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Digitizing  Engelmann’s Legacy: ,[object Object],[object Object],Mapping Plant Specimens  that Document the  Great American Frontier ESRI Education User Conference  –  July 13, 2010 – San Diego, CA http://www.tropicos.org/Project/Engelmann
Project objectives ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Agave wislizenii  Engelm.
http://www.mobot.org MOBOT:  Now
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],MOBOT:  Then
MOBOT Science: Now
MOBOT Science: Then George Engelmann Asa Gray Wm. Jackson Hooker
George Engelmann   (1809 – 1884) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Thanks, Wikipedia!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Engelmann
US botanical exploration post-Lewis & Clark St. Louis:  Gateway to the West ? X Engelmann more … Josiah  Gregg Freidrich Wislizenus Ferdinand Lindheimer
Heuchera sanguinea  Engelm. Plant specimens  document occurrence Collection Information Collectors: ,[object Object],Collection Number: 210 Collection Date: 06 October 1846 Location: Mexico, Chihuahua Elevation: 7,000 ft Description: Crimson flower Locality: Mountains, rocks, at Llanos near Cosiquiriachi.
Data origin & annotation over time ^ 2.Herbarium label: synthesized data < 1.Field label: origin of data ^ 3.Annotation: locality 4.Annotation: revision >
Data Storage: Tropicos.org http://www.tropicos.org/Specimen/1700971
Tropicos :  http://www.tropicos.org ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
http://www.tropicos.org/project/engelmann
http://www.tropicos.org/project/engelmann
 
http://www.tropicos.org/project/engelmann
 
Geocoding legacy collections = hard, skilled work < Geocode?  Read??
Field notebooks & historic printed literature can help http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91553
Neat-o! But…why is this important?? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],These specimens represent:
Heuchera sanguinea  = Coral bells Common Name: coral bells
Zone: 3 to 9 
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Saxifragaceae
Native Range: Western United States
Height: 1 to 1.5 feet
Acknowledgements ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Links & Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Thanks! Questions? ,[object Object],[object Object],Email:  [email_address] Twitter:  @chrisfreeland Blog / info:  chrisfreeland.com Flickr:  http://flickr.com/photos/chrisfreeland/ http://www.tropicos.org/Project/Engelmann

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Digitizing Engelmann's Legacy