Compare images

Press to compare two images (1). Type taxon name andfind and press Search taxa (2). Select image to compare (3)

Images (top)

All uploaded images are photo-observations documenting species occurrence data.

• Make sure the object is in focus
• Required data:
• Locality
• Date
• Habitat

Recommendations: Add scale bar to the object. Add coordinates of the observations.


• Images allowed for: museum specimens, alive or dead specimens, traces of animal activity.
  
• Forbidden:
• cultivated plants, pets, domestic animals and captive wild animals.
• Expiremental organisms.
• Scenes of hunting



Upload images

Preparation of images

1. Make sure that image is sharp
2. Crop image
3. The longest side of the image doesn't exceed 1200 pixels


How to crop image (here FastStone)




Uploading



Press "Upload image" from main menu, or select from "My UkrBIN"




Select image(s) and fill data into the form


1. Select image(s) from device
2. Select: Country, Province (State), District (County), name of your locality
3. Add coordinates using Map... (3а) or manually, in decimal [36.989213, 84.231474] or standard format [36°59'21.2"N 84°13'53.3"E].
   Coordinates may be measured using GPS device, mobile GPS app, e.g. Handy GPS,
   and Google Maps
4. Select date manually or automatically (check "Use date from EXIF")
5. If you know, select a name of the taxon, from the Search taxa field otherwithe select macrotaxon from the list: "Animals", "Plants" etc.
6. Press "Upload"




Date

How to use Calendar?





Coordinates


How to add coordinates while uploading


How to add coordinates after uploading



Menu > Explore data > Maps






Add coordinates while editing the image

Select image to editing

Press "Edit" icon


Find coordinates in Google Maps


Add coordinates to correspinding fields







Edit image


Sometimes it becomes necessary to reload (overwrite) a photo that was uploaded incorrectly. For example, you need to crop extra fields, expand the photo, or upload another photo instead of the existing one.



1. Prepare the image (on your device) which you want to upload instead of the old image


2. Press "Edit image" icon (see under the image)


3. Press and select a new photo from your device


4. Press







My Projects (top)




The projects document data on observations without photos and/or collection records. Any registered user can record current or past observations (from field notebooks, lab papers, museum catalogues) via single records or datasets in CSV file.
Project has hierarchic structure as follows.





Project1 >




List1




List2...




Project2 >




List1




List2...








Project contains one to many lists.
Project and list name may be changed.
List contains records or datasets in CSV file


Menu: My UkrBIN > My Projects



Create a Project


Create a List

Meanwhile, your List is empty. Fill it with records or dataset.

Add a record to the list
Press Add record,



Fill the form and press . Your record has been saved! Go to the list or Observations or Map in species pofile.





Standards and preparation of data as CSV file (Download an example)





Table fields:





Key4




ID from source database. [Required]




Key




Taxon name. [Required]




Country




Country name. [Required]




State




Primary administrative division: Province, State etc. [Required]




County




Secondary administrative division: County, District etc.




GLocality




Primary Location field.




SLocality




Secondary Location field.




Date




Start date of sampling.




DateTo




End of sampling date, date for time spans (e.g. long-term traps, monitoring data etc.).




Collectors




Name(s) of collector(s)/observer(s). Use "Anonymous" if not available.




Host




Host plant for phytophagous species or Host for parasitic speces, epiphytes etc.




Method




Collecting/observation method.




Ecology




Habitat description.




LatDeg




Latitude. Latitude decimel (e.g. 50.1239) [Required]




LongDeg




Longitude. Longitude decimel (e.g. 36.2575) [Required]




ElevationM




Elevation in meters.




Specimens




Number of unsexed specimens.




Males




Number of males.




Females




Number of females.




Type




type specimen category: Holotype, Lectotype, etc.




Notes




extra field for Notes.




Museum




Museum abbreviature. (List of the museums)




ID




Identified by. Name of identifier




Precision




Coordinates precision from 1 to 6: 1- GPS, 2-map/text derived coordinates, 3 - city centroid, 4- adm2 centroid, 5 - adm1 centroid, 6-country centroid. [Required]




Reference




Literature source reference.(Author, year)




Field1




Extra field 2.










Add a set of records as CSV file via IPT

IPT (Integrated Publishing Toolkit) allows uploading of dataset with multiple records into UkrBIN database. The tool automatically reads and verifies data from external file. The system alerts about errors occurred (e.g. taxa missing in internal database). If you experienced problems while uploading data via IPT please contact ukrbin.info@gmail.com

Press Import data from CSV to start uploading a dataset





Delete list from the project





Export data (top)


Any registered user who accepted Terms of use, can download raw occurrence data from UkrBIN for further scientific or educational purposes.

