Suspect Occurrence Auto-flagging Tool

Colton Avila developed a tool for the Fishes of Texas Project to aid in the detection of incoming suspect records. The goal of the tool was to allow us (or our users outside the Fishes of Texas Project) to compare occurrence datasets to the vetted data held in the Fishes of Texas Project database to quickly detect and flag outlier (likely erroneous) records that should be examined for accuracy. The code is here in GitHub and we provide documentation below:

Colton's documentation can be viewed and downloaded here:  Suspect_Calculator_doc.pdf

The figure above illustrates how the tool flagged track 3 data for one species (Pimephales vigilax). It indicates which records are (1[red]) new to a sub-basin, (2[yellow]) in areas considered non-native, and (3[pink]) records with coordinates and error that lack the specificity to allow assessment. Note that the data and analysis displayed in this map are not necessarily biologically accurate and do not necessarily reflect data currently in the Fishes of Texas database.