UI Release 0.9.8

Goals of the Product

The aim of EcoPlots is to harmonise plot-based ecology data from different sources to enable integrated search and access to data based on different jurisdictions, data sources, feature types, parameters and temporal extent.

The EcoPlots is developed using a semantic data integration approach; each data source is mapped to the TERN Plot ontology. Datasets are generally received from custodians in various forms, including PostgreSQL database and CSV file format. In the data ingestion process, each source dataset is mapped to a TERN Plot ontology, including identifying and mapping domain feature types, parameters and categorical values to TERN-controlled vocabularies, performing data validation routines and resolving taxonomic names. All data are organised in Resource Description Framework (RDF) and stored in a triple store.

Release Details

New Features

• New Map search

  • Integrated Maps and data search i.e, any selections in facets will now be reflected in both data and maps tab

  • Redesigned bounding box and polygon creator buttons

  • Zoom to fit into bounding box/polygon and selected region

• Ability to download the data from the drawn bounds on the map.

Fixes

• UI fixes in datacart.

Improvements

• Updated GeoJSON format to include observable property and attributes can now be downloaded from myDownloads and can be viewed in API Query Dashboard.

Related Releases

Ecoplots API 0.9.5