Redmap (Western Australia) - Sightings of Mammal 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 是一个面向公众社区的网站，旨在邀请大众发现、记录并标注在其所在区域或沿岸特定区域较为罕见的海洋物种。平台会将收集到的信息进行可视化制图并展示于网站之上，随时间推移直观呈现物种分布的变化趋势。

目击记录分为两类：一类是带有可被海洋生物学家“核验”的照片的记录，另一类是无照片的目击记录，我们将其称为社区目击记录（即传闻类记录）。所有收集到的记录（无论是否附带照片）均会被标注于地图之上，并将在未来数年内用于梳理海洋环境变化的完整脉络。

核心收集数据包括目击物种（通常从预设的目标物种名录中选取）、观测地点、观测日期/时间以及当时开展的活动。此外还可选择性收集补充信息：生物学数据如物种性别、体型、体重，以及环境数据如水深、水温与栖息环境等。

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。同时本数据集设有三年保密期，即不包含距今不足三年的观测数据。若您希望获取可引用的静态数据集（该数据集可为最新版本，或包含精准空间要素），请联系指定联系人。