1 Topic by David Hepper

  • David Hepper
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Topic: Downloads in DwC do not contain VC or other computed geo values

For each record, the 'Additional political boundaries information' section shows a comprehensive set of areas, including three variants of Vice County, computed by the Atlas itself based on each record's original geolocation. However, none of this is included in the Darwin Core format export, so anyone using the records has to have a GIS system to recompute the values they need.
Please extend the export CSV by a few columns to include at least the 'Watsonian Vice Counties - 12 mile' and 'Districts, Boroughs and Unitary Authorities (Great Britain)' values.

David Hepper
Records Officer, British Dragonfly Society

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2 Reply by r.stock

  • r.stock
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  • Registered: 18-04-2023
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Re: Downloads in DwC do not contain VC or other computed geo values

Hello David,

Sorry for the delay on replying to this post. Whilst the 'Additional political boundaries information' is not available in the Simple Spreadsheet or Full Darwin Core download formats, this information can be included when using the Custom download format.

However, I have identified that the Custom download format is not working as expected. There is an option to include contextual layer fields (e.g., returns Vice county record is indexed to) but these fields are not being included in the download.

As mentioned previously, we are currently underway with implementing data pipelines, which will change how records are processed on the NBN Atlas. Therefore, it will be more efficient to focus on identifying if this issue exists with data pipelines, and if so resolving it for data pipelines as we will be making the switch soon.

However, in the meantime, if you would benefit from including vice county information (and any other layer information) now, this is possible using the Occurrence download webservice. If you need support with using this web service, please let me know.

Thank you.

Kind regards,
Rhiann

Rhiannydd Stock
NBN Atlas Support Officer