Select Export data from My UkrBIN submenu. Press if you need entire dataset, otherwise find and select certain taxon in Search taxa.




Actions with images (top)





Group images






Ungroup images







Identification (top)




How to add Identification? Any registered user can add identification. Group experts verify identification then.
Once signed up you are enabled to add id for your and photos of others and suggest realibility.




Id realibility are highlited by color markers:




red (unverified, possibly)


yellow (most likely)


green (verified)








Comments (top)


Comments are helping to communicate users to each other. Follow this 3-step instruction to add text-comment and/or photo-comments



Group editing (top)






1. Select several images
2. Scroll down
3. Activate editing of particular parameters [checkbox]
4. Edit parameters
5. Save changes - press




Explore data (top)




Explore Data




Records (total number of observations)




Species (total number of species)




Observers (total number of observers)




Identifiers (total number of identifiers)






Top statistics:

Recent submissions (50 recently submitted Observations)

Recent Observations (50 recent Observations)

Most observed species (top 50 most observed species)

Recently added species (50 recently added species)







Observers


Number of species/observations with photo


Number of species/observations by records (without photo)


Species Totals (Photos + Records)


Observations Totals




Distribution




Quick browse regional totals using geographical and taxon filters.


1. Explore data> Distribution


2. Select region


3. Select taxon


4. Click to go to checklist


5. Browse species checklist








For Experts (top)




Taxon Profile




Structure of Taxon Profile:



1. Taxon tree Navigator. It allows quickly jump to higher taxa


2. Taxon Name. Latin and common name(s) in English (if available)


3. Data Tabs. Overview, Observations, Phenogram (Phenology), References, Distribution, Map


4. Original combination (Basionym). Genus combination and spelling as in original description


5. Synonymy. Junior synonyms, homonyms, misspellings, misidentifications, etc.


6. Taxon tree table. Shows taxonomic position


7. Distribution. It shows distribution for Countries (Adm1), States, Provinces Adm2) and Counties, Districts (Adm3), Native Status and Regional Protected Status


8. Associated Taxa. It shows Biological links (herbivore-host plant) (Learn more)


9. Identification Keys. Jump to Identification Keys (available in Russian and Ukrainian only)


10. Similar species. List of morphologically similar species helps in identifications


11. Taxon Editor. Click and go to Taxon Editor of this one and nested taxa


12. List of Experts.
    





Add a new taxon (top)





1. Open taxon profile and switch to Edit mode: click


2. Insert taxon or list of taxa into the window


3. Click


4. Click Overview






Delete taxon (top)





1. Open taxon profile and switch to Edit mode: click


2. Click "Delete Taxon"






Edit Taxon (top)




Change Parent Taxon (top)



1. Open taxon profile and switch to Edit mode: click "Edit"


2. Change parent taxon in the field Parent taxa


3. Click


4. Click Overview






Downgrade Available taxon to Synonym (top)



1. Open taxon profile and switch to Edit mode: click "Edit"


2. Change taxon rank in the field Rank


3. Change synonym status in the field Status


4. Change parent taxon in the field Parent taxa


5. Click


6. Click Overview






Change original species name spelling (top)



E.g. Peritelus rustica was transferred to the genus Pseudomeira hence the original spelling to be corrected from "rusticus" to "rustica"
How to fix original spelling in the taxon summary?
Open taxon profile and switch to Edit mode: click
Add original spelling "rusticus" to Orig. Species: Field
Save



Edit Taxon Profile (top)



1. Scientific name


2. Taxon Rank


3. Author


4. Author 2. This field is used for plant & fungi names


5. Year and Page


6. Parent Taxa


7. Original Genus


8. Original Subgenus


9. Common name (en). English name(s)


10. Status. This field is used to designate status of synonym


11. Protected lists: CITES, BC, CMS, AEWA, EUROBATS. 11a IUCN Protected status


12. Identifications by photo


13. Distribution. Non-formal description of species range (e.g. Upper Amazon, Endemic to New Guinea, West Palaearctic)


14. Description. Morphological diagnosis, natural history


15. Click







Bibliography (top)




Edit Reference



1 Click (added before)
2 click this link (number of related taxa) to open reference in edit mode
3 open Distribution list tab
4a select country and species
or 4b add a list of species
5 save





Download Species List (top)


1. Click and go to Taxon Editor
2. Click Species Tab
3. Select and copy generated list