Most similar species aren't always similar

tpcolson / npmap-species

Automating tile generation and display for National Park Service geospatial species data.

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Most similar species aren't always similar #80

Closed KendraStraub closed 8 years ago

KendraStraub commented 9 years ago

Seems to be some confusion over this functionality. This may be resolved by context/explanation.

Commenter: Becky Nichols, GRSM Entomologist

"I selected northern copperhead (this distribution doesn't look accurate), and then selected the American strawberry-bush as a comparison with a "species with similar distribution." They don't look similar."

She also commented: "It's not clear what "compare with species with similar environment" means. "

evilkermit commented 8 years ago

No worries about the similar environment issue any more, but the part regarding ensuring that we only show species that are truly similar is still relevant.

evilkermit commented 8 years ago

I've added functionality for pruning the similar distribution lists. Species that are below a given threshold of similarity are ignored now.