Conditional display of Occurrence Maps

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Which section of the data portal this requests refers to?

Species summary pages.

Could you describe in detail the suggested enhancement?

Species summary pages show an occurrence map that, in some cases, includes 
summarized occurrence information as 
density squares.   The GBIF Nub taxonomy is based on the Catalogue of Life 
annual checklist which provides a list of 
over 1M species.   Evaluation of the occurrence data indicates that a minor 
proportion of these species contain 
occurrence data.  The result is that the majority of species summary pages 
display a map with no points.  

My recommendation is that a species summary page not include such a blank map 
but rather display an alternative 
indicator that uses less space and does not appear to indicate a deficiency in 
coverage.

In addition, it would be beneficial to indicate the status of a taxon having 
occurrence data available earlier in the search 
process (ie., before a user gets to the species summary).  In other words,  
following a search for taxa or via browsing, 
consider some sort of indicator of occurrence of occurrences.

Could you provide us with an URL of the page that should include the
enhancement?

List View:  http://data.gbif.org/search/Anomia
Summary View:  http://data.gbif.org/species/14443938/

Any other comments?

David Remsen

Original issue reported on code.google.com by dprem...@gmail.com on 21 Sep 2009 at 9:53

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Original comment by josecua...@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2009 at 2:48

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Enhancement

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If a species does not have any georeferenced records associated, a message like

"No georeferenced records currently available for SPECIES_NAME" now is shown 
instead of the empty map.

If the species has georeferenced records associated, the map is displayed just 
as before.

No map --> http://kiwaia.gbif.org:8080/portal/species/14443939/
Map --> http://kiwaia.gbif.org:8080/portal/species/13815711/

(vpn access only)

Still to be done:

"In addition, it would be beneficial to indicate the status of a taxon having 
occurrence data available earlier in 
the search  process (ie., before a user gets to the species summary).  In other 
words,  following a search for 
taxa or via browsing,  consider some sort of indicator of occurrence of 
occurrences."

Original comment by josecua...@gmail.com on 22 Sep 2009 at 3:40

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Original comment by htobon on 20 May 2010 at 8:56

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The indicator is now implemented for species and subspecies in r129 on 
CIAT-branch.

The implementation could be easily changed to work with other taxonomies. The 
performance is apparently not a problem.

Original comment by htobon on 25 May 2010 at 1:59

• Changed state: Fixed

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Example of how it is going to be displayed.

Original comment by josecua...@gmail.com on 31 May 2010 at 10:36

Attachments:

• example.PNG

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c4 changes were moved to trunk in revision r138

Original comment by daniel.amariles88 on 10 Jun 2010 at 4:41

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Original comment by josecua...@gmail.com on 25 Jun 2010 at 1:29

• Changed state: Verified