Redmap (Victoria) - 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 是一个以网站为核心载体的公众参与型海洋观测平台，旨在邀请社区成员识别、记录并标注那些在其所在区域或特定沿岸海域较为罕见的海洋物种。平台会将收集到的观测信息进行可视化制图并公开展示，随时间推移逐步呈现区域内物种分布的动态变化情况。

观测记录分为两类：一类是附带照片、可由海洋生物学家进行专业验证的正式观测；另一类为无照片的社区观测（即轶事类记录）。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我们所处海洋环境的变化脉络。

核心采集的数据包括观测物种（通常从预先选定的目标物种列表中选取）、观测地点、日期/时间以及观测时开展的活动。此外还可采集其他可选补充信息，例如性别、体型、体重等生物学数据，以及水深、水温、栖息地类型等环境数据。

本记录关联实时动态数据（后续将随时间更新），且其空间要素的精度有所降低。同时该数据集设置三年保密期，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——该数据集需具备时效性和/或精准的空间要素——请联系指定对接人进行咨询。