Bhutan Biodiversity Portal (www.biodiversity.bt)
after launching on 17th December 2013 is now one year older.
More than 4000 observations are contributed by the portal users. Various
documents and checklists can be found or uploaded in the portal.
Following are the few
major features added during the upgrade (Adopted from Bhutan Biodiversity
Portal Facebook page)
1. Multiple Observations
- You can now upload multiple observation at once and the images you uploaded
will be stored for 20 days. Therefore, you can always come back and upload the
observations with details.
2. Audio Uploads - If
you have captured the sounds and songs of species, you can upload them with
observations.
3. Checklist - You can
now upload checklist in various ways (spreadsheets, file uploads, and in a
textbox)
4. Name Locks - If you
are absolutely sure that the observation you uploaded is certain species, you
can now LOCK the names so that other users will not be able to suggest names.
5. Document Views - Now
you can view the documents without having to manually download. The uploaded
documents will be displayed in a PDF viewer.
6. Contacting Users -
You can contact any users by going to their profile. Click on the "Contact
Me" button
7. Species Curation -
The species pages can now be edited online by authorized users.
8. Taxon Browser - You
can now browse through the taxon hierarchy using the Taxon Browser on the
species page.
9. Advanced Search -
Click on the down arrow near the search bar and you can search using different
criteria.
For those interested to
register here is the link http://biodiversity.bt/register/index
Valuable information. :)
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