Front Page
Distirbution Map at a Glance
Tutorials
| Movies | |
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| Introduction to OBIS-SEAMAP |
4' 20" |
| Draw a polygon and define your study area | 2' 00" |
| Species box - As-you-type search - |
2' 10" |
| Play with temporally interactive chart | 3' 35" |
Features & Functions
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| (Default) | Identify | This function is available when no tool button is selected. If another button is selected, deselecting it enables "Identify." Click on the cell you want to get the information for. The popup window will come out, showing #observations in the cell. Be patient as it may take the results several seconds to show. |
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Species of interest |
Enter a part of scientific/common name of your species into the text box. A list of candidate species shows up. If you find your species in the list, select it or you can keep typing. Once done, click [Update] to refresh the map. The map shows the observations of that species. |
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Zoom in |
To zoom in, you need to define a rectangle on the map where you want to zoom in. First click on the map to locate one of the two diagonal vertices of the rectangle. Release the mouse button and move the mouse to the other diagonal point. The red guiding line appears. Then click again to fix the rectangle. |
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Draw region of interest |
A region of interest (ROI) takes a rectangular shape. First click on the map to locate one of the two diagonal vertices of the
rectangle. Release the mouse button and move the mouse to the
other diagonal point. The red guiding line appears. Then click again to fix the rectangle. The map is updated automatically, extracting observations in the ROI drawn. |
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Remove ROI |
To remove the region of interest (ROI), click the button and click on the ROI you want to remove. The map is updated automatically. |
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Observations by taxa |
Click one of the buttons to filter the observations on the map to that taxa group. OBIS-SEAMAP groups species into three taxa groups. [All] includes all the three groups. |
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Species list |
The button opens a species list window below the map. The list is available when species of interest is specified or a region of interest is drawn. The list includes species that have observations on the current map. |
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Dataset list |
The button opens a dataset list window below the map. The list is available when species of interest is specified or a region of interest is drawn. The list includes datasets that contribute observations on the current map. |
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Explore data with Google Earth |
Explore the whole SEAMAP data with Google Earth. Install Google Earth in advance. |
