GWG notes 9 December 2014

9 December 2014

1. News from iDigBio Summit (from Una and David)
2. Question from a TCN regarding TRS data
3. Jessica and Marcy's work on the idigbio website gwg wiki
   1. Update about Marcy's write up on Specify, Dave - Arctos.
   2. What we want: a brief description of system, who uses it, what types of collections.
   3. Please send any FAQs to add to the wiki to either Marcy (mrevelez@angelo.edu) or Jessica (jessica.utrup@yale.edu).
4. Did this get done?
   1. Dave wanted us to add this link to the wiki on the Georef Calculator section: https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/IDigBio_Virtual_Appliances#Georeferencing_Calculator_Appliance This is an appliance set up by iDigBio.
5. Thanks Una and Charlotte!She and Charlotte presented GWG poster about all of the things the georeferencing group has been working on.
6. Bryan: how are instructions coming along for GeorefCalc Java setup for a couple of diff OS's.
   1. Bryan's update on: I'm also going to work up a very basic georef traing for a departmental mycology class in the spring.
7. More conversation? on Some talk about gathering data about "lost" places that have been found and where to put this data. Maybe things are getting out there well enough through iDigBio and GBIF, and these lost places are being discovered through these portals.
8. New TCNs. What might we offer them?
   1. Deb can approach them via the Internal Advisory Committee.