GBIF/ HERPNET

GEOREFERENCING WORSHOP

Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, 5-8 December 2006

Main study areas of RMCA

Taxonomical group Total Albertine Rift

Pisces 950,000 100,000

Amphibia 200,000 88,000

Reptilia 40,000 14,000

Aves 150,000 43,000

Mammalia 90,000 25,000

I nsecta 6,000,000 1,500,000

Other I nvertebrata 1,000,000 200,000

RMCA natural history collectionsAfrican Zoology

The Xylarium  of Tervuren

56,000 specimens of 13,600 different botanical species from around the world.

Herbarium specimens and living plants hosted at the Belgain Botanical Garden since 1934

Geological collections

10,255 ordinary minerals (in 988 species), 1,077 radioactive minerals and 170 asbestos samples

20,000 well-documented (micro)fossils including both fauna and flora species of Phanerozoic deposits of the Central African region.

RMCA and SYNTHESYS NETWORK ACTIVITY

“Providing itinerary related datasets and tools (for integration, visualization and quality check)”

18 months project

Danny Meirte, Bart Meganck, Franck Theeten, Patricia Mergen

Spatial Data Infrastructure: www.deegree.org

AfricaAfrica Itineraries - visualisation example

point-radius and linking geometries

Demo site : http://synthesys.africamuseum.be

Welcome Coffee from 8-9h

Coffee breaks 10h45 and 15h45

Lunch 12h30-13h30

Tuesday (today) : Get-together (Drinks and Tapas 18h30- 20h30

Thursday Dinner : 19h30- 22h30

Buildings of the Museum

Museum Hotel VignetteTram Station

Bus stop to airport

Hotel Campanile

B) Hotel Campanile (http://www.hotels-belgium.com/airport/campanile.htm) RING UITRIT DIEGEM EXCELSIORLAAN 21930 ZAVENTEMTel. +32 2 720 98 62Fax +32 2 720 98 64brusselsairport@campanile.com

1. Take bus 272, 281 or 282 direction Zaventem airport. Step out at Zaventem “Luchthaven”(Main Airport terminal)

2. Take Bus 830 “Machelen - Zaventem. - Tervuren. – Groenendaal” direction Groenendaal and step out at the stop “Tervuren Centrum”.

To Brussels Center :

Any Questions ?