1. GEOREFERENCING WORSHOP
GBIF/ HERPNET
GEOREFERENCING WORSHOP
Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, 5-8 December 2006

2. Main study areas of RMCA

3. RMCA natural history collections
African Zoology
Geological collections
The Xylarium  of Tervuren
10,255 ordinary minerals (in 988 species), 1,077 radioactive minerals and 170 asbestos samples
20,000 well-documented (micro)fossils including both fauna and flora species of Phanerozoic deposits of the Central African region.
56,000 specimens of 13,600 different botanical species from around the world.
Herbarium specimens and living plants hosted at the Belgain Botanical Garden since 1934

4. RMCA and SYNTHESYS NETWORK ACTIVITY
“Providing itinerary related datasets and tools (for integration, visualization and quality check)”
18 months project
Danny Meirte, Bart Meganck, Franck Theeten, Patricia Mergen
Spatial Data Infrastructure:

5. Itineraries - visualisation example
Africa
Itineraries - visualisation example
Itineraries
point-radius and linking geometries
Demo site :

6. Tuesday (today) : Get-together (Drinks and Tapas 18h30- 20h30
Welcome Coffee from 8-9h
Coffee breaks 10h45 and 15h45
Lunch 12h30-13h30
Tuesday (today) : Get-together (Drinks and Tapas 18h30- 20h30
Thursday Dinner : 19h30- 22h30

9. Buildings of the Museum

10. Museum
Hotel Vignette
Tram Station
Bus stop to airport
Hotel Campanile

11. B) Hotel Campanile (http://www. hotels-belgium. com/airport/campanile
B) Hotel Campanile ( RING UITRIT DIEGEM EXCELSIORLAAN ZAVENTEM Tel Fax
1. Take bus 272, 281 or 282 direction Zaventem airport. Step out at Zaventem “Luchthaven”(Main Airport terminal)
2. Take Bus 830 “Machelen - Zaventem. - Tervuren. – Groenendaal” direction Groenendaal and step out at the stop “Tervuren Centrum”.

13. Any Questions ?