SpecimenMapping : design and implementation of a Specimen-geographical Information System
S. Wu. Zhang, Liu Ji · Dongwuxue zazhi · 2006
Due to the requirement of the biodiversity research and the limitation of current GIS tools,we designed and implemented a Specimen-geographical Information System based on XML technology with GML and SVG technology,SpecimenMapping,which provides some functions for biological specimen data management,such as importing other format spatial data,converting coordinates from one kind of projection to another,editing the personal specimen information graphically,displaying distribution maps of specimen,and analyzing the ecological factors of the habitat,etc.This system is designed specially for biodiversity researchers,so it's more friendly and easy to use.It is more important that it is based on open standards and more scalable for further development.