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BNHM / berkeleymapper

Map specimens using simple XML configuration file and Google Maps API
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new vectors #60

Closed mkoo closed 2 years ago

mkoo commented 8 years ago

Deck will create a new public repo just for vector directory: https://github.com/BNHM/spatial-layers

Requested list:

mkoo commented 8 years ago

Michael B. requests some cultural layers (eg. Kroeber)

PatHolroyd commented 8 years ago

Pat Holroyd suggests looking to GPlates for geology layers for North America http://portal.gplates.org/static/html/welcome.html Or macrostrat.org (which incorporates North American Geologic database). UCMP would especially be able to benefit from having geology of Eastern Pacific states and provinces available in BerkeleyMapper for our current NSF project

mkoo commented 8 years ago

Footprints for NRS, RECs, maybe UC field stations.

mkoo commented 8 years ago

I'll take the first pass at gathering these datasets, first as shapefiles then convert to JSON and/or KML

mkoo commented 8 years ago

Separate directories for JSON and KML? Which format retains metadata best or attributes?

jdeck88 commented 8 years ago

i think kml/kmz would be better at storing attributes in the file, using comments , however, we could put a README.md in each directory to display what files we have and where got them. I'm certain about having separate directories or no. Since each layer is represented by a single file maybe easier to just put them all under "data"

mkoo commented 8 years ago

Update: @jdeck88 I think we dont have enough datasets yet to worry about separate dir and readme's for each one so I started a table on the main Readme and will list the layers in /data/ so far: