Redmap (South Australia) - Sightings of Algae and Plant Species

Redmap is a primarily a website that invites the community to spot, log and map marine species that are uncommon in their region, or along particular parts of their coast. The information collected is mapped and displayed on the site, demonstrating, in time, how species distributions may be changing.

Sightings are divided into two categories – those with a photo that can be ‘verified’ by a marine biologist, and sightings without photos that we call community sightings (anecdotal). All the information collected, with and without photos, is mapped and will be used in the following years to map out a ‘story’ of changes occurring in our marine environment.

The main data collected includes the species sighted (normally selected from a list comprising preselected species of interest), the location, date/time and activity being undertaken. Other optional information gathered include biological data such as sex, size and weight and environmental data such as water depth and temperature and habitat.

This record is associated with live data (and will subsequently change over time) and spatial elements have reduced accuracy. It is also subject to a three year embargo (ie. does not contain data less than three years old). If you wish to discuss obtaining a citable, static dataset, that is current and/or contains accurate spatial elements, please see Point of Contact.

Redmap 核心为一款面向公众社区的网站，旨在邀请大众识别、记录并标注在其所在区域或沿岸特定区段较为罕见的海洋物种。平台会将收集到的信息进行制图并展示，随时间推移逐步呈现物种分布的变化趋势。

目击记录分为两类：一类为附带照片、可经海洋生物学家核验的有效记录；另一类为无照片的社区上报记录（传闻类）。所有收录的记录，无论是否附带照片，均会被纳入制图体系，并在未来数年用于梳理我们所处海洋环境的变化脉络。

收集的核心数据包括目击物种（通常从预设的关注物种列表中选取）、观测地点、观测日期与时间，以及当时开展的活动类型。此外还可补充收集生物相关信息（如性别、体型、体重）与环境数据（如水深、水温及栖息生境）。

本记录关联实时动态数据（后续将随时间更新），且空间要素精度有所降低。该数据同时设有三年暂缓公开期（即不包含三年内的最新数据）。若您希望获取具备时效性且/或空间要素精度达标的可引用静态数据集，请联系指定联系人洽谈相关事宜。