Hi Dan,
I agree that the "last modified" date is confusing. At the moment, it
shows the last time the description or other dataset metadata was
changed. I've suggested we changed that:
https://github.com/gbif/portal-feedback/issues/1267
However, I'm confused about the links to the backbone ZIP files. As far
as I can see, they end up at the same URL.
The link under "Download" at the top, and the link by "Endpoint" at the
bottom, is http://rs.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/backbone-current.zip in
both cases.
That is the same as the link to backbone-current.zip in
http://rs.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/
Either
curl -O http://rs.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/backbone-current.zip
or
wget http://rs.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/backbone-current.zip
is what I'd expect to use on the command line.
The server hosting rs.gbif.org has a 1Gb/s internet connection
(=125MB/s), and GBIF overall has a 10Gb/s connection into the European
academic backbone network. You should be able to download
http://rs.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/backbone-current.zip in 8-12
seconds from North America.
Cheers,
Matt Blissett
On 16/03/18 14:41, Stoner, Dan wrote:
Yes, thanks, that worked well.
One thing I noticed and is a bit confusing is that the dataset page
[1] indicates:
Last Modified 16 November 2017
whereas the rs.gbif.org site [2] indicates "newer" files (based
on timestamps, directory names) created in 2018.
The backbone-current.zip from the dataset page and from the
rs.gibf.org site appear to be identical (same byte count and md5sum),
but I could not determine this without actually downloading both.
Links:
[1] https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c
[2] http://rs.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/
- Dan Stoner
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*From:* Markus Döring <mdoer...@gbif.org>
*Sent:* Thursday, March 15, 2018 3:07 PM
*To:* Stoner, Dan
*Cc:* api-users@lists.gbif.org
*Subject:* Re: [API-users] download url for GBIF Backbone Taxonomy?
Hi Dan,
you can find all backbone data here, it should not be a terribly long
download:
http://rs.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__rs.gbif.org_datasets_backbone_&d=DwMGaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=UzZo4hGcdFimU6rXUUDpY2wxoDNTdCHOTG82ttnXcl4&m=X1yWo8M0Svfofg74yIynxoH64RJvqSj8PtnWcuK9ljs&s=9dZoI7d1WUUF9heKwem4CovbAytgzGlpyOY8aFKKlz0&e=>
best,
Markus
On 15. Mar 2018, at 19:04, Stoner, Dan <dsto...@acis.ufl.edu
<mailto:dsto...@acis.ufl.edu>> wrote:
Regarding the archive available for:
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gbif.org_dataset_d7dddbf4-2D2cf0-2D4f39-2D9b2a-2Dbb099caae36c&d=DwMGaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=UzZo4hGcdFimU6rXUUDpY2wxoDNTdCHOTG82ttnXcl4&m=X1yWo8M0Svfofg74yIynxoH64RJvqSj8PtnWcuK9ljs&s=rkVqYGOCNEi6RP8PN5JYLQANSrCGPTXwoosSI-nhGR4&e=>
I attempted to download the archive using a command-line tool but
cannot because:
We’re sorry, but GBIF doesn’t work properly without JavaScript
enabled.
I started the download from my browser and the expected download time
keeps bouncing between 8 hours and 12 hours.
Two questions:
1. Is there a location on the Internet where I can download that file
in a reasonable timeframe?
2. Is there a url that will function properly to download the file
without requiring javascript?
Is there any interest in developing mirrors or a CDN to host some of
these things within the community?
Thanks,
Dan Stoner
iDigBio / ACIS Laboratory
University of Florida
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