NBN Atlas News

We have made improvements to the advanced search function, which is now live on the NBN Atlas.   The advanced search had previously not been working…

View the NBN Atlas News – December 2020 In this issue: New species search Updates to the Watsonian vice county GIS boundaries Spatial Layer update…

The Biological Records Centre has updated the Watsonian vice county names in the GIS boundaries file to correct typos and resolve inconsistencies. There is no…

We have made several changes to improve the species search function of the NBN Atlas. The changes are effective from either of the search boxes…

The NBN Atlas stores records based on a pair of coordinates and a measure of the uncertainty of the coordinates. For records supplied with a…

The NBN Atlas is the UK node for the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and with the agreement of our data providers we regularly share…

If you are using data for commercial purposes (one primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation), you must not use any…

The species dictionary on the NBN Atlas was updated with the latest version of the UK species inventory on 9 October 2020. The main updates since…

Apart from holding species data, the NBN Atlas holds a suite of spatial data layers such as boundary, habitat and environmental data layers. These layers provide…

The large BTO + partners dataset has now been updated to include records up to the end of 2019. The single, very large, dataset has…

The main British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) dataset on the NBN Atlas: Birds (BTO + partners) only has records up to the end of 2015…

View the NBN Atlas News – April 2020 In this issue: NBN Atlas data used in the Darwin Tree of Life Project NBN Atlas development…

Over the last 6 months we’ve completed 41 enhancements and fixed 24 bugs of varying sizes and complexity. Completed development work Below are some examples…

As reported in last October’s NBN Atlas newsletter we are looking to review the value and usefulness of tools and functions that the spatial portal…

Apart from holding species data, the NBN Atlas can also hold spatial data layers such as boundary, habitat and environmental data layers. These spatial layers…

We’ve recently reviewed the data quality tests that are run on each record when the records are uploaded to the NBN Atlas. The aim of…

An updated master species list for NBN Record Cleaner is now available for download from the NBN Forum. The list is based on the latest…

There is considerable interest in sharing iNaturalist records on the NBN Atlas. As a trial, to help us understand the process and the type of information…

Written by Lyndall Pereira da Conceicoa, Darwin Tree of Life, Natural History Museum The Darwin Tree of Life (DToL) Project, funded by the Wellcome Trust…

View the NBN Atlas News – October 2019 In this issue: NBN Sensitive Species Policy Review NBN Atlas development updates Spatial layer update Reviewing the…