Advanced Query for GBIF occurrence data

If this is your first time using the Advanced Query please read the user notes.

The advanced query allows you to create different three dimensional objects in Google Earth to represent the year of collection (in decades) and the coordinate precision, if supplied. The year of collection is generally provided and the degree of coordinate precision (in meters) is available for some records only. GBIF recommends to test for the availability of coordinate-enabled records for each taxon before using the Advanced Query.

1. GBIF Taxon

Input the taxon
(e.g. Puma concolor)

2. Range by Years - set color, opacity and shape of figures

Click on the palette icon in each table row to change the default colors.

Include	Year Range		Color (default colors)	Number of sides (3 to 8)
	Start Year	End Year
			(red)
			(blue)
			(yellow)
			(green)
			(orange)
	Default: year is null		(red)
Opacity % (100% is solid color, values less than 30% are essentially invisible)

3. Coordinate precision - set width and height of the figures

Figures with greater precision will be narrower and stand higher from the Google Earth surface.

Include	Precision Range		Radius in meters	Height of figure in meters
	minimum meters	maximum meters
	Default: precision is null
Extrusion Yes No (Yes: attaches the figures to the surface with sides No: floats the shape above the surface)

Use of data

GBIF Participants have made their data available for use according to the terms of the GBIF Data Use Agreement. Please understand these terms before using GBIF data: GBIF Data Use Agreement

These scripts have been contributed by Derek Munro of the Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF) to GBIF beginning on 2005-09-28. More...