Proactive digitization-field data
Improve the data you collect in the field, use this digital format for more effective incorporation into our databaseĀ
Step-by-step guide
Details of each field will be visible on the template
Here's what we would like to see come in from the field-at a minimum:
Collecting Event Field numberĀ
Collecting Event date(s)
All Collectors FULL Names
Collecting Event Remarks
Chronostrat data
Lithostrat data
Locality number if used
Locality name
County
State
Country
GPS Latitude and Longitude
IMPORTANT - GPS Accuracy
Full taxon names (or descriptions of objects) found during the event
Photos, sections, sketches!
Here's what most researchers want from us-at a minimum:
Catalog number (and possibly GUIDs or other ids associated with specimens)
Full Taxon Names
Locality information (as precise as possible)
Georeference with some sort of uncertainty or ranking measurement
Collectors
Date collected
Chrono/Litho data
Photos and other media
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