Problems in beginning a new Flora Access to available names Access to publications Access to adequate collections Access to ancillary information Re-inventing the wheel - With thanks to George Shepherd
where are we now? where are we now? where are we going?
Using emerging technologies What emerging technologies? How are they being used? How can these be used to solve the problems of beginning a new Flora
Changing Technology Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Internet New high-speed parallel networks Distributed systems Interactive Mapping - From Imap to ArcIMS, Mapserver
Changing Technology Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Computer Storage
Changing Technology Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Changing Technology Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
GPS
Australian Bird Atlas
Changing Technologies Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Changing Technologies Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Type collections
Type Collections
Type Collections
Type Collections
Changing Technologies Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Digital Imagery
Changing Technology Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Video Imaging
Changing Technology Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Digital Libraries Presentation Tools
Changing Technologies Internet Computing - Storage
- Processing speeds
GPS Analysis Tools Imagery - Scanners
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
Presentation Tools
Flora of Australia
Flora of Australia
Using emereging technologies Access to available names
Using emereging technologies Access to available names - Catalogue of names (authority files)
- Distributed access
Problems in beginning a new Flora
Problems in beginning a new Flora
Problems in beginning a new Flora Access to adequate collections
Problems in beginning a new Flora Access to adequate collections
Problems in beginning a new Flora Access to ancillary information
Problems in beginning a new Flora Access to ancillary information - Flora Braziliensis revisited
- Digital libraries
Problems in beginning a new Flora Speed of the taxonomic process
Problems in beginning a new Flora Speed of the taxonomic process - Databases
- Protologues
- Types
- Electronic publications
- Names, check lists, floras, etc.
- Working smarter
- Sharing data, pooling descriptions
Problems in beginning a new Flora Re-inventing the wheel - Other floras and electronic floras
- Distributed systems
- Species Plantarum?
- Utilising the resources
Problems in beginning a new Flora
Problems in beginning a new Flora Size of the task - What type of Flora?
- Who wants a Flora anyway?
- Electronic Flora
- Check lists, guide books
- What are the priorities
- Australian experience
- Orchids – are they really plants?
- 250 years of taxonomic endeavour
If Linnaeus was starting today If Linnaeus was starting today would he do things the same way?
The future – Linking distributed information Searching interactively ‘on demand’ Floras Up-to-date information Quicker, more efficient taxonomy
Working Smarter Taxonomic process - Searching for names
- Searching for original descriptions
- Searching for recent revisions
- Searching for specimens/types
- Creating a character set
- Writing descriptions
- Publishing
How can we improve efficiency Writing Floras - Gathering information from revisions
- Re-keying information
- Re-checking specimens
- Geo-referencing
- Checking other treatises, floras, etc.
- Writing up
- Mapping
- Illustrating
- Publishing
- Data validation tools
LUCID
A fantasy Person in field with a GPS and satellite link Upload location Download key and descriptions Type in vegetation type – use interactive keys Get identification – or notification of possible new species New description, photograph, etc. on spot added to database – perhaps with code rather than formal name. Information is immediately to other researchers and taxonomists.
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