georeferencing the star herbarium

Kari M. HarrisKari.panhorst@smail.astate.e

duAugust 16, 2013

GEOREFERENCING THE STAR

HERBARIUM

First of All – An AnnouncementNatural History Collections Curation Club (NHC3) Collaborations• Email me please: kari.panhorst@smail.astate.edu• 10 other institutions interested• Send out ideas/materials:

Now the Real Stuff• STAR database

• Using Specify

• NO starting database!!

• Images first

Upload Image Files (sorted by species)

Use Existing Mapping (if you have one!)

Images Loading….

Grid View and Custom Data Form

Clean Up data in Open Refine1. Export Data Set2. Open the Excel File in Open Refine3. Clean up data4. Can’t import back in – images won’t still be attached5. Copy/paste changed columns back in• Make sure it matches up to

avoid a mess!

GEOLocate in the Workbench

Record by Record

Move to GEOLocate Web

Check Your Georeference/ Adapt

Copy & Paste into Specify

See Your Coordinates, Input Type!

View in Google Earth

See All Your Points!

Associated Data

Upload Data into Specify

View in Lifemapper