Area report update Posted on 17th February 2014 By Linda Riquelme. Since its inception in 2006, the Atlas of Living Australia has become the most comprehensive public access point for information ab…
One billion downloads and beyond Posted on 31st January 2014 The Atlas of Living Australia reached a major milestone over the Australia Day Long Weekend, clocking up one billion downloads. The Atlas provides fre…
Save the Date – Atlas of Living Australia Science Symposium June 2014 Posted on 17th January 2014 Make sure you save the date for the second ALA Science Symposium to be held on 11-12 June, 2014. Following on from the success of last year’s sympos…
Holiday Greetings from the Atlas of Living Australia Posted on 20th December 2013 With another busy year drawing to a close, I would like to extend the very best wishes for the holiday season and a happy and prosperous New Year on b…
A 20+ year plan for Australian ecosystem science Posted on 19th December 2013 Get involved to help develop Australia's ecosystem science plan. It will hopefully guide ecological education, research and land management.
Volunteers capture 50,000! Posted on 26th November 2013 The amazing volunteers who contribute to the Atlas of Living Australia’s Biodiversity Volunteer Portal reached a number of significant milestones in…
Spatial variation in Grevillea flower colour: Novel uses of ALA data and web services Posted on 8th November 2013 Ben Raymond, scienceuntangled.com and R.O. (Bob) Makinson, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust Scientific analyses are usually driven by a resea…
A specialist’s audit of aggregated occurrence records: An ‘aggregator’s’ perspective Posted on 23rd October 2013 ‘Data quality’ has been a hot topic in the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) for many years. In just about all the presentations I have ever…
Spatial Portal Update Posted on 19th October 2013 Due to demand – I have produced a detailed user manual for the Atlas of Living Australia’s Spatial Portal (SP). This is intended to be a s…