Fwd: Recording of the Data Use Club practical session: Making occurrence maps

[Mathew Biddle - NOAA Federal]

Hi all,

This session was extremely valuable in that it shared a resource I wasn't aware of. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has a really nice Maps API to visualize species occurrence data hosted on the platform (which is a fundamental part of our Marine Life Data Network data flow). The API provides tiled web maps primarily intended for display on websites, making it straightforward to visualize GBIF content on interactive maps and overlay content from multiple sources.

If you're looking to make pretty maps of occurrences, this could be a resource of interest to you. Checkout this demo of all the GBIF data on a map. Below is an example call to the API for all occurrences associated with the NOAA Integrated Ocean Observing System Publisher in GBIF.

https://api.gbif.org/v2/map/occurrence/density/1/0/0%404x.png?srs=EPSG%3A4326&bin=hex&hexPerTile=200&style=classic.poly&publishingOrg=1d38bb22-cbea-4845-8b0c-f62551076080

Checkout the recording below for more information and a demonstration of how to use it.

Thanks,

Matt

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From: Data Use <dat...@gbif.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Subject: Recording of the Data Use Club practical session: Making occurrence maps
To: Data Use <dat...@gbif.org>

Dear data user,

 

Thank you for attending the recent Data Use Club session on Making occurrence maps.

 

You can revisit the full recording of the session and view the links and examples on the resource page.

 

You can also visit the forum thread where we have answered the questions asked and listed the links mentioned during the session. We hope you use the thread to continue the discussions. 

 

Keep an eye out for the next session by following the GBIF Events page.

 

With kind regards,

 

Data Use Club Team

 

 

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Mathew Biddle, Physical Scientist
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