Resources & Links

Georeferencing

GeoLocatehttps://www.geo-locate.org/default.htmlEducation and Training
CoGe (GEOLocate Web-based collaborative client)https://www.geo-locate.org/web/webcomgeoref.aspxThe interface for editing and reviewing community records
California Phenology Network Georeferencing Coursehttps://www.capturingcaliforniasflowers.org/georeferencingcourse-coge.htmlExcellent, concise training videos using GeoLocate. See also their Resources page for other material
Georeferencing Quick Reference Guidehttps://www.idigbio.org/wiki/images/1/1e/GeoreferencingQuickReferenceGuide.pdfFantastic, concise guidelines for all aspects of georeferencing; reference protocol for GLOBAL project
Georeferencing Best Practiceshttp://mb.gbif.org/documents/doc-georeferencing-best-practices/en/THE very complete manual for all things georeference, also available as PDF (GBIF, Chapman and Wieczorek, 2020)
Illustrated Georeferencing Guidelineshttps://www.capturingcaliforniasflowers.org/uploads/1/6/3/7/16372936/georeferencingpictureguide_v2_booklet.pdfExtremely helpful visual booklet to locating points and creating error radii
Georeferencing in CCH2 Webinarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrXiZ2tsuRMWebinar presentation to demonstrate georeferencing localities using GeoLocate interface.
Georeferencing Mapping Resource Hubhttp://georeferencing.org/index.htmlAggregated site for tools, gazetteers, data sources, training (VertNet)
iDigBio Georef. Working Group Video Tutorialshttps://vimeo.com/showcase/2163673Online tutorials
MaNIS/HerpNet/ORNIS Georef. Guidelineshttp://georeferencing.org/georefcalculator/docs/GeorefGuide.htmlInformation about assigning geographic coordinates, and maximum error distances to locality descriptions
Extracting Duplicate Georeferences from Herbarium Specimen Datahttps://zenodo.org/record/4300889#.YDAqh-hKhPYUses Duplicate Clustering Tool in Symbiota to create output file of known duplicates with coordinates
Georeferencing Calculatorhttp://georeferencing.org/georefcalculator/gc.htmlOnline application to help calculate coordinates and uncertainty
LSU Herbarium Georeferencing Guidehttps://tinyurl.com/mw74sxx8LSU’s guide to georeferencing fields along with links and notes
Georeferencing Tools Available for GLOBALhttps://bit.ly/3ueBEVGSummary of georeferencing tools for the GLOBAL project

CoGe

Collaborative Georeferencing with CoGehttps://epicc.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/UsingGeoLocateforCollaborativeGeoreferencing_2016.pdfDeveloped by Nelson Rios at the Tulane Univ Biodiv Inst. Product produced for the EPICC TCN
Georeferencing in CoGehttps://bit.ly/31GAndXDocument outlining steps to work in the CoGe web portal

Mapping

GeoNames Geographical Databasehttp://www.geonames.org/Place names; advanced search has option for fuzzy names
World Places Map Directoryhttps://vymaps.com/
ACME Mapperhttp://acme.com/mapper3/High-precision general purpose mapping application; 3.0 has hiking trails layer
Mindat.orghttps://www.mindat.org/The world’s largest open database of minerals, rocks, meteorites and the localities they come from; great for mountains and mine sites
Geographic.orghttps://geographic.org/Maps, names, geology, climate, statistics info
Nations Online Projecthttps://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/maps.htmMaps, names, languages
Gazeteer of the Antarctic, Nat Sci Fdnhttps://pubs.usgs.gov/msb/7000091/report.pdfAntarctic place names and coords (Datum unknown)
Peak Visorhttps://peakvisor.com/index_2_en.html3D maps and peak identfication
Fuzzy Gazetteerhttp://isodp.hof-university.de/fuzzyg/query/
Get a Maphttp://www.getamap.net/

Mapping – Historical

British Library Historic Mapshttps://www.bl.uk/subjects/mapsMaps, documents, etc.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collectionhttps://www.davidrumsey.com/homeThe collection focuses on rare 16th through 21st century maps of North and South America, as well as maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania.
Old Maps Onlinehttps://www.oldmapsonline.org/Search engine for historical maps
Topographic Maps of Eastern Europehttp://easteurotopo.org/a collection of small and large scale historical maps of the lands of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Pale of Jewish Settlement in late Tsarist Russia.

Geographic Names

Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Pagewell, of course
Statoidshttp://statoids.com/Major administrative divisions of countries; endonyms and exonyms included. The “details ” page lists more general reference sites
Countries and Names of the Worldhttps://www.geonames.de/The countries of the world in their own languages and writing systems; with official names, capitals, flags, coats of arms, political divisions, national anthems, and translations of the countries and capitals into many languages
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/The TGN includes names and associated information about places. Places in TGN include administrative political entities and physical features. Current and historical places are included.
Falling Rainhttp://www.fallingrain.com/world/Directory of cities and towns in world
CIA World Fact Bookhttps://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/The World Factbook provides information on geography, etc.
Historical Countries – Nations Online Projecthttps://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/historical_countrynames.htmList of formerly used country names and names of countries which have ceased to exist. Name changes of countries, dependencies, geographical and other regions of particular geopolitical interest.
List of German exonyms for places in the Czech Republichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_exonyms_for_places_in_the_Czech_Republic

Country/Location Specific Guides

Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australiahttp://bonzle.com.au/c/aSearchable list of Australian regions, cities, localities, etc.
Brazil – Explanation of Roads Markershttps://bit.ly/3fxF81n Explanation numbering format for Brazilian road markers
German place + names former Czechoslovakiahttps://bit.ly/3fwf1blList of historic and current names
Japan Databasing Guidehttps://bit.ly/3rIODNEGuide to Japanese place names
Japanese Province to Prefectureshttps://bit.ly/3xtErxLTable of historical Japanese provinces with modern prefecture names
Irish Hill and Mountain Nameshttps://bit.ly/3NXC0KoTable of names of hills and mountains in Ireland
Scottish Cave and Mine Database Searchhttps://registry.gsg.org.uk/sr/registrysearch.phpSearchable by site name
Ordnance Survey Maps from the UKhttps://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/Detailed maps & routes to explore across the UK | OS Maps
Mountain Views, Hill-walking website for island of Irelandhttps://mountainviews.ie/summit/25/Searchable website of Irish hills, mountains, islands, and coastal features.

Coordinate Conversion

Earthpointhttps://www.earthpoint.us/Convert.aspxCoordinate conversion, topographic maps–subscription not necessary for many tools
Public Lands Survey Systemhttps://www.usgs.gov/media/images/public-land-survey-system-plssUS maps and more
Movable Typehttps://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-utm-mgrs.htmlConvert between lat/long & UTM coords/MGRS grid references (Esp. useful for Finnish coordinates)
East European Lat/Long Coordinate Helphttps://guides.loc.gov/maps-genealogy-eastern-europe/coordinates/latitude-longitudeCartographic Resources for Genealogical Research: Eastern Europe and Russia, touches on coordinate systems based on other prime meridians

Translation

Google Translatehttps://translate.google.com/

Miscellaneous

Botanist Index-Harvard Univ.https://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_index.htmlHelpful for info on collectors and their areas of specialty–be sure to check box for ‘Find similar sounding names’
Why georeferencing matters: Introducing a practical protocol to prepare species occurrence records for spatial analysishttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5756859/Journal article exploring georeferencing protocols

If you have any questions or other resources to add, please email Julie Smith at: jesmith7@wisc.edu.