstaff:
Provide links on USNMHymtypes to each publication (click volume). Provide link to page on which species was originally described (click page).
All original citations are/will be available through BHL portal.
CiteBank: www.citebank.org Our contractor and CiteBankstaff:
Provide links on USNMHymtypes to each publication (click volume). Provide link to page on which species was originally described (click page).
All original citations are/will be available through BHL portal.
Whole Drawer Imaging: Giga panning the USNM gall waspsWhole Drawer Imaging: Giga
panning the USNM gall wasps NMNH Contains ca 35 million specimens, in:
132,354 drawers, stored in 5200 cabinets
Specimen-level databasing limited
How can we quickly ‘digitize’ the collection?How can we better serve the research community?
“Bugs on pins” Smithsonian Castle project.
NMNH Contains ca 35 million specimens, in:
132,354 drawers, stored in 5200 cabinets
Specimen-level databasing limited
How can we quickly ‘digitize’ the collection?How can we better serve the research community?
“Bugs on pins” Smithsonian Castle project.
Whole Drawer Imaging: Giga panning the USNM gall waspsWhole Drawer Imaging: Giga
panning the USNM gall wasps Cost-effective way to digitize whole drawers with
200+ megapixel images High-end setup: $5000 USD; ‘budget’ setup ca.
$2500 USD Setup: 30 sec; capture: 90 sec; stitching: 90-100
sec. Time to capture: 3.5-4min Metadata management (e.g. species names)
time-intensive: 5-10 min/drawer 14 min/drawer x 140 drawers = 32.6 hours
Cost-effective way to digitize whole drawers with 200+ megapixel images
High-end setup: $5000 USD; ‘budget’ setup ca. $2500 USD
Setup: 30 sec; capture: 90 sec; stitching: 90-100 sec. Time to capture: 3.5-4min
Metadata management (e.g. species names) time-intensive: 5-10 min/drawer
14 min/drawer x 140 drawers = 32.6 hours
The setup The setup
The results of our researchThe results of our research
The results of our research.The results of our research.
Gall wasp digitizingGall wasp digitizing
Gall wasp digitizingGall wasp digitizing
Data served via Gigapan website
Data served via Gigapan website
Pollinators and invasive species of economic importance.
Osmia species Vespa crabro L.
Documentation of collections of historical importance:The Alfred Russel Wallace collection.
Documentation of collections of historical importance:The Alfred Russel Wallace collection.
Any collection curated in drawers can be digitized via theGigapan system. In this case, dinosaurs.
Future Directions of the Gigapan Project
Future Directions of the Gigapan Project
Research cameras that are better designed for this application (e.g. battery compartment on the side; wireless file transfer)
Determine a better file management system Determine the best delivery system: will SI agree to have
Gigapan ‘host’ the images? Metadata management (e.g. species names) time-
intensive: 5-10 min/drawer; can this be improved? 14 min/drawer x 140 drawers = 32.6 hours; can this be
improved?
Research cameras that are better designed for this application (e.g. battery compartment on the side; wireless file transfer)
Determine a better file management system Determine the best delivery system: will SI agree to have
Gigapan ‘host’ the images? Metadata management (e.g. species names) time-
intensive: 5-10 min/drawer; can this be improved? 14 min/drawer x 140 drawers = 32.6 hours; can this be
improved?
AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements SI DigiComm committee, SI Women’s Committee, SI
Collections Care Fund and Alma Solis (SEL) for helping to finance the USNMHymTypes and Gigapan projects
Matt Bertone and Andy Deans (NCSU) for Gigapan inspiration, ideas and hints
Patricia Gentille-Poole (SI Entomology) Gino Nearns (recent PhD!; our web designer), Jolearra Tshiteya (SI/RIT imaging intern) and Yaz Sarraj (SI gigapan intern)
SI DigiComm committee, SI Women’s Committee, SI Collections Care Fund and Alma Solis (SEL) for helping to finance the USNMHymTypes and Gigapan projects
Matt Bertone and Andy Deans (NCSU) for Gigapan inspiration, ideas and hints
Patricia Gentille-Poole (SI Entomology) Gino Nearns (recent PhD!; our web designer), Jolearra Tshiteya (SI/RIT imaging intern) and Yaz Sarraj (SI gigapan intern)