OBIS-SEAMAP Help System
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Introduction
Welcome to OBIS-SEAMAP and this help page.
OBIS-SEAMAP Home page provides you with a breaf of our datasets along with shortcuts to datasets represented on cool Google Map interface. The Main page also presents dataset highlights and news topics. For more detail, read through the help that follows. This help gives you guidance about how to make the best use of OBIS-SEAMAP.
Want to Get Help?
Whenever you have questions or experience problems, click 'help'
located in the blue band beneath Service Tabs.
This link shows you help topics about the page you are in.
You will also find 'FAQ' helpful.
Terms of Use
OBIS-SEAMAP comes into life with considerable contribution from data providers. The datasets contained in OBIS-SEAMAP are owned by data providers. Thus, you need to carefully read through Terms of Use and agree on it before you explore the remarkable collection of datasets.
You can take a look at Terms of Use anytime by clicking on 'terms of use' link located in the blue band beneath Service Tabs.
To remind you of the importance of Terms of Use, the Terms of Use page or dialog box will show up in the following events.
- When you first visit Dataset Detail page
- When you download a dataset as either CSV format or shapefile
Got Problems?
If you experience problems using OBIS-SEAMAP, please first visit 'Known Issues' and 'FAQ' pages. If the problems are still not resolved, please report the problems to the OBIS-SEAMAP staff.
OBIS-SEAMAP Top Page
Service Tabs
Service Tabs are categories of services that OBIS-SEAMAP provides you. For most users, Service Tabs are a start point to dig into variety of great features of OBIS-SEAMAP.
Dataset Brief
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(Figures as of 08/23/06) |
The three figures in the center pane of the Home page represent the growing database of OBIS-SEAMAP.
The first line is the number of datasets available to the public and the total number of observation records.
The second line is the number of distinguished species observed in the datasets. This is counted at species level of taxonomy. Note that datasets may contain observations at higher taxonomic levels (e.g. genus, family) , which are not counted here.
The third line is the number of species whose detailed profiles are available through OBIS-SEAMAP. This is fewer than the number of species observed (second line) because they do not necessarily have detailed profiles. Detailed profiles can include physical description, distribution, ecology and behavior, feeding and prey, threats and status, and references.
