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Re: entering altitude, slope, aspect etc via recording card

Was just wondering if there is a way to enter altitude, slope and aspect when using recording cards to enter data - at the moment I am just putting this in as a comment but it would be useful if there was a way to add fields (not columns) to the top half of the recording card.

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Re: entering altitude, slope, aspect etc via recording card

No there isn't anyway of adding fields to the top part of the card.  As you know you could record the information as measurements against each taxa. If you have a regular requirement to do this then there are ways around this using a Btach update to process the comment field after input.

Mike Weideli

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Re: entering altitude, slope, aspect etc via recording card

Thanks Mike - just thought I'd check. Not sure how regularly we would be needing this so will leave for now.

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Re: entering altitude, slope, aspect etc via recording card

If you are consistent in the way you enter the comments you can always do it later if needed.

Mike Weideli

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Re: entering altitude, slope, aspect etc via recording card

How are you doing your data entry? Do you use Data Entry – Enter a species record...? There are count boxes on that for entering measurement data. Use the plus to add the second, third, etc. measurements. If the Count Of doesn’t list what you want, you add it to the Measurement Type term list via Tools – Term Lists. Select Measurement Type where you would add, for example, DBH to the Measurement Qualifiers for Length. Note that Abundance and Length are available on Taxon occurrences.

The other ways to enter observations are via recording cards for entering multiple observations for a site visit, via the import wizard and directly into the observation hierarchy. Recording cards can be tailored to meet your needs so you could have a list of species with a column for entering DBH. The import wizard allows users to import observations from Excel files (.xls but not .xlsx) etc. Entering observations directly into the observation hierarchy is very cumbersome but is useful if, for example, you miss an observation when entering data via a recording card.

Sally Rankin, JNCC Recorder Approved Expert
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