Millionen Geräte, wie z.B. Mobiltelefone, Autos und Umweltsensoren senden ihre Positionen zusammen mit einem Zeitstempel und weiteren Nutzdaten an einen Server zu verschiedenen Analysezwecken. Die Positionsinformationen und übertragenen Ereignisinformationen werden als Punkte oder Polygone dargestellt....
The Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) proposed by GEO BON offer great benefits for decision makers and scientists if they are made readily available. Currently, the usage of EBVs is, however, still a challenge. The required data sets are very large, heterogeneous and temporal. This makes the usage...
Herbarium collections have been the foundation of taxonomical research for centuries and become increasingly important for related fields such as plant ecology or biogeography. Herbaria worldwide are estimated to include c. 400 million specimens, by inclusion of type specimens cover with few exceptions...
Sensors can now be found in many facets of every day life, and are used to capture and transfer both physical and chemical characteristics into digitally analyzable data. Wireless sensor networks play a central role in the proliferation of the industrial employment of wide-range, primarily autonomous...