A IUCN disponibilizou os dados de distribuição de espécies ameaçadas para que sejam feitos mapas que possam ser distribuídos sob uma licença Creative Commons By-SA 2.0.
A Wikimedia Commons lança o apelo aqueles que estiverem interessados em ajudar na produção dos mesmos. Mais informações em:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:IUCN_red_list Alexandre Neto ----------------- International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Union_for_the_Conservation_of_Nature_and_Natural_Resources>(IUCN) The *IUCN red list* has agreed to license distribution maps derived from the data present on their website with a Creative Commons By-SA 2.0. There are currently around 25,000 maps for many species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles and corals. We need help producing the maps, inputting description and source of the images (including translations), and uploading them to Commons. You can read more on how you can help here<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:IUCN_red_list> . How you can help - If you have some sort of GIS software installed on your computer (check list here<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_information_systems_software>) that can read shapefiles, download the spatial data from spatial data<http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/spatial-data> . - Check if the species you want to draw a map for does not have a distribution map already (check the species category, Category:Animal distribution maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animal_distribution_maps> , Category:Flora distribution maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Flora_distribution_maps>, or Category:IUCN distribution maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IUCN_distribution_maps> ). - Use as background a free world map, such as the one found at Natural Earth<http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/> (public domain <http://www.naturalearthdata.com/about/>). For specific countries, you can also use the ones atCloudMade<http://downloads.cloudmade.com/> (CC-BY-SA-2.0). - Export the map for the species you are interested in PNG or SVG formats. - Upload it to Commons, with the information mentioned above. - Check that the maps in Category:IUCN distribution maps<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IUCN_distribution_maps> have the information above. - Check if the maps are categorized properly. - Check if newer data is available at the IUCN website. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:IUCN_red_list>
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