Mapping the Nation: GIS for Federal Progress and Accountability showcases many ways that federal government agencies rely on GIS analysis and maps. Map image and text from the GAP Analysis website, "Mapping the Nation" page. |
Thursday, July 21, 2011
GAP Helps Promote Great Outdoors
Monday, May 23, 2011
The Inouye Database: An Interactive Bibliography of Pollination Publications
Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Maryland. Credit: Dr. David Inouye |
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database Alert System: Five Years and Going Strong
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
USGS Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) San Diego EcoInformatics Expands MultiTaxa Database
(Photo: Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia). (Photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service)
Thursday, December 16, 2010
NBII Data Access Wizard Provides Access to New Data Available for the Mid-Atlantic Region
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database Offers Interactive Species Maps
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
Northern Snakehead fish (Channa argus)
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
Also, the site has been converted from classic .ASP to .NET. As a result, all of the Web page addresses have changed. However, the change is simple: the basic URL remains the same but will contain the letter X after any “ASP within the former URLs (as can be seen in the links above).
(Photo: Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), exotic to United States with map showing points of distribution. Photo by the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University, Alabama. Photo courtesy of the NAS Web site).
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) Releases Updated Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US)
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Updates from the Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) Now Available for the Southwest
(Photo: Viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) on goldenrod flower. © 2009 Bruce Avera Hunter, , from the NBII LIFE gallery).
Monday, March 29, 2010
The Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program Upgrades Web Site
Some examples of interactive nonindigenous species maps that are available from the NAS database:
Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
Northern Snakehead fish (Channa argus)
(Photo: Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix).
Friday, March 26, 2010
Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum (PBIF) Species Occurrence Database
(Photo: A Large-billed tern (Phaetusa simplex) taken flight from a post emerging from the floating vegetation. © 2006 Arne J. Lesterhuis, Photo courtesy of life.nbii.gov.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The Hawaii Weed Risk Assessment Database
The new system is based in SQL Server with a Microsoft Access user interface. This model allows the application to be widely distributed in a desktop environment while aggregating data in one central server database. Next steps include the development of a Web site that provides access to HPWRA data to the public.
Photos: Melastoma sanguineum (fox-tongued melastoma) Flower at Keaukaha, Hawaii.; December 05, 2001. Photos by Forest & Kim Starr, HEAR.org
Thursday, February 4, 2010
NBII Designated Home for National Fish Habitat Action Plan Data System
The National Fish Habitat Action Plan (PDF 2.2 MB) is an unprecedented attempt to address an unseen crisis for fish nationwide: loss and degradation of their watery homes.
(Photo: courtesy of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan website)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Global Invasive Species Database Becomes GISIN Data Provider
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Web-enabling the Pacific Northwest Habitat Classification Systems Database
The Pacific Northwest Habitat Classification Systems database (PHaCS) is currently available as a desktop version based in Access format, which can be downloaded at no cost to interested entities across the
Transition of the Density Management and Riparian Buffer Study Database
In August 2009, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) met with the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Partners at
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Hawaii Early Detection Network
View the Maui County Pest List of invasive species.
Get your own copy of the "eyes and ears" manual by becoming a certified pest buster. You can also download a copy of the Maui "Eyes and Ears" early detection manual (2 MB PDF) to get started.
Also, access the following reporting tools from the website:
- Early Detection Reporting Tool Information Flow Chart
- Online Reporting Tool Assessor Log-on.
If you are interested in participating in this project as an Eyes and Ears volunteer, or simply for more information, please contact reportapest-maui@hawaii.edu.
(Photo: Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) has been eradicated from Maui, but is going wild in high elevation areas of the Big Island.)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
California Partners in Flight Study Areas Database Now Hosted by Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO)
In collaboration with the University of California (UC)-Davis through the California Information Node (CAIN), the California Partners in Flight (CalPIF) Study Areas Database provides bird monitoring sites and serves as a repository for species breeding status information for the entire state. The database provides an interactive map that shows all CalPIF collaborators’ study areas contributed to date, an interactive focal species breeding status map that show all study areas and detailed information for each focal species, and habitat maps for California. Originally launched in 2005 in collaboration with UC-Davis and Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO) as part of CAIN, the database has moved to PRBO for long-term maintenance and hosting.
(Image: screen shot of the California Partners in Flight Study Areas Database)