Discover and map data

Who can use it

Visitors can search public content. Authenticated users can also see records released to their access level or made available through projects, datasets, or biocollections. The same filters may therefore return different results to users with different permissions.

Choose a tool

• Use record lists to search one object type and follow its relationships.
• Use Data Explorer to combine filters across related data records.
• Use Map Explorer to inspect spatial distributions and open Location and Individual details.
• Use the GET API or OpenDataBio-R for reproducible queries and analysis.

Start with the smallest useful set of filters. Check whether Taxon and Location filters include descendants, and use Project or Dataset filters when provenance or data policy matters. Inspect representative records before exporting.

Maps and exports

Map Explorer displays Locations, Individuals, plots, and transects. Large results use vector tiles and simplified geometries for navigation; use the official record or export geometry for analysis.

Small exports may be returned directly; large exports run as UserJobs. Follow the job progress and log, review warnings, then keep the README and field metadata with the downloaded data. A query export is a result at one moment; cite a dataset version when fixed, published content is required.

Exports may include OpenDataBio and Darwin Core fields. Botanical installations may also offer the BRAHMS/INPA profile for Individual- or Voucher-based exchange. Select the base record explicitly and review its metadata: the profile does not turn incomplete records into complete curatorial data.

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