GEOLocate
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GEOLocate – Automated Georeferencing
Desktop application for automated georeferencing of natural history collections data
Locality description analysis, coordinate generation, batch processing, geographic visualization, data correction and error determination
Initial release in 2002
Basic Georeferencing Process
• Data Input– Data Correction– Manual or file based data entry
• Coordinate Generation– Locality description parsing and analysis
• Coordinate Adjustment– Fine tuning the results on a visual map display
• Error Determination– Assigning a maximum possible extent for a given
locality description
Coordinate Generation Pipeline
Navigable Waterway Query & Analysis
TRS Query & Analysis
Placenames Query & Analysis
Highway Name and Water body Name Query & Analysis
Water Body Query & Snapping
Standardize Locality String
Overview: Locality Visualization & Adjustment
Computed coordinates are displayed on digital maps
Manual verification of each record
Drag and drop correction of records
Overview:Multiple Result Handling
Caused by duplicate names, multiple names & multiple displacements
Results are ranked and most “accurate” result is recorded and used as primary result
All results are recorded and displayed as red arrows
Working on using specimen data to limit spread of results
Overview:Estimating Error
Recorded as a comma delimited array of vertices using latitude and longitude
User-defined maximum extent described as a polygon that a given locality description can represent
Example
Taxonomic Footprint Validation
Taxa collected for a given locality
Uses point occurrence data from distributed museum databases to validate georeferenced data
Species A
Species B
Lepomis macrochirusLepomis macrochirus
Notropis chrosomusNotropis chrosomus
Notropis volucellusNotropis volucellus
Micropterus coosaeMicropterus coosae
LepomisLepomis cyanelluscyanellus
Cottus carolinaeCottus carolinae
Hypentelium etowanumHypentelium etowanum
Etheostoma ramseyiEtheostoma ramseyi
Footprint for specimens collected at Little Schultz Creek, off Co. Rd. 26 (Schultz Spring Road), approx. 5 mi Footprint for specimens collected at Little Schultz Creek, off Co. Rd. 26 (Schultz Spring Road), approx. 5 mi N of Centreville; Bibb County; White circles indicate results from automated georeferencing. Black circle N of Centreville; Bibb County; White circles indicate results from automated georeferencing. Black circle indicates actual collection locality based on GPS. This sample was conducted using data from UAIC & indicates actual collection locality based on GPS. This sample was conducted using data from UAIC & TUMNHTUMNH
Collaborative Georeferencing
• Distributed community effort increases efficiency• Web based portal used to manage each community• DiGIR used for data input (alternatives in
development)• Similar records from various institutions can be
flagged and georeferenced at once• Data returned to individual institutions via portal
download as a comma delimited file
Collaborative GeoreferencingDiGIR Service
Record Processor
GEOLocate Desktop Application
Cache Update Web Service
Web Portal Application
Data Store
Georeferencing Web Service
Data Retrieval Web Service
Insert Correction Web Service
Remote Data Source
Global Georeferencing
Typically 1:1,000,000
Will work with users to improve resolution (examples: Australia 250K & Spain 200K)
Advanced features such as waterbody matching bridge crossing detection possible but requires extensive data compilation (example: Spain)
Multilingual Georeferencing
• Extensible architecture for adding languages via language libraries
• Language libraries are text files that define various locality types in a given language
• Current support for:– Spanish– Basque– Catalan– Galician
• May also be used to define custom locality types in English
Future Directions
• Collaboration with foreign participants to improve datasets and language libraries
• Cross platform Java client
• More web services integration
• Integration of WFS & WMS for mapping
• Alternatives to DiGIR
Selected Resources
• Best Practices: http://www.gbif.org/prog/digit/Georeferencing
• Georeferencing of museum collections: A review of problems and automated tools, and the methodology developed by the Mountain and Plains Spatio-Temporal Database-Informatics Initiative (Mapstedi)http://systbio.org/?q=node/150
• Herpnet Resource List:http://www.herpnet.org/Gazetteer/GeorefResources.htm