<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Personally, I think it is best to not display localities for any type of specimen, extant, endangered, otherwise. There are two main reasons behind this: 1. Some specimens are collected and/or used in research with permission on the stipulation that their exact localities not be published, such as the original description of <i>Tanytrachelos </i>written by Olsen in 1979; and 2., I wouldn't want to encourage the occasional adventure seeker in trying to collect from a site that is known to yield xyz specimens by publishing their localities. There are a lot of nuances, logistics, and legalities about collecting that I think most non-professionals may not be aware of.<br>
<br></div>An example that comes to mind is the Ohio Historical Society. They use a database called Cuadra Star which they also post online for public use. When preparing for an interview with them, I was trying to research their natural history collection and found that it is absolutely impossible to search their collections by locality. This may or may not be intentional on their part; I asked them about it, but didn't really get a reply to that particular question. <br>
<br></div>If a researcher uses your database and needs locality information, perhaps a form can be designed requesting this and/or other certain types of information for use in the research. This way, the scope and purpose of the research can be understood by the institution before the information is released. Just a thought!<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Mireia Beas-Moix <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beas-moix@ccber.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">beas-moix@ccber.ucsb.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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to an online database. Did you clean your data and hide information for
particular specimens, species or localities?� For example, you may want to
block access to the geographic coordinates for the locality of an endangered
species.</span></p>
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<div><br></div>-- <br><div>Mireia Beas Moix</div><div>Collections Manager</div><div>Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration</div><div>University of California Santa Barbara</div><div>Harder South, Rm 1009</div>
<div>Santa Barbara, CA 93106</div><div><br></div><a href="mailto:beas-moix@ccber.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">beas-moix@ccber.ucsb.edu</a>
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