Interactive Map of Barcelona Natural Science Museum Biodiversity Data

The Natural Science Museum of Barcelona hosts a database of over 150 years worth of biological records from around the world, and now presents the data via an interactive map on their website.

The database consists of about 50.000 different records of mollusc, vertebrata and artropodes. All the information is structured following the Darwin Core Standard, developed by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

On the map you can zoom into any area in the world and click on an active square to view all of the registers located there.

via World Map of Barcelona Natural Science Museum Biodiversity Data – information aesthetics. via Information Aesthetics

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .