Filtering Options:

Pie Chart:The pie chart shows the specimen types broken into different taxa. Try choosing one of the pie sections to filter to the map to selection. You can select more than one at the same time!

Filter by Taxon:After selecting the taxons you want to look at, you can take a look at specific orders, families, and genuses.

Filter by Year: The Museum of Southwestern Biology has specimens that were collected over 50 years ago! You can filter the specimen results by year if you would like. *Note: Specimens with the year 1900 have an unknown date of collection*

Downloading Data:

After filtering data by specimen, taxon, and year, you can download the data for the collections in the viewable portion of the map. Simply zoom in to the area you want to download data for, and click the green "Download Data" button in the bottom right corner of the map.

Collection Sizes:

Hover over each bar to see the size of each collection

Collection Over Time:

Click and drag over a section of the chart to zoom in. Double click to zoom out. Hover over each collection in the legend to highlight only that collection.

About the project:

This web map was designed with the intention of making museum data more accessible to those that are interested in museum science. With this map users can select a taxa that interests them and visualize specimen locations on an interactive map of the United States. Our hope is that this map appeals to a wide range of users from a casual person interested in science to a scientist looking for detailed data about collections.

About the team:

• Team member: Juan Camacho (juancamacho@unm.edu)
• Team member: Joseph Kleinkopf (jkleinkopf@unm.edu)
• Team member: Eve Rowland (erowland@unm.edu)
• Project advisor: Dr. Liping Yang (lipingyang@unm.edu)

Data Sources

Collections data from the MSB are generally available in public databases and can be searched and downloaded. Specimen data from each collection is housed in one of three databases (Arctos, SEINet, or SCAN) and consolidated alongside collections around the world at GBIF.

• Arctos Database (most animals)
• SEINet Data Portal (plants)
• SCAN database (arthropods)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

References

The resources below were vital for the design and implementation of this web app.

• User Interface
• Neotoma Explorer Map
• dc.leaflet.js Demo
• Auston Lyons' D3 Crossfilter Tutorial
• Tura Williams' World Language Map Explorer
• Materials from Dr. Liping Yang's Internet Mapping course at the University of New Mexico
• Filtering Options
• dc.js Pie Chart Example
• dc.js Select Menu Example
• dc.js Bar Chart Example
• dc.js Download Table Example
• Javascript Libraries and Plugins Used
• D3
• DC
• Crossfilter
• Loader
• Leaflet
• jQuery
• Bootstrap
• Filesaver
• dc.leaflet.js
• Leaflet Markercluster

Overview

The University of New Mexico's Museum of Southwestern Biology (MSB) is an important repository for biological data from New Mexico, with collections spanning over a century. Click the links below to visit pages for information on the MSB.

• MSB Homepage
• Contact a curator

Natural History Museums

Museums across the world house millions of collections, with many on display for educational purposes and many more preserved for facilitating scientific research. The utility of museum collections is outstanding! Collections have been utilized in species classification (and discovery), ecology research, conservation research, and more recently, in disease research. We will undoubtedly see new uses for collections in the not so far future! Click the links below to check out some famous natural history museums.

• New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
• American Museum of Natural History
• Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• The Field Museum
• Natural History Museum, London, UK
• Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France