Redmap (Victoria) - Sightings of Invertebrate 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.

海洋物种分布观测地图项目（Redmap）是以网站为核心载体的平台，旨在邀请社区成员发现、记录并标注在其所在区域或特定沿岸地带较为罕见的海洋物种。收集到的相关信息将在平台地图上进行展示，随时间推移逐步呈现物种分布的变化趋势。

观测记录分为两类：一类为配有照片、可经海洋生物学家验证的正式观测记录；另一类为未附照片的社区群众观测记录（即传闻类观测）。所有收集到的观测信息，无论是否附有照片，均会被标注于地图之上，并将在未来数年中用于梳理、呈现我们所处海洋环境正在发生的变化轨迹。

本次采集的核心数据包括观测到的物种（通常从预设的目标物种列表中选取）、观测地点、观测日期与时间，以及观测者当时正在进行的活动。此外还可收集可选补充信息，涵盖物种生物学数据（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），且空间要素的精度存在折损。同时该数据集设有三年数据封存期，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（该数据集可包含最新数据和/或高精度空间要素），请咨询项目联络人。