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Map of Life John Wieczorek*, Aaron Steele, Walter Jetz, Rob Guralnick, Andrew Hill, Gaurav Vaidya* & Dan Rosauer 1

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The Big Dream 2

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The Big Dream T o use maps 2

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The Big Dream T o use maps to make better maps 2

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The Big Dream T o use maps to make better maps of where species ACTUALLY are. 2

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The Big Dream Make it easy for experts to: Edit maps that are wrong. Find data that has been entered incorrectly. Do biodiversity analyses. 3

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What’s important Any taxon. Available data. My data. Share it. 4

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Integration Will support all kinds of maps: Expert ranges. Ecoregion checklists. Protected area checklists. Species occurrences and uncertainties. Environmental data. 5

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A demonstration 6

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Ctenomys sociabilis Pearson & Christie, 1985 8

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A demonstration (again) 9

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Found! 12

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Back to the demonstration 13

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Back to the demonstration (no more interruptions!) 17

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Boom. June 13, 2011 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=50996 19

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Add my map: species ranges based on where they actually are. Add my own data layers: Overlay the volcanic plume. Share it: Argentinian and US governments, now. Satellite imagery by MODIS/Aqua: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=50862 21

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The Big Dream T o use maps to make better maps of where species ACTUALLY are. 22

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Map Of Life Get a grip on your mapping problems http://www.mappinglife.org/ 23