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 本质上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内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在网站上，进而逐步呈现物种分布的变化趋势。

目击记录分为两类：一类是附带照片、可由海洋生物学家进行“验证”的记录；另一类为无照片的目击记录，我们称之为社区目击（传闻记录）。所有收集到的记录（无论是否附带照片）均会被纳入制图体系，并将在未来数年中用于梳理海洋环境的变化脉络。

收集的核心数据包括目击物种（通常从预设的目标物种名录中选取）、目击地点、目击时间及观测时开展的活动。额外收集的可选信息涵盖生物相关数据（如物种性别、体型、体重）与环境相关数据（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），且空间要素的精度有所降低。该数据集同时设有三年延期公开期，即不包含三年内的观测数据。若您希望获取可引用的静态数据集（该数据集需为最新版本且/或包含高精度空间要素），请咨询指定联络人。