Keep up to date with all the latest news and updates from the NBN Atlas.

NBN Atlas Accelerator Project

The NBN Atlas is the national biodiversity data repository. Launched in 2017, it is the UK’s largest publicly accessible source of biodiversity data. It brings…

Upgrading the NBN Atlas – an AWS case study

Building a Modern, Resilient Infrastructure Using the AWS Well-Architected Framework with CirrusHQ Part of the NBN Atlas Fit for the Future Project, included optimising the…

NBN Atlas upgrade – project news

As NBN Atlas users will be aware, over the last ten months we have been implementing the NBN Trust’s Fit For The Future project (FFTF)…

NBN Atlas News – December 2020

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

New species search

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…

Sharing non-UK datasets with GBIF

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…

Spatial Layer update

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…

BTO dataset update

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

NBN Atlas News – April 2020

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

NBN Atlas development updates

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…

NBN Atlas spatial portal update

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…

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Spatial layer update

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…

Data quality tests

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…

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