Data quality – what can we do to minimise error 1.Help with identification 2.Help with recording 3.Use of photography 4.Rank expertise 5.Use numerical data 6.Online validation 7.Field validation 8.Source / metadata iSPOT: Social network for species identification from photographs submitted online 900,000 visitors+ to the website 17,000 registered users 100,000 photographs 88% photographs identified within 24hours 86 natural history societies Photographic records passed on to Societies Bayesian Keys - NBN mapping scheme Indicia: Basic kit to build a wildlife recording website 500,000+ users from Plantlife to British Dragonfly Society – UK & EU wide Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) to promote the exploration and development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification
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