Seminar: The Atlas of Living Australia

Dr John La Salle, Director of theÌý at the CSIRO will present a seminar entitled "The Atlas of Living Australia: supporting biodiversityÌýdiscovery, documentation and analysis".

John Laselle

Abstract

is a globally recognised web based infrastructure toÌýcapture, aggregate, manage and analyse all classes of biodiversity data – as well asÌý470 associated spatial layers - for use by research, industry, government and theÌýcommunity. The ALA currently holds over 60 million records of more than 110,000Ìýdifferent species from across Australia and the region. Usage and adoption isÌýillustrated by over 7.2 billion records having been downloaded for use to date, anÌýaverage of 15,000 users per week and almost 20 new publications per monthÌýmentioning ALA. This talk will discuss the main components of the Atlas systems,Ìýand give examples of using Atlas tools to support research, education, biodiversityÌýdiscovery and documentation, and environmental planning and monitoring.

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When: 9am, Friday 15 July, 2016
Where:ÌýBenham Lecture Theatre

For more information about "The visualizations transforming biology" take a look at the fantastic imagery and illustrations in this article published in , which references the John La Salle, and the Atlas of Living Australia.

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