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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:54:33 -0400 From: Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: New tab on the Butterflies of North Carolina website -- updating counties with Recent Additions |
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--00000000000012c1bc06163c1c25 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Folks, Several of us -- not only Tom Howard and I, but also Jeff Pippen and Rob Van Epps -- have been seeking ways to have the county range maps for the 177 species in NC be updated almost immediately (within a week perhaps) when a species is found in a new county, or found in a county that will upgrade the recency status of it. This year, Tom has added a second "recency" level to each map, so that we now have three colors and ranges for the last date reported in a county: green = Current -- Seen, photographed, or collected after 2014 blue = Recent -- Seen, photographed, or collected from 2004 to 2014 red = Historical -- Not seen, photographed, or collected after 2003 and we retain the yellow for Obscure, with no date available Most importantly, Tom has added another tab on the left margin: *Recent Additions. *These represent three types of records: 1. first county records for a species -- such as Hayhurst's Scallopwing for Currituck County (county was white, but now is green!) 2. records that upgrade the recency level -- such as change red --> green or blue --> green 3. selected records (for now) of the rarer species, those with a State Rank of S1, S2, or S3 (or S3S4) This is not a complete list of the records of the above three categories for 2024, as the four of us are working to have an automated data entry form for us to use. We are not opening up a data entry to the general public, as we need to review the reports first. Plus, we want the public -- i.e., people on this listserve, to continue to report all of your North Carolina sightings here. As I "retired" from adding such records to an Excel file that I sent to Tom at the end of each year, for 30 years (whew), I was planning to ask for a volunteer to have someone continue this arduous task in order to keep the continuation of records into the future, for those researchers who wish to look at short-term and long-term trends. Thankfully, Jeff volunteered, so he is now entering your carolinaleps data onto an Excel file, and I will continue to glean notable records from iNaturalist and put those on my own Excel file. The idea is for Jeff and me to then pick out those that upgrade a county status and enter the pertinent data (6 fields) into an online form for us, *that will immediately change the color of a county.* Tom is working on that now. Rob is working to have all iNaturalist records for NC that are at Research Grade added to the website database. *If you are aware you have a new county record, or are aware that your report is a first for that county since last recorded a few decades ago, please let us know*! It is easy for Jeff and me to overlook these. But, *we want county maps to be active and up-to-date on a continual basis. * (Until now, the maps on the website were static for the entire year and changed only around January of the next year.) Also make sure you have checked out the other green tabs with colored text, as a few of these are new for 2024, such as References, Websites, and Butterfly Book (available around June 4 -- more on this later). Good butterflying in 2024, and keep reporting your NC and SC sightings to the listserve. (And if you have photos, we encourage you to post them on iNaturalist.) Harry LeGrand author and co-editor of the Butterflies of North Carolina website --00000000000012c1bc06163c1c25 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>Several of us -- not = only Tom Howard and I, but also Jeff Pippen and Rob Van Epps -- have been s= eeking ways to have the county range maps for the 177 species in NC be upda= ted almost immediately (within a week perhaps) when a species is found in a= new county, or found in a county that will upgrade the recency status of i= t.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, Tom has added a second "recency= " level to each map, so that we now have three colors and ranges for t= he last date reported in a county:</div><div><br></div><div>green =3D Curre= nt -- Seen, photographed, or collected after 2014</div><div>blue =3D=C2=A0 = Recent --=20 Seen, photographed, or collected from 2004 to 2014 <br></div><div>red =3D= =C2=A0 Historical -- Not seen, photographed, or collected after 2003</div><= div><br></div><div>and we retain the yellow for Obscure, with no date avail= able</div><div><br></div><div>Most importantly, Tom has added another tab o= n the left margin:=C2=A0 <b>Recent Additions.=C2=A0 </b>These represent thr= ee types of records:</div><div>1. first county records for a species -- suc= h as Hayhurst's Scallopwing for Currituck County=C2=A0 (county was whit= e, but now is green!)<br></div><div>2.=C2=A0 records that upgrade the recen= cy level -- such as change red --> green or blue -->=C2=A0 green</div= ><div>3.=C2=A0 selected records (for now) of the rarer species, those with = a State Rank of S1, S2, or S3 (or S3S4)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>= <div>This is not a complete list of the records of the above three categori= es for 2024, as the four of us are working to have an automated data entry = form for us to use.=C2=A0 We are not opening up a data entry to the general= public, as we need to review the reports first.=C2=A0 Plus, we want the pu= blic -- i.e., people on this listserve, to continue to report all of your N= orth Carolina sightings here.=C2=A0 As I "retired" from adding su= ch records to an Excel file that I sent to Tom at the end of each year, for= 30 years (whew), I was planning to ask for a volunteer to have someone con= tinue this arduous task in order to keep the continuation of records into t= he future, for those researchers who wish to look at short-term and long-te= rm trends.=C2=A0 Thankfully, Jeff volunteered, so he is now entering your c= arolinaleps data onto an Excel file, and I will continue to glean notable r= ecords from iNaturalist and put those on my own Excel file.=C2=A0 The idea = is for Jeff and me to then pick out those that upgrade a county status and = enter the pertinent data (6 fields) into an online form for us, <u>that wil= l immediately change the color of a county.</u>=C2=A0 Tom is working on tha= t now.=C2=A0 Rob is working to have all iNaturalist records for NC that are= at Research Grade added to the website database.</div><div><br></div><div>= <br></div><div><u>If you are aware you have a new county record, or are awa= re that your report is a first for that county since last recorded a few de= cades ago, please let us know</u>!=C2=A0 It is easy for Jeff and me to over= look these.=C2=A0 But, <u>we want county maps to be active and up-to-date o= n a continual basis.=C2=A0</u> (Until now, the maps on the website were sta= tic for the entire year and changed only around January of the next year.)<= /div><div><br></div><div>Also make sure you have checked out the other gree= n tabs with colored text, as a few of these are new for 2024, such as Refer= ences, Websites, and Butterfly Book (available around June 4 -- more on thi= s later).</div><div><br></div><div>Good butterflying in 2024, and keep repo= rting your NC and SC sightings to the listserve.=C2=A0 (And if you have pho= tos, we encourage you to post them on iNaturalist.)<br></div><div><br></div= ><div>Harry LeGrand</div><div>author and co-editor of the Butterflies of No= rth Carolina website<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> --00000000000012c1bc06163c1c25-- |
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