Bruno Ambio

Antarctic Field GuidesProject

What is a field guide?

A field guide is a book designed to help the reader identify wildlife. It

is generally designed to be brought into the 'field' or local area where

such objects exist to help distinguish between similar objects.

Objectives• Build an online, collaborative, interactive, custumizable

Field Guide (FG) for the Antarctic wildlife

• Feed EoL with the information

• Web application dedicated to manage and offer public access to a database of Antarctic field guide entries

• Possibility to build custom FG by browsing and selecting AFG entries.

• DL printable version of the FG

• Attract a new audience

Collaboration

• BAS

• U Genoa

• NIWA

• Vizzuality.com

• SCAR-MarBIN

• EoL

• Total Foundation

Technology

• Database and Backoffice: done

• CMS: done

• REST Webservices: done

• Talks with SCAR-MarBIN

• chocolate sexy Frontoffice to be developed by Vizzuality.com

Backoffice

• Private part, managed by editors

• Content management system

• Add life history information (text)

• Link with Pictures from Maridas and/or Flickr

• Link with occurrence and taxonomy information

Frontoffice

• Public part

• Search and consult AFG entries

• build custom field guides

• manage a custom selection of AFG entries

• download it as a PDF file

• mobile application

• A title (taxon scientific name – short text) *

• a description* (text)

• feeding behavior description (text)

• reproductive behavior description (text)

• ecology description (text)

• habitat information (text)

• taxonomic information

• morphologic information

• distribution information

• an ordered set of pictures

• sets of literature references

• further readings

• key references

• metadata

Content

Material available

• BAS: texts and georeferenced HQ images on 600+ invertebrates taxa

• UGenoa: georeferenced HQ ROV images on ?? taxa

• NIWA: texts and georeferenced HQ images on ?? taxa

• AADC: field guide already available

Arthropoda

Ascidians

Brachiopods

Bryozoa

Cnidaria

Echinodermata

Echiura

Entoprocta

Mollusca

Nemertea

Platyhelminthes

Porifera

Priapula

Sipuncula