3 December 2020
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…
Keep up to date with all the latest news and updates from the NBN Atlas.
3 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…
8 November 2020
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…
8 November 2020
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…
8 November 2020
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…
8 November 2020
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…
8 November 2020
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…
8 November 2020
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…
8 November 2020
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…
16 September 2020
The large BTO + partners dataset has now been updated to include records up to the end of 2019. The single, very large, dataset has…
5 August 2020
The main British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) dataset on the NBN Atlas: Birds (BTO + partners) only has records up to the end of 2015…
30 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…
28 April 2020
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…
28 April 2020
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…
28 April 2020
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…
28 April 2020
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…
28 April 2020
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…
28 April 2020
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…
28 April 2020
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…
30 October 2019
View the NBN Atlas News – October 2019 In this issue: NBN Sensitive Species Policy Review NBN Atlas development updates Spatial layer update Reviewing the…
30 October 2019
There have been many development updates to the NBN Atlas in the last six months. Here are some of the more important ones: Records supplied…