Post on 16-Dec-2015
GISIN Web SiteEnabling Invasive Species Data Interchange
GISIN technical team
GISIN Training
Data Flow
GISIN CacheOccurrences, Species Status, Species Resource URLs
File Upload Web Services
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End-Users
File Upload
File types:Text-based: Comma or tab
Flexible interface:Map columns in file to concepts and values• Map your values to GISIN values
Provide other values as “Single Value”
Immediate feedbackErrors for rows that were not added
Errors for each cell with problems
Exercise: Upload
Upload sample SpeciesStatus fileIf not still logged in, login
Click on “Provide Data”
Click on “Uploaded Files”
Click on “Upload File”
Click on “Browse” and find the sample file
Click on “Open” and then “Upload”
You should see a message that the file has been uploaded
Click on “To Uploaded GISIN Files”
Exercise: Add To Cache
Click on the uploaded file and click “View”
Click on “Add To Database”
Click on “Occurrences” and click “Submit”
Next to “kingdom” select “Single Value” and select “Plantae” in the popup menu that appears
Next to “scientificName” select “In Column” and then select the “SciName” column in the popup menu that appears
Exercise: Add To Database
Next to “decimalLatitude” select “In Column” and then select “North” in the popup that appears
For “decimalLongitude” select “West”
Next to “startCollectionDate” select “In Column” and then “SurveyDate”
Next to “endCollectionDate” select “In Column” and then “SurveyDate"
Exercise: Add To Database
Click “Submit”
This page shows up to 10 rows from the file mapped to the GISIN protocol
If any errors are found they will appear in red and you can place your mouse cursor over them to see the error message
Click “Submit” and then “Submit” again
The results page includes the number of rows added and the number of errors
Click “Search for Added Data” to see the data you’ve added to GISIN
Exercise: Add To Database
Click “Submit”
This page shows up to 10 rows from the file mapped to the GISIN protocol
If any errors are found they will appear in red and you can place your mouse cursor over them to see the error message
Click “Submit” and then “Submit” again
The results page includes the number of rows added and the number of errors
Click “Search for Added Data” to see the data you’ve added to GISIN
Data Quality
Automatic checks:Required fields
Please upload data that:Has been checked for accuracy and precision
You have permission to share
Is not already in GISIN • Encourage original providers to upload
SpeciesStatusRequired:
scientificName
kingdom
Locality or location
Model specific
harmful
origin
presence
Optional:startValidDate,
endValidDate
validDatePrecision
abundance
distribution
persistence
rateOfSpread
regulartoryListing
trend
publicationDate
publicationDatePrecision
Presence
Presence:Unknown
Absent
SometimesPresent
Present
Reported
Harmful and Origin
Harmful:Unknown
Yes
Potentially
No
Together:Harmful = Yes, Origin = Exotic -> Invasive
Origin:Unknown
Indigenous
Exotic
Exercise: Add To Cache
Click on the uploaded file and click “View”
Click on “Add To Database”
Click on “SpeciesStatuses” and click “Submit”
Next to “scientificName” select “In Column” and then select the “SciName” column in the popup menu that appears
Next to “origin” select “In Column” and then select “Origin” in the popup menu
Exercise: Add To Database
Next to the popup click the “Map It” button
Use the popups to map each of the values from the file on the left to the GISIN protocol value on the right.
Click “Submit”
Repeat this for countryCode, harmful, kingdom, and presence.
Note: You can also add a single value for all the rows in a file
Exercise: Add To Database
Click “Submit”
This page shows up to 10 rows from the file mapped to the GISIN protocol
If any errors are found they will appear in red and you can place your mouse cursor over them to see the error message
Click “Submit” and then “Submit” again
The results page includes the number of rows added and the number of errors
Click “Search for Added Data” to see the data you’ve added to GISIN
Exercise: Add ResourceURLs
Go through the same steps as for SpeciesStatus for the file:
ResourceURLSamples.txt
Select Species Resource URL for the data model
SpeciesResourceURL
Required:scientificName, kingdom
resourceType:• Profile, Expert list, Image, Video, Reference list,
Identification key, Risk assessment, Unknown
URL:• Full Uniform Resource Locator
– http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1538&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN
Next Steps
Upload real data to the LIVE server www.gisin.org
Let us know if you have problemsjarnevichc@usgs.gov
Jim.Graham@colostate.edu
crall@wisc.edu
Screen Shots
The screen shots that follow can be used if an Internet connection is not available.