Data Access - Ocean Biodiversity Information System
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Acronym
Data Access - OBIS
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Abstract
OBIS harvests occurrence records from thousands of datasets and makes them available as a single integrated dataset. There are several ways to access OBIS data:
- The mapper allows users to visualize and inspect subsets of OBIS data. A variety of filters (taxonomic, geographic, time, data quality) is available and multiple layers can be combined in a single view. Layers can be downloaded as CSV files.
- Our R package provides direct access to the OBIS database from R.
- Both the mapper and the R package are based on the OBIS API which can be used by third party developers as well.
- Periodic exports.