Biotope - Cumulative IMPacts of invasive ALien species (CIMPAL) version

4. Occurrences and taxa

• 4. Occurrences and taxa

  This is the Occurrences Dataset Uploader. This service allows you to upload the dataset of species occurrences that you have ‘manually’ prepared (via your own extractor or ‘personal’ database).

  The input is a .txt file with TSV (tab separated values) with up to 6 columns, and its first row should contain the following column headers:

  • decimalLatitude (numeric): the latitude of the observed specimen expressed in decimal degree in WGS 84 coordinate system (EPSG:4326) 
  • decimalLongitude (numeric): the longitude of the observed specimen expressed in decimal degree in WGS 84 coordinate system (EPSG:4326) 
  • scientificName (text): the scientific name of the species
  • year (numeric): the year of the observation

  ATTENTION: Make sure to remove the empty lines at the end of file. To upload this file into the platform you must first convert it to a .zip file.

  To upload the .zip file with your dataset, press the three vertical dots at the end of the first line on the expanded file list, and choose ‘Upload file’ (Fig. 6). You can also create new folders to organize your files within the platform and upload your dataset within those new folders, using the ‘Add folder’ option.
  

  
  

  Fig. 6. Occurrences Dataset Uploader

  After the upload is complete, you must select the file before advancing to the next step.

  Note: there is a set of dummy testing data (Fig. 7) that can be used to test the workflow. If that is the case, you should use the files available within the respective folder, and, for this step, the file is named occ_cimpal.zip, as shown in Fig. 7.
  

  
  

  Fig. 7. Dummy testing data, available to test the Biotope - CIMPAL version workflow