[obol] Re: Mining eBird data
- From: Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: OBOL <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 19:35:17 -0700
One of the as yet to be solved issues regarding eBird data is its
lack of easily extractable data at resolutions finer than county.
Oregon counties are large and unwieldy unlike East Coast counties
where most birders (and apparently most eBird programers) live.
Several of us have brought this up (once or twice) in previous
eBird discussions....
I have mostly used brute-force methods to extract data. With Bean Goose
data, I pulled up the map in "Explore Data > Species maps" and then
clicked on every balloon and wrote the info I wanted on a legal pad. I
then put it into a spreadsheet myself.
You can probably get a close approximation species list by picking
a common species (like Song Sparrow) for a species map and then zooming
in to the Diamond Hill area. You'll still have to hand capture all
the lists and you may need to pick more than one common species to get
enough lists.
You could also go to birdnotes.net and generate a checklist for Diamond
Hill wetlands. But that looks like its mostly populated with data you
put there, so it may not add anything...
I am told that eBird will eventually have aggregate capacity a finer
scales using polygons, but don't expect it any time in the next couple
weeks...
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
the CODE
http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/northcoastdiaries/?p=2702
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