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Advancing HerpNET: Distributed Database Development for North American Museums

HerpNET aims to create a distributed database system among 36 North American museums using DiGIR protocol, enabling the georeferencing of all North and South American localities. This innovative project includes establishing a consistent georeferencing methodology and calculating errors. Progress includes launching the website, facilitating communication through a Listserv, and compiling data across institutions. As of now, around 650,000 unique localities and 3.5 million specimen records have been documented, with a public production gazetteer anticipated by January 31, 2004.

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Advancing HerpNET: Distributed Database Development for North American Museums

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  1. Progress and Goals

  2. Goals of HerpNET • Produce a distributed database among 36 museums in North America • Use DiGIR protocol • Georeference all N/S American localities in these collections and make them available through these distributed databases • Establish a consistent methodology of georeferencing, including error calculation

  3. Progress to Date • Publishing Website (www.herpnet.org) • Establishing Listserv to facilitate communication between institutions • Gathering all collection data from 36 institutions • Start of georeferencing at Year 1 institutions • Establishing prototype gazetteer of all unique localities* *Note: Due to some technical and staffing problems, along with delays in obtaining collection data, the projected new date for the finished gazetteer is January 31, 2004.

  4. HerpNET Index page

  5. Prototype Gazetteer

  6. Progress of claiming localities: • ~650,000 unique localities (using prototype gazetteer) • 3.5 million specimen records total • Of these, ~391,700 have been claimed • Leaves 40% left to be claimed • Of this total, 110,000 are MVZ localities, which have already been georeferenced

  7. Regions Claimed

  8. Georeferencing Rates on average • US localities=~10-20 per hour 1000 localities = 67 hours • Foreign localities = ~4 per hour 1000 localities = 250 hours

  9. Next Steps: • Make production gazetteer public (projected date is Jan 31, 2004) • Institutions download rest of claimed data and georeference those localities • Set up servers at institutions soon? (e.g. core institutions with available computer personnel) • Make kernel of country data available (e.g. Belize, Honduras, El Salvador) • Set up filters at institutions with servers

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