Advancing biodiversity information management

Bird observations of SW Finland

Observations of individual enthusiasts

Databases of ornithological

societies

National databaseof BirdLife

Professional monitoringof environment

Management and decision-making

Putting observational species data to use

Lack of cooperation between the actors

Lack of geographical information

Proposed model for cooperation

Maps to SW Finland Thematic Atlas

Laji

Otsikko

Aika

Otsikko

Otsikko

Otsikko

Havaintojen lukumäärä

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WMS interfacefor maps at

National Land Survey

WMSmap

service

Topographicmaps

Database

service

Bird observations

Other spatialdata

Soils, climate, etc.

Observations with coordinates

Hippiäinen, Goldcrest, Regulus regulus

Implications & significance

• Coordinates collected with observations Observational data viewable together with other data sources

• A test for utilisation of WMS services with a light user interface

• Combination of map service with a on-line species database