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Import Areas
January 30, 2012 You can import or upload an area into the Spatial Portal using one of three standard geospatial polygon area definitions. The choices ...
Fri, 7 Aug, 2020 at 2:55 PM
Common Layer Functions
January 30, 2012 A new entry is added to the layer list for each layer added to the map; species, area or layer. All layers have a set of associated fu...
Thu, 11 Oct, 2018 at 11:39 AM
Tools
January 30, 2012 Tools available Tools operate on one or more of the three basic data types.  Data does not have to be pre-mapped, but will be used ...
Thu, 11 Oct, 2018 at 11:39 AM
Tabulate
January 30, 2012 Tabulation is the contextual layer counterpart to Scatterplots. In scatterplots, the X and Y axes are environmental layers (e.g., temp...
Mon, 10 Aug, 2020 at 11:47 AM
Spatial Portal Components
January 30, 2012 The Spatial Portal has five components: Main Menu tabs are used to add layers, perform analyses and access to the help system. ...
Thu, 11 Oct, 2018 at 11:40 AM
Areas (Add to Map)
Areas are one of four main data types in the Spatial Portal, along with species (taxa), layers and facets. Area can be defined by 14 different options. W...
Sat, 8 Aug, 2020 at 7:20 AM
Export Point Sample
This tool samples environmental and contextual data layers at locations defined by species, genus, family etc. occurrences in a defined area. Think o...
Thu, 7 Mar, 2019 at 3:10 PM
Import
Import allows for the direct import of four data types: Points Species list Areas Prior analysis The first three of these options are also...
Tue, 5 Mar, 2019 at 11:46 AM
getLSID Spreadsheet Macro
January 3, 2012 The following Microsoft Excel macro (getLsid.zip) was a by-product of the development of the Spatial Portal.  You enter a scientific nam...
Thu, 11 Oct, 2018 at 11:44 AM
Note: Area (sq km)
June 17, 2011 Please note the following when using the entire world as the active area. The projection used does not permit the use of a bounding box ...
Thu, 11 Oct, 2018 at 11:45 AM