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Export or Download Map - This function has been removed from version 2.0 onwards
This function has been removed.  If you require an image of the map for publication we suggest using print screen and editing the image or using a "...
Mon, 26 Oct, 2020 at 1:38 PM
Save or download a map
Saving a map To save a map from the Spatial Portal (ALA's mapping and analysis tool), follow these steps: Go to the Spatial Portal. Add features lik...
Wed, 28 Aug, 2019 at 6:06 PM
Locations - An Overview
Lee Belbin, August 2019 There are several sources of location data in the ALA's Spatial Portal, some of which are available in other Atlas of Living Au...
Mon, 10 Aug, 2020 at 8:39 AM
Locations - Filter by Darwin Core terms
Author: Lee Belbin, August 2019 Darwin Core is the most used international standard for describing species occurrence records (observation of species an...
Thu, 30 Apr, 2020 at 7:53 AM
Locations - Species distributions as areas
Author: Lee Belbin, August 2019 There are three special forms of location information that are additional to the Darwin Core terms on occurrence records: ...
Thu, 30 Apr, 2020 at 7:52 AM
Locations - Spatial intersections
Author: Lee Belbin, August 2019 ‘Spatial intersections’ is a phrase used in the ALA to refer to the value of an environmental or contextual attribute at a ...
Thu, 30 Apr, 2020 at 7:50 AM
Locations - Spatial portal gazetteer
Author: Lee Belbin, 2019 The gazetteer generated for the Spatial Portal is a list of all ‘named locations’. The gazetteer in the Spatial Portal contains...
Thu, 30 Apr, 2020 at 7:49 AM
Locations - Google map services
Author: Lee Belbin, August 2019 We tap two different services from Google: Three of the basemaps that we designate as “Streets”, “Satellite” and a “Hybri...
Thu, 30 Apr, 2020 at 7:47 AM
Locations - Cross tabulations
Author: Lee Belbin, August 2019 The Tools | Tabulation function in the Spatial Portal can be considered to generate areas, however while these “areas” can ...
Thu, 30 Apr, 2020 at 7:48 AM