[1] Query
List
Enter specific information into a form to generate a map.
[2] Interactive
Mapping Interface
Pick Points directly from the Map
to find specific localities.
Query
List:
- Go to the Query
List Page
- Type in
any part of the search term in any field(s) and/or use the pull-down
menus
- Your search
will return all the localities that match your search criteria.
- Clicking
on a locality gives details about that locality and a list of
the taxa found at that locality.
- On the taxon
list page, clicking on 'taxon details' gives the taxonomic
reference followed in the database and lists synonomies.
- At the top of the locality list you can click on 'Download these results' to get an Excel file that has detailed information about the taxa and localities.
- Or you can click 'Map these localities' to have all the localities plotted on a map. Clicking 'Map It' by each locality plots only that locality.
NOTE: You
can search for localities by EPOCH, LAND-MAMMAL AGE, or
AGE:
EPOCH:
Returns all the localities assigned to the epoch or portion of the
epoch you choose off the pull-down menu. Use this if you want a list
of all the Miocene localities, for example.
LAND-MAMMAL
AGE: Returns all the localities that fall within the land-mammal
age you choose off the pull-down menu, even if they can be assigned
to a finer division of time. Use this if you want a list of all the
Arikareean localities, for example.
AGE: Returns
localities that are known to fully occur within the given portion
of the land-mammal age you choose from the pull-down menu. Use this
if you want a list of only the late early Arikareean localities, for
example.
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Interactive
Mapping :
- Go to the Interactive Mapping Page. This plots all of the MIOMAP localities on a map of the USA.
- Click any balloon to produce a pop-up menu of the point locality information.
- Click on 'Show Point Records' to create a list of the localities shown on the map.
- Use the boxes in the top right hand corner of the map to choose a different base map (e.g., satellite, photo, topo)
- To focus in on a particular set of localities, select the magnifying glass in the upper left corner of the page.
- click on the map near the localities of interest
- move mouse to produce a rectangle that covers the area of interest
- click mouse again to zoom in on the selected localities
- Select the Options tab to the right of the map to choose different display options. These include:
Color by -- Identifies via color coding how accurate the map coordinates were for each locality.
Label By -- Labels the fossil localities on the map given the criteria selected.
Map Controls -- Removes (or adds) the locality marker balloons from the map.
Download all record -- Allows the user to download the data for all localties on the map as an Excel file.
Services and Analytical Functions -- Gives the user a variety of different ways to analyze the data. For example, selecting the 'MIOMAP Estimate S Web Service' produces a downloadable table of the localities selected (or all localties on the map) that can be used in the diversity program Estimate S.
- For more information on how to use the mapping interface, click on the Help tab. From that menu, select the 'Help document' link.
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