Post on 04-Jan-2016
GBIF/ HERPNET
GEOREFERENCING WORSHOP
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, 5-8 December 2006
Main study areas of RMCA
Taxonomical group Total Albertine Rift
Pisces 950,000 100,000
Amphibia 200,000 88,000
Reptilia 40,000 14,000
Aves 150,000 43,000
Mammalia 90,000 25,000
I nsecta 6,000,000 1,500,000
Other I nvertebrata 1,000,000 200,000
RMCA natural history collectionsAfrican Zoology
The Xylarium of Tervuren
56,000 specimens of 13,600 different botanical species from around the world.
Herbarium specimens and living plants hosted at the Belgain Botanical Garden since 1934
Geological collections
10,255 ordinary minerals (in 988 species), 1,077 radioactive minerals and 170 asbestos samples
20,000 well-documented (micro)fossils including both fauna and flora species of Phanerozoic deposits of the Central African region.
RMCA and SYNTHESYS NETWORK ACTIVITY
“Providing itinerary related datasets and tools (for integration, visualization and quality check)”
18 months project
Danny Meirte, Bart Meganck, Franck Theeten, Patricia Mergen
Spatial Data Infrastructure: www.deegree.org
AfricaAfrica Itineraries - visualisation example
point-radius and linking geometries
Demo site : http://synthesys.africamuseum.be
Welcome Coffee from 8-9h
Coffee breaks 10h45 and 15h45
Lunch 12h30-13h30
Tuesday (today) : Get-together (Drinks and Tapas 18h30- 20h30
Thursday Dinner : 19h30- 22h30
Buildings of the Museum
Museum Hotel VignetteTram Station
Bus stop to airport
Hotel Campanile
B) Hotel Campanile (http://www.hotels-belgium.com/airport/campanile.htm) RING UITRIT DIEGEM EXCELSIORLAAN 21930 ZAVENTEMTel. +32 2 720 98 62Fax +32 2 720 98 64brusselsairport@campanile.com
1. Take bus 272, 281 or 282 direction Zaventem airport. Step out at Zaventem “Luchthaven”(Main Airport terminal)
2. Take Bus 830 “Machelen - Zaventem. - Tervuren. – Groenendaal” direction Groenendaal and step out at the stop “Tervuren Centrum”.
To Brussels Center :
Any Questions ?