Redmap (New South Wales) - Sightings of Shark and Ray 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 email [e-mail].

Redmap的核心形式为网站，旨在邀请社区成员发现、记录并制图标注在其所在区域或特定沿岸地带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与展示，随时间推移逐步呈现物种分布的动态变化情况。

上报记录分为两类：一类为附带照片、可由海洋生物学家（Marine Biologist）核验的确认记录；另一类为未附带照片的社区上报记录（即传闻类记录）。所有收集到的记录（无论是否附带照片）均会进行可视化标注，并将在未来数年中用于梳理海洋环境的变化脉络，呈现其动态发展历程。

本次收集的核心数据包括：所观测到的物种（通常从预设的关注物种列表中选取）、观测地点、观测日期/时间以及当时开展的观测活动。此外还可收集补充信息：涵盖性别、个体大小、体重等生物学参数，以及水深、水温、栖息地类型等环境数据。

本记录关联实时更新的数据（后续将随时间发生变更），且空间定位精度有所降低。同时该数据集需遵守三年暂缓公开期（Embargo），即不包含三年内的观测数据。若您希望获取具备时效性且/或空间定位精度达标的可引用静态数据集，请致邮至[e-mail]进行咨询。