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Documentation 1. ALA (Atlas of Living Australia) – Main page consist of Species search and Login from. Further consisting of five major menu divided into sub-menu. Below are the list of options provided. Start exploring

Search & analyze

Participate

Australian iconic species Explore your area

Browse natural history collections Search datasets

Join a citizen science project Record a sighting

Explore regions

Download data

Submit a dataset

Search occurrence records

Spatial portal

Digitize a record

Sites & services

ALA dashboard Search & analyze

Mobile apps Participate

Browse natural history collections

Join a citizen science project

Learn about the ALA Who we are How to use the ALA How to work with data How to cite the ALA Education resources Indigenous Ecological Knowledge ALA Blog

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Start Exploring – 1. Australian Iconic Species - list of some of Australia's most recognizable species. On selecting any species, it takes to detailed description about the species with spatial representation on map. On selecting any species following details of the species are displayed – Overview – some images, occurrence points on map, conservation status, sound of species, online resources, record sighting, description, biology, habitat, native status, diet, color, distribution, commercial type, genus, specificEpithet, infraspecificEpithet, scientificName/Authorship, family, familyVernacularName, order, taxonRank, taxonID, kingdom, class, endemicity, endemicityDescription. Gallery - images of the species. Names - accepted name, synonyms, common names (all with their source). Classification – kingdom > phylum > subphylum > informal > class > order > family > subfamily > tribe > genus > species > subspecies. Records – stastical data categorized in form of pie charts/graphs by habitat, by month, by decade, by collection, by dataset, by data partners. Literature – Different Literatures with their sources. Sequences- information about gene, DNA etc. with source. Data Partners – List of data sets provided with license and Records. JSON – view data in JSON format.

2. Explore Your Area – in search-box enter street address, place name, postcode or GPS coordinates (as lat, long) to search species found for that area. Select the radius around the location up to which result is required. It displays list of species within the entered radius. User can view the species as well as download data. 3. Explore Regions – consist of various Australian boundaries as regions, one can select any of the provided regions and it will display the species in map, present in that region (within the boundary) with a year bar to select range of year. Results can be downloaded too. 4. Occurrence records – searches for records by providing various parameters as input. Following are the options available for search options. Simple Search – it matches a known species/taxon - by its scientific name or common name. If there are no name matches, a full text search will be performed on the query. Advanced Search – options available for advanced search are – full text, species/taxa, scientific name, species group, Institution or collection, country, state/Territory, Dataset name, Catalouge no., record no., begin date, end date. Batch Taxon Search - Enter a list of taxon names/scientific names, one name per line (common names not currently supported). Catalogue no. search - Enter a list of catalogue numbers (one number per line). Spatial Search- user can import WKT area or draw AOI on map to get species in that area. User can filter results on basis of taxon, occurrence, location, record, Assertion and Attribution. Results are displayed in form of records, map, charts, images. After selecting required species user can toggle to spatial portal for further analysis or download data in form of WKT. 5. Sites and services – Websites and information related to ALA. Search & Analyze – 1. Browse Natural History Collection - Information about the institution, the collections they hold and view records of specimens that have been databased. Now, only the collections of Atlas partners are shown consisting records of natural history collections in Australia. (203 records). 2. Search Datasets – search box for searching datasets. Datasets can be filtered on basis of Resource type, license type, License version, Integration status, Content type, Institution and further can be downloaded. 3. Download Datasets - This page provides access to desktop software and large data exports. Software for desktop – BioLink , OpenDelta. They also provide download options for fish, plants, gymnosperms, bryophytes etc. in CSV format. 4. Spatial Portal – A separate portal is linked which provides detailed spatial analysis and functionalities for further study/operations. Spatial portal provides wide range of spatial functionalities for various type of requirements. 5. ALA Dashboard – It provides database statistical information in form of piecharts/graphs/tables. User can arrange the required parameters and perform comparison among them for analysis.

Participate 1. Join a Citizen Science Project – this link leads to a website where ALA ongoing projects are displayed with details and requirements. User can register to any of the project according to their need/interest. 2. Record a Sighting – it facilitates user to record any sighting with details likename, identification tags, confidence level, images, lat./long., accuracy, source, date and time. 3. Submit Dataset to ALA – datasets can be submitted to ALA in own format or by online testing data by the predefined format provided by ALA. 4. Digitize a record in DigiVol – 5. Mobile Apps – OzAtlas app is for recording sightings of flora, fauna and fungi and submitting them directly to the Atlas of Living Australia. BioCollect is a generic app providing on and offline access to projects and surveys in the BioCollect system.