Chuck Bargeron

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• Chuck Bargeron
• University of Georgia
• Center for Invasive Species
• and Ecosystem Health

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Who am I?

• Information Technology Director
• B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science
• 12 years web application development
• Manage 20 websites that received 150 million hits
  from 19 million users last year
• Database/Web Integration
• Interface Design

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Bugwood? Center?

• Started 1994
• Was Bugwood Network until February when
  officially become Center
• Work across agency, organization and discipline
  boundaries
• Long term sustainability and core funding
• Combine Science with Technology

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Center Services

• Provided Feeds of Images and Information to
  External Web Application
• Website Development and Hosting for Special
  Projects, Professional Organizations and
  Conferences
• Develop educational resources including
  bulletins, publications, posters, CD/DVD-ROMs and
  presentations
• Image Acquisition, Digitization, Databasing and
  Delivery

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Center Services

• Convert Educational Materials to Electronic
  Format with Web Accessibility
• Update and Maintain Database-driven Information
  Resources
• Invasive Species Rapid Response and Management
  tools

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Bugwood Image Database System

• www.forestryimages.org
• www.invasive.org / www.ipmimages.org
• www.insectimages.org
• High-resolution images freely available for
  non-profit, educational projects, as long as they
  are properly cited
• 71,000 images available in multiple resolutions
  from 1300 photographers

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Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System

• Distribution of Invasive Species
• Electronic Early Detection System to Allow for
  More Rapid Responses
• Large Scale Cooperative Management of New
  Invasive Species

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History

• No complete distribution data for Southeast
• Holes in USDA PLANTS and now USDA Forest Service
  FIA data
• Some data existed but not compiled in one
  location
• SE-EPPC could provide support for state chapters
• Invasive Plant List justification
• State EPPCs could provide EDRR framework
• Central location for collection and storage of
  data

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Current Data - Statistics

• 368,228 records
• 10,755 point records
• 1241 plants

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Levels of Data

• County-level data
• Point data
• Unverified
• Verified
• Photo-verified
• Herbarium voucher
• Expert-verified
• Literature-verified

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Southeast County Maps
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Southeast County Maps
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State County Maps
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Point Maps Google Maps
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Point Maps Yahoo Maps
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Paper Collection Forms
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Data Access Features
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Data Downloads
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Data Downloads
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County Lists
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Electronic Early Detection System

• Each state has a designated reviewer
• Responsible for verifying all data entered in
  that state
• Responsible for notifying the appropriate people
  when a EDRR species is reported
• Each state can designate EDRR species that
  automatically are flagged
• Email sent to designated persons within the state
  when a EDRR species is reported
• State EDRR Committees

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National Distribution for 1200 Plants
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EDDR Technology

• Google Maps
• Wiki / Blogs
• Web Services to share Data
• NAWMA standards
• KML
• Digital Cameras
• Inexpensive GPS units
• Smartphones

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More EDDR Technology
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Mapping Enhancements

• Integration with ArcGIS software to output
  shapefiles and more detailed maps
• Geocoding
• the process of converting addresses (like "1600
  Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA") into
  geographic coordinates (like latitude 37.423021
  and longitude -122.083739)
• Conversion from UTMs and degrees minutes
  seconds to decimal degrees

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EDDMapS

• 3 years and going strong
• Further compilation of collection data
• Working toward collaboration between all of the
  mapping projects underway
• Invasive Plant Atlas

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Why EDDMapS?

• Fast and Easy to Use no knowledge of GIS
  required
• Ready to go today!
• Integration with Invasive.org/Invasive Plants of
  U.S. DVD info and pictures AND USDA PLANTS
• One database for both local and national data
• Custom/hosted applications can quickly and
  inexpensively be developed
• Proven record with images
• Fully relational referenced taxonomic database
• Meets NAWMA standards
• Data can be output to meet your needs

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Thanks, Any Questions?

• www.bugwood.org
• www.se-eppc.org
• www.eddmaps.org
• www.invasive.org