[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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