1. Canadensys update

2. Canadensys: what is it? A Canadian network of 11 universities, 5 botanical gardens and 2 museums. Over 25 biological collections and 13 millions specimens –Plants (12 herbaria & 5 living collections) –Insects (8 collections) –Fungi (5 collections) Mission: digitize, georeference and share 3 million records (20%) in the next three years. Canadensys update - 2010.08.112

3. Biodiversity Centre in Montreal Building: opens autumn this year Canadensys programmer: Pierre Bélisle Canadensys servers Canadensys update - 2010.08.113

4. Workshops GBIF Nodes Portal Toolkit (NPT) Workshop –7-8 December 2009, Montreal, QC DwC/IPT workshop + PI meeting (CCSIP1) –13-14 March 2010, Berkeley, CA –www.canadensys.net/berkeley-2010www.canadensys.net/berkeley-2010 Georeferencing workshop + Canadensys meeting (CCSIP2) –5 June 2010, Ottawa, ON –www.canadensys.net/ottawa-2010www.canadensys.net/ottawa-2010 Canadensys update - 2010.08.114

5. New community portal Canadensys update - 2010.08.115 Canadensys updates Follow @Canadensys on Twitter Canadensys updates Follow @Canadensys on Twitter www.canadensys.net

6. To do this summer / fall Data publiction test case with 2-3 collections: –Conceptional mapping to Darwin Core –Producing a Darwin Core Archive –Upload the file to a Canadensys IPT Launch of VASCAN: Database of Canadian Vascular Plants –Synonyms –Vernacular names + sources –Distribution + sources –Checklist builder Start developing Canadensys data portal Canadensys update - 2010.08.116

7. Available at http://www.canadensys.net/georeferencinghttp://www.canadensys.net/georeferencing Something extra: LatLong Crosshairs Georeferencing workshop - Online resources - 2010.06.057 Canadensys bookmarklet Click to toggle Canadensys bookmarklet Click to toggle Crosshairs Move map to change position Click to get coordinates Crosshairs Move map to change position Click to get coordinates